A crashed computer isn’t funny — unless you’ve got incense, a dance routine, and nerves of steel. But for most of us, one lost file can feel like heartbreak.
Do you back up your computer? I seldom do. That is, I seldom did until now. I was chatting with a good friend the other day and he told me his computer crashed. Well that’s happened to me and it seems to work out when I restart it, sprinkle incense on it, and do a Native American dance around my laptop. When his computer crashed, it really crashed, he took it to the genius counter at the Apple Store. He said they looked at it, worked on it, and they recommended he buy a new Apple laptop. Compounding his issues was the fact that he and I share the same philosophy. We both think back ups are a waste of time. How wrong we were. He lost work that had been doing on an important project. He even took his laptop to a friend of a friend who knew a friend who knew everything about computers and hacking. He got the same advice, smash it with a sledge hammer and see if you can recycle it. While he was telling me the story I’m thinking about my computer. I’m thinking if I don’t back that sucker up I may loose important work.. I made up an excuse to end the conversation and get home to back up my files. Fortunately, Apple will do this automatically for me. I’ve now set ir up and I put the first back up on a separate disk.I Not backing up is not worth the anguish that my friend is going through.
💡 Points to Ponder:
- How much of your life’s work is sitting on your computer right now, without a safety net?
- What would it feel like to lose your most meaningful photos, projects, or writing in a single crash?
- What’s stopping you from setting up an automatic backup today?