I would like to report that SDP's absence from the blogosphere is solely due to a busy spring schedule; however, that's not the case. After returning from a glorious whirlwind trip to Key Biscayne (mandated by the SDP Editor-in-Chief) for the Sony Open, I downloaded 600+ photos of the tournament: Serena Williams, Richard Gasquet, John Isner, and more. Good stuff. Then, my photo storage crashed. (Read: CRASHED) Of course, having 24K+ photos, I have a good backup system. After days of work, though, my Mac repair guy and I have been unable to restore my photo library. While cautiously optimistic, SDP is now reluctantly preparing for catastrophic crisis mode. Please keep us in your thoughts.
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I just reminded my daughter to back up her files on her external hard drive. She has a mac also. If she ever lost all her digital art, it would be very bad. I hope you can restore your photos. Good luck!
That explains the quiet sobbing I can hear through the wall at night... Hopefully you can still get everything back.
Good luck. That is my worst nightmare too.
As much as I like the Mac, I have remained a PC guy for the simple reason I always know where my photos are. They are not cataloged by some mysterious software. I still want a Mac laptop to round out my Apple invasion of iPhone, iPod, and iPad but for brute force backups I will stick to my ten year old PC and 4 external hard drives. Keep me posted though. My good friend has misplaced seven years of her children. No backup :-(
Oh no! I am away from home, but now I plan to do another backup the moment I return! Good luck, SRQ.
Oh no, say it ain't so! I hope things are retrievable somewhere somehow! It's happened to me before, though, so I feel the pain and am sending lots of good luck vibes. (Despite a lot of Mac products in this household, I've been mainly using my PC for photos and backing up on a separate drive.)
Not good! Hope it all gets sorted. I did wonder where you were. Fingers crossed for a happy ending.
Good Lord! Talk about frightening. I can't imagine. Glad that you've got things back again! That's the stuff of nightmares for me. But I do keep copies of everything on four different hard drives! :)
Oh, I had a little excitement like that a few years back. Lost the last pictures of my Mom taken only a few weeks before she died. Thank God I know a GOOD computer tech and by hook or crook he was able to retrieve them. Now, I'm a believer in backups. Which I need to do again.
Best of luck to you. Busy schedule here as well and computer crashed too. We have a lot in common. I have been trying to blog/catch up on a tiny lap top and am not liking it. lol
Oh, no! N-O-O-O-O-O-O-O! Not the backup! I'm waiting for the part where you say, "This is just a drill. If this had been a REAL emergency you'd get instructions and your tech would greet you with a big smile." Which I really, really hope happens for you.
It's a photographer's nightmare. I hope everything works out for you.
Oh nooooooo!!!!
Oh no! The hazards of modern life. I dropped my camera on the driveway yesterday getting into the car. It didn't work for a moment and then..miraculously revived itself. Otherwise I'd be posting the same message. Hoping for the best for you..
Still trying to remain optimistic for you. I hope the Mac doctor is seeing signs of life in the patient and that you're just staying busy on other things. . .
I love how you deliver this with confidence. *applause* I think you deserve it for acting wise enough to have a good backup system all set. As much as the digital era is at its prime, I know a lot of people who still behave headstrong in taking this matter. Just keep it up! :) -->Ruby
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