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Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

Zana Fauzi — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:49:16 -0000

That was very intense. Glad you got your Mac Book back.

Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

kim — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:00:43 -0000

Lost bookmarks...it happened to me once and it was heinous. I try to keep up by adding to delicious, but now I'm thinking that I should double check all of it.

Glad it worked out, and have a great vacation!

Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

nathan — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:00:44 -0000

i really really hope that didn't really happen. losing my mbp would be like... well, it's better not to talk about it.

Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

Greg — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:43:29 -0000

Nicely written, almost makes me glad I don't have a laptop!

Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

seanaes — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:15:07 -0000

Wow. Glad that worked out much better than I feared as I started reading the post. Enjoy vacation too!

Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

Johanna — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:01:33 -0000

Oh, jeepers. I'm so glad this all hypothetically worked out. I almost lost feeling in my legs reading this.

Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

Noah Brier — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:53:37 -0000

Dude, that was a stressful read. Glad you've got it back. Can I suggest adding "set a master password" to your list of things to do?

Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

Gareth — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:24:08 -0000

"you wish you could go back in time"

You mean with Time Machine??

I work in a very similar situation to this (albeit in London), and it is a constant worry that I might do this.

I do back up regularly with Time Machine (especially before I go out for the day), and all of my bookmarks and contacts are with MobileMe (for better or worse). And I have my iPhone.

As well as backing up it is important to practice some safe MBPing. Your Keychain password should be different to your log-in, for example. Consider FileVault if you don't use big files, etc. And turn it off / log out rather than just sleeping it.

Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

Sameer Vasta — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:16:58 -0000

Ohno! What a horrible (hypothetical) experience. That's even more stressful than my own Macbook woes from this past weekend.

Lesson learned: backup and store in the cloud!

Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

mxaxm — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:03:09 -0000

I am so glad this is hypothetical. If it really happened ... hard to think about...

Re: Let’s Hypothetically Say You Lost your Mac Book Pro…

debbie millman — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:37:39 -0000

Oh. My. God.

I am backing up as we speak and doing the happy dance that you got everything back.