New Toys

Recently I had to have my mac wiped. Luckily I am quite up to date with my time machine and was able to recover most things last night, although it did take some time.

I was also able to add on some new Adobe goodies which I am very excited about.

This is a screen shot of my desktop, if you look to the dock you will be able to see a whole load of new adobe software I have added.

I have previously owned Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Dreamweaver but now have an extended collection of After Effects, Flash, Audition, Story, On Location, Encore and Premiere Pro.

(Plus the less exciting, yet useful Microsoft Office Suite)

Although I have used some of the products before, some of them are relatively new to me, and will be experimenting with some film editing and letting you know how I get on.

Mac & Genius Bar

I've had my mac for about three and a half years.

In that time we've had a great relationship; it got me through my degree and didn't complain about being covered in sandwich crumbs and nail varnish. A perfect partnership.

This was until Tuesday, when my mac shut down and refused to boot or let me access any files. After trying a few Internet tricks with no luck I decided to book a Genius Bar appointment and drove down to Bristol to fix it.

I had never used the Genius Bar before but, as with Apple in general, I expected it to be efficient and easy, and I wasn't wrong.

After a short wait Hugo was able to diagnose and treat the problem of my corrupted hard drive and talk me through the process, after a short instillation my trusty mac was handed back to me in full working order.

When I got my purse out the lady at the counter informed me the operation was free and thanked me for visiting, I was surprised but very pleased by the speedy and apparently free service. Also very thankful for my functioning laptop.

I put so much of my life on to my laptop; work, photos, bank details, software, emails; everything. Which makes it nerve wracking when you do have a technical error and worry that you may never recover this precious data. In future I will definitely be backing up regularly!