Day 6
ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!
My first trouble. I started VmWare Fusion. It said it had an update. I updated. It fried my virtual machine. No, I did not make a snapshot of it. BUT! I have been using Time Machine faithfully. It makes like a gazillion backups a day. NO PROBLEM?!!?
I go to the Apple website. Look up for instructions on restoring your entire machine. They seem rather straight-forward, until I get to the 'retart' part. It doesn't say anything about restarting! Whoa!
Ok, time to call Apple. I paid for that Applecare thingy, so I'm gonna' use it. I call, and wait, and wait. I finally get to talk to Shaheeshwagabi. He tells me NO NO NO do NOT restart! Just go to the time machine disk, copy all of the files over.
This does not work.
He puts me on hold for 10 minutes.
He says to to the Time Machine disk, copy the MAIN DRIVE and put that on the iMac main drive.
This does not work.
I refer him to the page I was reading about restoring the complete system using the OSX startup disk.
He puts me on hold for 10 minutes.
He comes back and tells me that yes, this is actually what I have to do. I ask him about the restart.
He puts me on hold for 10 minutes.
I push restart while waiting for him. Then I go to utilities, then I go to restore, and the systems asks me which restore I would like to use. I tell it, and it starts.
Saheeshwagabi comes back on the phone. I tell him thank you very much, I got it to work. He asks me if there is anything else he can do for me. I tell him 'no thank you very much.' He tells me to have a good day and I go on my way.
3 hours and 26 minutes later, the disk is restored. Only problem: The virtual machine will not restore with the Time Machine.
So after all that I am back where I started.
Now I have a dilemma. I only use VMware Fusion because I use Microsoft Money. I have used it since it came out for Pete's sake! And of course, the bright, intelligent guiding lights at Microsoft won't make a version of Money for the mac, those elitist baaaastaaaads, so my only choice is to go to Quicken.
But my billpay through MS is free for 2 years. Billpay through Quicken is $10 a month. Plus, from everything I've read, Quicken doesn't import Money data all that well, so therefore I'm looking at about 2 days of cleaning up a mess because of the elitist mentalitiy at Microsnottypeople, I mean, Microsoft.
AAAARRRRGH!!!!
BUT:
--Time Machine is a great program, and if you aren't running it, you should. I just have to figure out how to only do one backup a day though.
--BetterZip is a fantastic program, worth every penny, nickel and dime.
--I am soooooo tired of Microsoft.
-- I love my iMac!!!
