"your computer's hard drive is bad".
Which I knew. Just disappointing to hear those words. I'm having them put in a new hard drive along with the attempt to recover the lost data.
My poor computers. I have a really bad computer history, don't I?
Update ---
They called and yet again, nothing could be recovered. I'm mourning a bit because I had an inkling of hope :(
I did get a new hard drive put in it.
After $3400, I now have 2 "new" computers. (((sigh)))
I just spent $3100 on a new computer. Thinking of all the money I have spent over the years on macs makes me feel sick, but at the same time, it's probably a sickness that makes me buy another one. It's a vicious vicious cycle. As they say, "once you go mac, you don't go back". Yup, it's true. But my stomach still hurts from the files I lost and the money I just forked out which make me feel even more ill.
At least the sun is shining, tomorrow is Tuesday and we leave for Chicago on Thursday. Things could definitely be worse, and now that I've lost files 3 times in the past 6 years, I'm taking it much better each time one decides to die on me. (Way to think positive, eh?!)
Happy Memorial Day. I know the week is going to get better.
(added: Question of the day -- why do you keep buying macs? Answers are in the comments. I should have made it a post. Thanks, Jenn, for asking. It got me to thinkin'!)
It has not even been a year that this last happened to me. Is it even possible?! (Apparently so.)
While working on my desktop Mac doing some proofing, I also had open my macbook trying to open up a slideshow, when suddenly my computer (macbook) went still. (For mac users, you know that twirly rainbow circle? It just kept going and going and I wasn't even able to click on the blue apple or any program at all.) I restarted it and now it won't even turn on. Well, I take that back. There is a flashing folder with a "?" mark inside of it. Same exact sort of deal as my desktop a year ago. Remember me posting about that? Yeah, I remember that, too.
I'm beyond upset. This may be my 5th (FIFTH!) mac in 7 years. Is that possible?! Mac is going to hear from me. Not that they'll listen, but I thought these computers were suppose to be reliable?! Not any of the ones Val gets her hands on. This is horrible. Horrible!
Now the rest of the day I will be sick to my stomach thinking about all I lost. And tomorrow it's a drive to the "mac authorized repair shop" to pay for them to tell me that I lost everything.
I'm doing 6 shoots in Chicago this weekend. I have to have a laptop. I'm going to order one today and hope it arrives by Thursday. Ho-hum, another mac. I hate perfect ingenious technology. I hate macs. (Harsh word, I know, but I can't think of a better one right now.)
I just heard back. I lost all data on my hard drive. It went bad. (After not even 2 years?! How is this possible????????!!?!?!) They replaced it as it was under warrenty.
Of course I'm thankful I will have a computer now, but I am just beyond . . . I'm not even sure what. Part of me was hoping it was all going to be okay. I lost a whole bunch of personal photos ---- tons ----, Noah is really misbehaving, and I just want to go cry now.
I know . . . enough about my Mac, but you see, I rely on that piece of technology like it's my best friend. Some days it is my best friend. Right now I am having a love-hate relationship with it. My whole live revolves around it. My personal and work life resides in that computer. Thank God for my two back up external hard drives (did you guys take that advice???), but still, it's only been (not even) 2 years, it shouldn't die on me already. For goodness sakes, it's a Mac! Isn't that one reason why we Mac junkies buy them?! For their reliability?
I cannot afford a new one at $2500 a pop. No way, no how, and if I do buy a new one, I would have a "but" thought going off in my head . . . but, if I already have to buy a new one, I might as well buy the bigger one because I really do need it. HA.
So I took my imac to the Mac doctor today. A sticker was put on it and into the waiting room it went with other waiting-to-be-worked-on Macs. They said it could take 3 days and that's just to tell me what's wrong and whether my hard drive can be saved. This is bad. So bad. I know they'll do their best, though. They've helped me a lot in the past.
In the meantime I guess I send out an email to my clients who are waiting on their pictures to tell them I have no idea when they'll see their proofs and/or receive their pictures, and that I don't even honestly know if I have their pictures to one day be able to print them. Tell me, now how do I eloquently tell a client this?! I swear, I don't need this now, and neither do my clients. (But who does?!)
On the flip-side, I bought two decorating books today at Barnes & Noble. It made me feel temporarily better for about 10 minutes, and that was a nice feeling.
Anyone know anything about Macs that have crashed?! This is a plea for help!
I'm having the worst day. You see, my hard drive (iMac) crashed. Not just a glitch either. Crashed as in, it's almost dead.
I called Apple and they walked me through all the steps that I did on my own yesterday and again, nothing. My computer cannot even find the hard drive on start up. I tried re-installing everything and it's impossible to even do that because the start up screen cannot find the hard drive to install anything to!!
Oh my Lord, this is not good at all. Please please please tell me there is hope. And if there isn't hope, I pray to God that I did save everything. I think I saved all my client photos -- I think . . . I'm not for certain at all -- but I am way more certain that I had not saved all my personal photos. I am beyond not okay right now. For a photographer, professional or not, this is not good. Not at all.
Tomorrow I call the Mac place. Then I make an appointment to bring it in. Then I wait a few days to a few weeks for someone to, most likely, tell me it's unrecoverable. I had two weddings to still proof and a lot of orders to do. This is not good. At all. I need a glass of wine.
Anyone know anything about macs? I am seriously very much disliking mine right now. (Re: my previous post.) So no pictures from Georgia from me to show you for a long while probably. In the meantime, please take some time and check out Michelle's blog. She posted some cute pictures from Georgia. And maybe she'll post more since I cannot (hint, hint, Chel!). I miss Sea Island so much, but my dear sis, bro and niece even more. Oklahoma is just way too far away.
Chel, I shot pics of baby James today (he is sooooooo dang cute!!). Ang was saying how she hopes you guys come back sometime to stay. Permanent stay. So it's not a secret anymore, but I secretly am hoping, too . . .
Check out Chel's Sea Island pictures here. We had such a great time. Back to reality now . . . packing boxes and computers crashing. As the movie title says "Reality Bites" sometimes.
Seriously, anyone know anything about macs crashing? What does the blinking flashlight mean? What does the fan on the hard drive going really loud and strong mean? It's not good, is it?
Sorry I'm a day late, AJ. I think I slept most of yesterday away, and then when trying to work on some pictures on my desktop it froze up (something that rarely happens on Macs) and I cannot get it to work now. I keep seeing flashing things on my screen, then the fan on the puter gets really loud like it's going to explode. I am beyond stressed, beyond unsure what to do or think. THIS. IS. BAD.
So, that is why I didn't get a chance to call you, or email you or even get on my blog to post anything. But throughout the feeling of losing my sanity, I still did think of you (and I thought of you while in GA, ask Chel!!). I hope you had a great day, dear friend. You know how I feel about you, so I won't post a long blurb here. Happy birthday, my dearest. Love you.
Now can you help me make my desk top work? I am in disbelief as I sit here about to leave on a photo shoot stressed. Lord help me now!
(picture above . . . AJ's 30th surprise b-day thrown by Jamie and I . . . and me, preggie with Maia Lizzy)
