They did a great job - and - my laptop needed the screen replaced (on its LAST day of the warranty - WOW), my iPhone has a faulty logic board and ...
while those repairs are in progress I am figuring out how to do what I have been doing with those two great tools for blogging BUT using my iMac (which I also took in and had the drive wiped - yes I did back up everything plus double backed up the 4500+ photos on a new drive). They installed the new system (and then I had to work on remembering the how to do stuff for adding BACK the software etc.)
Laptop is still in for repair, iPhone replacement arrived but I haven't opened the box - I am taking it in to Apple to see what they can save (7022 photos - oh dear).
(Friday note: I installed Google Photos on iPhone (to back up those photos) and iMac.)
Be back soon, and I am reading your posts to keep up with your lives.
Dave and Sally are blessed with a Grandson !
Hugs.
I would also install Google Photos. You can configure it to backup your photos so you'll have redundancy.
ReplyDeleteI also recommend that you buy a backup drive and attach it to your iMac. That way you can tell Time Machine to backup your computer every few minutes. It's a lifesaver.
Good luck with your newly repaired equipment.
Thanks Rick - took your good idea and added Google Photos to the phone and ran it - seems to have backed up all those photos. Now I have to learn more about Google Photos.
DeleteAgree with having a backup drive, but don't leave it connected to your computer. Friend of mine did that and got a virus ransomware that shut down both the computer and the backup drive. I connect mine monthly and do a full backup, then disconnect it. Flickr is also a good site for photo storage and it is cloud based.
ReplyDeletewow lots of technologies going on with you. I need a new computer and help with it also
ReplyDeleteWhoa! That's a BIG job you've undertaken. When my husband wants to do anything to our system computers (we each have our own), I always let him go first. My timing always has to be after year-end (taxes) are finished, so I won't self-implode in the event of issues. Glad yours is going what sounds like a smooth transition. I use Microsoft's OneDrive for document and photo storage, but being a Mac user, I doubt you will want that. ;)
ReplyDeleteTechnology can be terrific and frustrating all at the same time. Glad you are getting it all sorted out Joy. Take good care.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the new grandson Dave and Sally
ReplyDeleteHugs.
Joy
(This is the email from Dave and Sally - for some reason they are not getting a comment to work through the blog comments (and they tried everything)
DeleteHey! C'Mon. A grandchild is way, way more interesting than a computer. Harder to program, too. Glitches. Bugs. Hackers. It's a nightmare. And the software keeps getting filled with doo doo. All you grandmothers out there...what kinda MONSTERS are you?
Ask Joy for pics. Video files on request.