It took 90 minutes for my trusty late 2014 iMac to start up, and load the Adobe creative suite, and actually open each of the three programs that I use daily. After many aborts, false starts, and force quits to programs not responding it did manage to losd them up, and work. But if I were in a rush, or traveling I can’t be doing a 90 mi ute boot up, and restart. And that’s no guarantee that they would actually do more than just bounce their icons, and stall out. It’s positively nerve wracking. Makes my insides roil with turmoil. Thanks — I hate it.
All joking aside I am glad that it turned back on. It has taken quite some doing to get all of my up to date files shared across two computers. I thought that the iCloud folder was larger than just 5Gb, but that’s a paid monthly subscription to get more. Handy for passing pdfs between machines. I haven’t had much luck in the past from airdrops, so I tend to use flash drives, or an external hard drive, or microsoft one drive to transfer large volumes between machines. It’s clunky to use so many different options, but I’m no IT guy, so I do my best. I’m just glad I didn’t have to do it all 32Gb at a time with a thumb drive. Which reminds me, I need to update my 8Tb tower with all of the new files I’ve made since early January. The work of organizing never ends!
We are back at it again, with yet another PA Day. I spent much of the morning doing my computer stuff, luckily I was able to send a few invoices, and other various emails once I got the old iMac to boot up successfully. Well, I didn’t do much of anything but hope & pray, and give it time to do something, anything at all. Turns out that 75 – 90 minutes, along with some relaunches, and repaired files saved the day. Much appreciated.
Kids are on their tablets either playing games or watching videos side by side. Now that they are getting older they require less constant monitoring, and can be trusted to ask me for items that they can’t do themselves. Frees up time to actually work, if only a little interrupted by meals, snacks, questions, laundry, and beverage requests, turning on/off gaming consoles, tech questions about the dvd/bluray player, the radio, or to play in the yard. You know, the usual. Kids. A full time commitment. I work from home, so that’s my jam!
I do believe it is Friday today, so all the best. Let us hope that climbing tomorrow is just as much fun as it normally is. Tried to get out on Tuesday night to go again, but the idea was snubbed. I was a little saddened by that. February is almost here. Go get your Valentine’s Day affairs in order. A card, a gift, a dinner reservation or delivery order. Whatever it is, get on it.
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