You know that frustration you feel when your computer is behaving badly but you’re so in love, you can’t bear to break up with it? Turns out that relationships, including the ones we have with our computers, are very complicated.
Tha’s how I”m feeling right now about my Mac. It’s a MacBook Air and I’ve had it for about 8 years which is like 70 human years. Computer years are even tougher than dog years.
If my computer was a PC, I would have been through two more by now, but not with Mac.
So, while I’m still trying to hang onto my “best” computer companion, I’ve reached out to Apple Tech Support and any geek/nerd I can find.
One of my problems is that my MacBook is not “going to sleep” when I want it to. Which makes it really tough to get updates. Yup, you heard me, Mac will not go to bed! I have to hold down that little button on the top right until it finally goes to sleep. Then after I count ten seconds, I push that button down again, Mac turns on, but not before it flashes a notice at me, The computer shut down because of a problem, it will continue starting up in sixty seconds. Don’t touch any buttons the tech guy said. I touch nothing, and it boots up. Then the next day there’s a message waiting for me on my computer that says, Mac could not install updates, if you want to, blah, blah, blah, the routine starts over again.
Mac is operating, but it has 23,000 emails that I am having difficulty deleting. I’ve taken off most of my photos, and that’s tough for the artwork I do. I guess I have to visit the Apple Store or call Apple Tech Support tomorrow. I want my computer to be nice to me and treat me the way I expect to be treated. I do some pretty important stuff on it, and I don’t want to worry it will have a Mac attack on me while I’m on the last chapter of my book.
So, should I break up with my Mac or keep getting “counseling” from Apple Tech Support? I’ll keep you posted . . .
Gail Ingis Claus is an author, artist/painter and interior designer. Her upcoming romance The Unforgettable Miss Baldwin will be released in spring 2018. Her current historical romance, Indigo Sky can be purchased on amazon.
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oh dear! It’s hard, isn’t it. If you can actually copy your info to a disc at least you’ll have a back up but it would be awful if you had to continually do this while you are entering each chapter or art piece.
I’m having trouble with my HP but I think it’s my own lack of knowledge that’s making it difficult. The last thing anyone wants to see is you loosing your work. What would we do without your stories???
Mac is an excellent computer brand and if it doesn’t drive you nuts it would be good to keep it as long as you can . BUT do you have time to mess with the geeks and techs? CAN you deal with the frustration? (You know that it will keep getting worse.) WHAT would you do if you lost and couldn’t retrieve your work? Can you deal with that much heart ache? Some times we really do have to just let things go. Take solace in the fact that your fans want you to be happy and continue gifting us with your writing. ( In print that sounds pretty selfish of us but who wants to loose a good thing? 😉 ) What ever your decision I know we will all support you, even if we continue to worry about you loosing the ‘good stuff’. <3
HaHaHa, thank you, Pat. You are a piece of work. Well, your advice is great, and so are your kind words. I have all the ‘good’ stuff backed up into my 1TB handheld hard drive. Those total Gigabytes (GB) are more than the total GB on MAC. After four techies over the last week, and the 2 1/2 hours today, I’m going to the Apple store to either reinstall the operating system or buy new.I’ll keep you posted.Loved your comment!