One thing you can't do too much of: BACKUP
So if yall didn't know I'm also an all purpose computer tech geek and I end up fixing all my friends and families computers both MAc and PC... lately I've been fixing a lot of problems on Mac's with corrupt hard drives where either I have to reformat them or replace the drive... NOW today I have to go fix Endika's imac... it won't boot and I'm not sure if his data was backed up... i don't think it was... I shall see_eth..
So if your working on a big project be sure your ONE using a UPS...APC's are tite... a power conditioner/battery backup to regulate voltage so as to not fry your computers etc... I use one that was like $200....
Also you need to BACKUP and BACKUP some more... ask yourself how many days work can you afford to lose? and thAt will set your backup schedule... I can't afford to lose one days worth of work so I backup my shot files everyday... I backup up my renders and project files once a week... All of those files are on 3 different physical drives in 2 different physical locations... Most should be on external drives in case of aforementioned frying....
It only takes a few minutes to backup...now isn't that better than losing years of work? I'm putting two hard drives in a safe deposit box today... between the two with the WATS master and %80 of HSM thats about 7 years of my life... which I don't want too lose ^ ^
So if you don't have one start a backup strategy today!
And lets hope I can fix his computer without losing data!Brought to you by professional weirdo M dot Strange.