What I
didn't do was back it up in a way that would have preserved not only
my operating system, but my software, as well. Consequently, I had to
pay to have all that done, which is a bummer but a learning
experience. And, for all it's worth, my computer has been cleaned out
of all that excessive junk data and now runs smoothly and
efficiently. This may be a combination of having exponentially less
data on my hard drive as well as a solid state drive, or SSD.
Whatever be the case, my computer now operates at warp speed.
What I
had been doing wrong all this time was that I wasn't backing up my
computer using Time Machine. Chalk it up to my ignorance and fear of
the unknown, but every time you back up your Mac it asks you if you
want to use Time Machine (TM). Of course, not knowing what TM was, I
naturally said no, so my computer backed up just my data. Apparently
what TM does is back up your OS as well as your software, such that
when you replace or upgrade your hard drive, or lose everything
because of a crash (been there, done that), you simply re-load it
back onto your computer through TM. I have no clue how this works,
but I do know that from now on I'm backing up with TM. It would have
saved me some money and time, but as we all know, the hard lessons
are the ones that we (hopefully) don't forget.
For now
I'll keep chugging along. It's probably not a bad idea to be on the
lookout for a new computer, because mine is 7 years old, which is 49
in dog years, and probably 98 in computer years. It still works fine
but at some point some of the problems will be irreparable. This will
not be as painful, of course, if I remember to back things up using
Time Machine.
Until
the next time, thanks for reading, and thanks to suleiman alsubeihi for the pic.
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