hamletta | So my computer died...

Last night something happened to my computer. Suddenly, windows started opening and closing, applications starting then closing, all on their own. It looked like something possessed my machine--or like someone took it over. I managed to save my work and shut it down, and that was it. I switched off internet in the house and tried to turn it back on--no such luck. It makes the typical mac's "boom" sound as if starting, but nothing happens. It was an old MacBook Pro, but it still worked perfectly.

I had been planning to buy a new, smaller one, and my husband would take over that one, because it had huge memory and the fastest processor available at the time (I used to do video editing so I needed it, and now he's trying to do some music producing, so it would be perfect for him). So this has forced my hand. I just got a new Mac, and have spent almost the entire day setting it up -- normally the Time Machine would do the job, but the memory on this one is too small so it refused to do the full transfer.

Luckily, my files seem to be intact. The Cloud back up worked, and I haven't lost o word from my WiP. That's a huge relief.

Now reinstalling/reauthorising software, getting preferences set up and other such joy. And some stuff I need to re-buy, because I only had one computer licence... As if buying a new one wasn't expensive enough.

But at least I can stop hyperventilating. I was so worried my files were lost...