Last summer I planned to clean up my many files and better organize them. I didn't do it...This last school year I meant to get around to that organization project. I didn't do it....
TODAY I did it. Realizing that I didn't look at any of these files even once, I really knew that I needed to clean them out. After going through over 75 file folders, I created a BIG trash bag and filebox with paper I don't need. I have either scanned the needed paper and added it to my computer, or it was material that was outdated. After it was "all said and done," I had ONE, yes only one, file folder's worth of things I need to scan or I need to keep. Isn't that amazing??? On Skip's advice, I do now back up my computer regularly so I really don't think I need all this paper anymore.
I also came across one of these...do you know what it is?? My tech-savvy 10-year old had no idea what it was.....Technology really does move quickly....The floppy disk is now like the 8-track tape of my generation...they were around when we were VERY young, but gone by time we were aware of things around us.
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Hee hee. I hardly ever pass up an opportunity to reinforce the notion of backing up your computer, and I'm not going to start now. Make a plan and stick to it. It's critical. Losing my computer files would be the equivalent of my house burning down. I could never recover the lost data, and some of it I have legal responsibilities to keep.
I know what that black thing is--it's a way to transfer viruses from one computer to another.
I didn't know that floppies also carried sickness!!! Yikes!
I bought the external hard drive you recommended and run time machine on a regular basis. It works great!
Time Machine is one of the best things that Apple has ever included in their operating system. I've actually had to restore from it once when my laptop drive got irreparably corrupted. I completely reformatted my laptop drive and restored from my Time Machine volume. It was like nothing had ever happened.
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