Mac Attack
Believe it or not, I’ve been working very hard since my MacBook started acting up. The problem got worse to a point that I wasn’t sure if I could have the Mac working before I received a new iMac and migrate all the info. I could get only a few minutes out at the time from the old Mac. It would heat up and then shut off. So I transferred a few files here and there, I spent many hours of boring work, luckily I retrieved most of the data and image archives using an auxiliary hard drive. It’s not easy under these conditions. I’ve done migrations before, but with no problems whatsoever. Now I’m organizing my files from the ground up and will be back in business soon or so I hope… Sigh.
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Blue Jay
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Cardinal (F)
Northern Cardinal (F)
Northern Cardinal (F)
Brown-headed Cowbird (F), Northern Cardinal (M)
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Best of luck, hope it all works out.
Thank you Victor! 🙂
Lots of sympathy for your computer problems, I am impressed that you can sort them out yourself!
Thank you very much Susan! I’m just a simple man. 🙂
I’m glad you could retrieve most of your work. Today’s photos are great!
Me too – and I agree, the photos are great indeed!
Thank you Dina! 🙂
Thank you Belinda! 🙂 I was lucky this time because my MacBook gave me the opportunity to move files for a few minutes at a time before it shut down again. I’ve spent many hours doing the transfers. My new iMac is helping me now. A few more adjustments and I’ll be done…so I think!
My MacBook is giving me a hard time too. It’s in the care unit in the Applestore for the second time in less than two weeks. I’m getting grey and red stripes on the screen and this is an issue well known by Apple and therefor they have extended the warranty several times, the graphic card is creating problems. The biggest problem though, is that the MacBook seem to work alright once they proof it. I’m so fed up with this that I’m serously thinking about getting a computer again next. Anyway, I’m glad you managed to retrieve most of your work.
A couple of years ago, my MacBook Pro went kaput and I took it to Apple since there was nothing I could do to fix it or retrieve the data. For $99 they extracted all the data from the damaged HD and after replacement of it they restored the data. I did not lose any data. If I didn’t do that I would’ve lost everything. This time the MacBook Pro gave me a long agonizing time for me to do most of the retrieving. Thanks for sharing Dina. 🙂
Yikes, sorry to hear about your MacBook problems! I hope it’s not contagious. I’ve only had my Mac since 2013. Maybe it’s time to start religiously backing up early to an external drive. Glad you didn’t lose your photos.
Backing up your photos is a great idea, because you never know when your PC or Mac is going to abandon you. I have an external drive that is almost out of space. I need to buy another one. Thanks Lisa! 🙂
I’m on my third external drive. I initiated it when I came back from this trip.
Beautiful photos, HJ. The computer migration gives us all a good idea of the harrowing experience birds have in their migration. 😉
With the computer migration I have improved the quality to a new one and the latest image editors along with it. I’m feeling like a bird with a new plumage and nowhere to go! 😉 Thank you Jet!
Back up, back up, back up….that is the mantra and I only wish that I could pay some attention to it.
The problem for me has been not to back up daily…too busy? Thanks for the reminder! 🙂
My goodness! What a lot of tedious work you’ve had to do! I am so pleased you’ve managed to save most of your files. I must remember to back-up my files more regularly!
Yes, I recommend that 100%! Thank you Clare I appreciate your nice words. 🙂
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Oh my god HJ, the horror sounds all too familiar! I am still sitting without a new mac….hope your work and everything is all sorted soon. Luckily all my files too were backed up in time . Otherwise i would have died!!!
It’s essential that anyone with heavy usage of computers, back up all the work. Many years ago I lost a great deal of images from my travels,
professional data transcripts and many other files, but it was because of a global PC virus that infected my computers. Then I switched to Apple, plus back up. Thanks for sharing A.! I’m glad to hear from you! 🙂
I know HJ, its always better to be safe than sorry. Even as i say this, i recently lost some good artworks on my laptop which i was making do with. However i have the hi res jpegs, and its nothing professional so its ok…each day i am hunting for new ways to save my files in any which way and place i can – like my daughters laptop, my sons laptop, two external hard drives, two usb’s, data cards, cloud drives, etc etc…..and maybe i will discover some more innovative ways to save them eventually 😀 : D I hope all your data is sorted now and is safe. Take care, HJ!