Comments on: Blah https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/blah/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:04:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/blah/#comment-32352 Mon, 13 Jun 2016 01:22:49 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6108#comment-32352 In reply to Katherine.

@Katherine- generally Pages (on a Mac). I save as Word docs to send to people. I’ve never used Scrivener… Do you? What do you think?

]]> By: Katherine https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/blah/#comment-32351 Sat, 11 Jun 2016 19:08:36 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6108#comment-32351 Laura, do you use Microsoft Word to type your articles and books or another program like Scrivener?

]]> By: Meghan https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/blah/#comment-32350 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 18:47:52 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6108#comment-32350 You just prompted me to check — mine says mid-2011. I’ve had a message to service the battery for, oh, 2 years now. Eep.
At least I tend to keep my working files in Dropbox, but I should go back the whole thing up now! Thanks for the reminder, and enjoy the new computer. Were you able to migrate everything you needed from your old one?

]]> By: SHU https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/blah/#comment-32349 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 17:14:52 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6108#comment-32349 Mine lasted 5 years 🙂
2010 – 2015. Must be the shelf life!
I do a hard backup to an external drive every couple of months. I probably should do something cloudbased too but didn’t want to pay for the storage.

]]> By: ARC https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/blah/#comment-32348 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 17:06:42 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6108#comment-32348 In reply to Crystal.

We use Crashplan and it’s pretty low cost and low maintenance. I’ve never had to *retrieve* stuff from there though.

]]> By: Lucy https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/blah/#comment-32347 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 16:22:39 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6108#comment-32347 Calee is right. I started saving my work to Dropbox rather than hard disk because I work from a home and an office computer. It has worked beautifully, but it also offers so much more. You can restore not only deleted files, but EARLIER VERSIONS of the same file that you have saved numerous times with the same name. That saved my bacon, twice so far. So it’s great not just for backup, but to keep your work on.

]]> By: Calee https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/blah/#comment-32346 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:41:40 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6108#comment-32346 Dropbox!!! No need to email files, access anything from anywhere. Sign up now before doom befalls you.
Says someone whose entire livelihood has been saved more than once by Dropbox.

Really. Do it.

]]> By: Caroline Starr Rose https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/blah/#comment-32345 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 14:18:50 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6108#comment-32345 I got my MacBook six summers ago, too. On Tuesday, my power cord gave out, at least that’s what I hoped it was, as I’m on deadline and don’t have time to give a few hours to the Apple Store. Thankfully that’s all it was. I’m hoping I can get another year out of this machine!

]]> By: Ana https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/blah/#comment-32344 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:32:14 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6108#comment-32344 My Macbook pro is from 2011 and is starting to act up. Good reminder to do a back up soon. (its so weird to me how a single drop of water completely confounds the track pad until it completely dries)

]]> By: Crystal https://lauravanderkam.com/2016/06/blah/#comment-32343 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 00:11:07 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=6108#comment-32343 If you’re emailing yourself things, does that mean you’re not using a cloud-based backup service to automatically back up your computer? If not, it’s worth the peace of mind to check it out.

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