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Tuesday
Jul292008
Moment of Silence
Dearly beloved...
We are gathered here today to say farewell
to the former contents of Clementine MacBook
(from good Scottish stock, is my laptop computer).
Gone on July 26, 2008
Perhaps what I will miss most
are the photos she so lovingly stored and displayed....
Or the hours and hours of music she played*...
{sniff}
No, I think what I will most miss
are the many PhD documents
that were safely (?) nestled within her bosom.
Whenever I needed them, Clementine was there.
Until she wasn't.
* * *
The rest of the story? I stupidly put my beloved laptop on a pile of magazines on the counter. As I walked away, I heard a sliding sound and turned to see the pile teeter and Clementine fall on the wood floor.
There was a slow motion "Nooooooooo!" moment where I dove with my arms outstretched. Louie the dog came running in from outside. Children dashed from their rooms. I don't know--you may have heard the wail from where you were on Saturday at 11:16 a.m. if you listened carefully.
I held out hope until yesterday, when I had an appointment with the lovely men at the Apple Store Genius Bar (hi Court! hi James!). But their deft magic wouldn't work on Clementine's innards. She was too far gone.
But don't cry for me, Argentina (everywhere else, feel free). They replaced the hard drive for me. I still have Clementine and she has been made clean as fresh snow. It's a new beginning, right? Right??
* p.s. I lost my ipod in May and just hadn't replaced it yet so I really lost all my music. If that ever happens to you, I have a helpful hint: iTunes can allow you to redownload all your purchased items! Yay--a sparkle of good news in a bleak sea of despair. Where the waves of oh-no-I-lost-that-too just keep on coming.
p.p.s. Needless to say, I am new convert to the School of Backup. You know how you get a prompt saying "would you like to backup your files"? DO IT.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Reader Comments (8)
that is really not fun.
so I guess, clementine is dead, long live clementine!
Oh, friend. I am so sorry for your loss. I think this is a good reminder for me to back up all the pictures sitting innocently on my computer. I would DIE if I lost them.
Good Advice! I am going to back up today. Sorry for your loss!!!
oh boy! I was just there--losing everything--a couple months ago....luckily most things were backed up, but i am still having moments where i realize i've lost something relatively important.
Your photos? Your PhD work? Oh my. I am shedding more than a few tears for you.
So, so sorry!
so, so, SO SORRY!
my condolences...
Aargh! What a near disaster! Those laptops are slippery little devils. Good lesson for us all.
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.:-(
have you tried a data recovery service to get all that good stuff off of your hard drive?? I have heard that they can work miracles. That is good news about iTunes. I'll keep that in mind with my mac. I suspect my nine lives are already up because i have resurrected my mac so many times.
-Shad