clean slate

I've been on a blog hiatus. There just hasn't been much to write about, or more pointedly, much I can write about.

Even my latest activity is far from interesting.

I got approval in early November from the wonderful David K at the Apple Store on Madison to return my one-year-old nightmare of an iMac. back in love (with Apple)

After months of deliberation and internet research, I decide on the 13 inch MacBook Pro with Touchbar. I'm a little worried about having such a small screen but I'm sure I will adjust. 

Yesterday I buy the new computer. I will return my old  iMac in a few days, after I do the dreaded selective data transfer. 

This morning my iMac freezes (yet again) and the ever-spinning rainbow won't allow me to do anything. I turn off the computer (not the way I should but my hitting the power button), wait a few minutes, and then reboot. But this time when I reboot, I get an unfamiliar screen with an icon that simply says test, instead of the icon with my account name on it. 

I call Apple.  I press all sorts of keys. Rob, the senior technician knows what he is doing. Finally, after twenty minutes,  I am on. But my account isn't. All my data has been wiped off my computer. My hard drive is empty. And worse, my Time Capsule backup appears to be empty as well. "I've never seen anything like this," Rob says. My heart sinks and I literally feel my palms start to sweat. I am lightheaded. I say, "But it's there somewhere, right." Rob, still calm, replies, "I hope so." Not the answer I want.

But then I think, well, I have an iPad and iPhone, both with a lot of stuff on them. And I did backup my photos and documents last night onto an external hard drive. And maybe it's a good thing to start over. Even if my new start is only with a computer.

So I spend the day ignoring my iMac and setting up my new laptop. Surprisingly, as soon as I open my MacBook Pro, it is already populated with all my bookmarked sites, my calendar, my contacts and my emails.

It'll work out, I'm sure. 

The only good thing? it's kept me focused on something other than the news.