(I should probably stop using this as a title – Firefox actually filled it in after the first couple of letters)
I took my Powerbook into Apple to fix the problem with the DVD drive not ejecting. This is the second time I’ve brought it back – the first time they replaced the drive itself, but told me the frame of the laptop was twisted and they may have to replace some of the case if it happens again. And it happened again.
They gave me the usual spiel about how they can’t guarantee that they won’t wipe your hard drive, so make sure you’ve got a back up. I said “yeah, yeah, yeah” since I have a nightly cron job that backs up my home directory to my Linux server, and besides they worked on it before without killing my hard drive, so why should they wipe it this time?
And of course, they did wipe it. My restore restored the files, but of course now I have to find and re-download all my apps. Hope my iTunes Music Store purchases still work.
Ouch.
One must wonder how devastated some people (who don’t backup) would be to find their entire iPhoto collection gone.
Potentially years worth of someones life in photos, history.
I’ll admit to being lax over the years with backing up since I know I can find and reinstall most apps with time, and most of my important documents and such are online/offsite now, but pictures just aren’t that easy – they’re probably one of the biggest reasons I make regular backups now.