Home office expert's guide to working from home/home office tips
Working from a home office never felt so cool
SugarSync is one way to store you data virtually
You’d think that after I drowned my computer a few weeks ago, I would have moved on. For the most part, I have, but I still can’t help reminding everyone I know about how important it is to backup information often. In another guest blog post, Chelanie Israel shared tips for backing up data. Another way to back up data is through virtual drives. [Read more...]
A few weeks ago when I accidentally drowned my computer with a fresh glass of Crystal Light grape drink, the first person I called was my Mac guru, Chelanie Israel. When I met with her so she could pronounce my laptop officially dead, I asked her to write a guest post about how to back up data, especially data that’s too valuable to lose.
Guest Post By Chelanie Israel (aka Miss Mac)
Clients often come to me after their hard drive or archive drive has died and when I ask them if they have backup, they give me a “No, of course not…why do you think I came to you?” look.
I can’t stress back up enough.
How often do I backup? Every day, every week, and anytime I’m doing something I don’t want to lose. For me, that’s everything.
I keep three copies of everything and sometimes four if it’s something I just can’t live without (i.e. my client database, the things that help me do my job: passwords, settings, Quickbooks, and the projects I’m currently working on). [Read more...]
A few weeks ago while I was walking to my home office carrying my MacBook, I fell and landed on top of it. From that graceful experience I learned something very important: make sure you have a good computer person in your back pocket.
You never know when you'll need to fix your computer.
It turns out I’d cracked my LCD screen and a guy at the Apple Store told me Apple could fix it for $750. Really? I could buy a new Mac for a few hundred dollars more. [Read more...]
    |
