For other Mac-using numpties on my flist …

[blamebrampton]

Some people, people far sillier than any of US, of course, have oldish Macbooks that need a new battery and that shut down when their cats unplug the power cord and they don't notice for two hours. And when they restart, they realise that not only did they not save the article they were working on (and are unable to find where Word might be hiding it if it has autosaved it), but that they have been so upset by the loss of the article that they have accidentally just saved the Restored version of a fic over the Saved version, and thus lost over 2000 really good words.

This is one of the areas where PCs are better than Macs. HOWEVER, should you be a Mac user who has done this and is bereft at the thought of having to reconstruct everything lost, and aware that you have done things like this before, and able to afford about $85, Uflysoft's data recovery program is freaking amazing. All of the article is back, and all but the last 250 words of the fic. Super easy to use, too.

I have now reclaimed my external hard drive from Mr Brammers (he had pinched it for important motor-racing-watching reasons) so that I can leave it hooked up for Time Machine backups, while having the new program as peace of mind. Now to finish the damn fic …

Comments

[melusinahp.livejournal.com]

That looks awesome and as a fellow ancient Mac user it could be really helpful, thanks. :)

It's also good, I find, to periodically save a version of whatever you're writing as a google doc. Every x number of words or so. Then you've not only got a back up in case of attack by cat, but you've got backups of previous versions in case you regret changing anything.

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[shezan.livejournal.com]

You can also set auto reecovery in Word to "every minute" instead of "every 10 minutes"...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Ah yes, someone lent me one of those small things, PC though, and I closed it and it shut off and lost all my fic, and when I tried to restore and save that it did what yours did, there was nothing left though. I have a small free floppy disc of tiny programme that can recover anything recently deleted ie. before other things were done on the computer and hence overwrote the 000000000111111, but even more professional programmes from DVDs never could do more.

[hmufson.livejournal.com]

I have now set everything to autosave lots. Lots and lots. Although, this does not fix the problem of the AirMac hinge breaking, which results in the screen flopping around like...well, like a very floppy thing. (Because I am 12, I am constantly amused by the mental image.) I currently have it propped up against a can of baked beans, which sort of defeats the purpose of having an ultra-light computer, if you constantly have to travel with a 2 pound can of beans. I have defaulted back to carrying the 800 pound MacBook Pro around, which has no battery life, and is thus equally unsuitable as a laptop. WOE, WOE IS ME.

[pushdragon.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU!!

I don't have a Mac but hearing about Other People's Numpty Disasters is always extremely reassuring, nice to know one has illustrious company in one's numptydom.

[pennynovelette.livejournal.com]

I have a mac too and recently lost a lot of work from a fic I was working on. In a state of panic over the parts I still had, I began posting it in private posts on my dreamwidth and lj accounts. Seems to be a good way to save work, I only wish I had thought to do it before.

[drbunsen.livejournal.com]

I just ordered a replacement battery for my MBP. It was US$32 shipped, from ebay seller hkpowerstore