You may be wondering where I've been hiding for the past few days...well...sadly, I have been consumed with the installation/ugrade/fiasco of the Leopard OS onto my powerbook. At some point last week, I had the bright idea of upgrading ram and OS onto my pretty much antiquated powerbook system which was purchased in March of 2004. Ok, I might be exaggerating. The computer works, I love it...and I used to have final cut pro on it from a past job. Keywords...used to. After trying to do an upgrade of my system and then spending hours combing apple forums, mac fixit forums, you name it forums...I knew what I would eventually be forced to do.
I tried to be unemotional about the whole thing. Step one - backup as much as possible using Toast - one of the only apps that worked post Leopard upgrade. Step two - find all my install discs for my apps. Step three - call Apple support for one last confirmation that this is what I needed to do. Step four - call Denis to cry one last time about the loss of Photoshop CS and Final Cut Pro. Step five - choose Erase & Install Leopard.
It's sad that I have such an attachment to data and applications. Part of me wondered how elated I could feel if I backed up nothing and proceeded with the erase of my hard drive. A fresh start. A new me! Wow, it's like first day of school again! But I couldn't let the settings, the docs, the pictures, the music - or any of it go! It's disturbing to realize that you are a digital packrat in addition to a RL packrat. Thanks Mom...I blame you! I joke...I kid...I kid...kind of.
Now, that the Leopard install is complete, I do feel a sense of calm. In fact, I might not reinstall some of that data I spent so much time backing up! Or...I'll do it a little bit at a time, so I don't feel my hard drive closing in on me again.
One last note...I believe I did this upgrade for one reason only...I'll admit to it, so I can start dealing with this sickness...So, here goes. I really liked the new iCal and wanted the upgrade. Smack me please.
