Fun With Migration Assistant~

HAHAHAHAHAHA. HAHA. HA. So this blogging thing. I really suck at it, huh. I was pretty alright for a couple of months there, but then what. Oh well, on with the show!

I really want to blog more often, though, because I absolutely love typing on my Macbook. I love it. The keys are so nice and not too loud and ahhh. It's really satisfying to type on this keyboard, ok. Of course, I love my Macbook in general. It's my baby! However, that's not to say there haven't been a couple of lows... unfortunately. In the few weeks I've had my baby I've learnt a few things. The first being; no matter how old or new your system is, you are guaranteed to spend more time fixing glitches, crying and pulling you hair out over The Sims 3 than actually playing the damn game. That's a fault of the Sims, more specifically EA, not my Macbook. Secondly, I'm not actually a huge fan of the organisation of files and such on the Macbook. Awkward, because the ease and tidiness of organisation was a pull factor towards Mac for me. I don't know how to explain it, exactly, it's just different than my desktop Mac computer, which is much older so that probably has something to do with it. It just doesn't appear as tidy and straight-forward on my Macbook. I really don't like how when you open Finder is opens with 'All My Files'. I don't want to see all my files at once. I want to see nice, alphabetically ordered folder icons with Music, Documents, Downloads and so on. Again, that probably isn't a fault on Apple's behalf, I guess it's more of my anal attitude towards things being organized and organizing my junk. [UPDATE] Ok just ignore that last problem, I figured out how to get things the way I want them. I love it now. Another kind of annoying thing is that I haven't figured out a way to get my photos of my iPod onto my laptop. Now, again, that may just be a fault on my behalf, but it certainly isn't as easy as it is on a PC. And I'm not the only one with this issue. It is quite a big issue for me, because I take almost all my photos on my iPod, and I want to upload them to places, like here or my Facebook. [UPDATE] Also ignore this problem, I know how to do it easily now. So basically, just ignore this entire paragraph lolol.

The most important, and pressing thing I've discovered though is when you set up your Macbook for the first time, and you are given the choice to use Migration Assistant then or do it later once you're set up, DO IT STRAIGHT AWAY, DO NOT CONTINUE SET UP UNTIL IT'S DONE. It can lead to a lot of issues if you chose to do it later. Me being completely impatient, I decided that I would just do it later. Because when it gives you the option in set up, it doesn't outline that if you chose to migrate after set up, it could cause some annoying problems. It really should say, while you can do it later it is highly recommended that you do so now. Unfortunately, I learned the hard way. So when I got around to migrating all my junk from my PC to my Macbook a couple of weeks after getting it, everything seemed to be going smoothly. My first choice was to use an external drive, but for some reason my external drive wouldn't register on my PC. So I chose to do it through wireless network. So yeah, that all worked and it took a few hours. But then when I went to try and find my files on my Macbook, they were nowhere to be seen. I googled it and found out that using Migration Assistant AFTER set up, will often mean that it will create a new user on your Macbook. In short, rather than just transferring your chosen data from one computer, it transfers your account. Sort of. So I ended up with this unwanted user on my Macbook, and the worst thing was that it was locked by a password, that I was unaware of. I tried everything to get into the account and get my stuff, but no matter what people suggested it wouldn't work. Yeah, changing the password in System Preferences didn't work. In the end, after some playing around, I found a way to unlock and access the file folders in that user from my actual user, and I transferred all the files into my account and deleted the unwanted user. I thought my problems were over there, but nope. That would be too simple. While the problem I'm experiencing now isn't exactly a huge issue, it's annoying nonetheless. I had all my images arranged into folders (e.g I had an LM.C folder, and SuG folder, a Golden Bomber folder etc.), and luckily they still existed after the transfer, but now whenever I want to put new images in those folders, I have to 'authorize' or 'authenticate' or whatever it is, byt typing in my password. EVERY. FUCKING. TIME. It's getting really, really tiresome, because I'm always finding new images and such. Also, it took ALL of my music out of it's similarly arranged folders, so I was left with 3000+ individual songs to arrange back into albums/artists and whatever.

So I resolved to just delete everything that I transferred using Migration Assistant, and re-transfer it all again, the manual way. I borrowed my dad's external device thing, which has tonnes of space. It all worked just fine, and even took less time than Migration Assistant, which was surprising. So I would say just do it the manual way. It's much easier and less stressful.

Oh, sorry, this just turned into one big, rambly technology post. My bad. Um. I'll post again within the next couple of days with some of what's been going on in my life. Don't get too excited, it really isn't that interesting. And there isn't very much of it. Derpderp social vegetable okay.

Now Playing - デコトラの星☆ (Deco-tora no hoshi) by シンディケイト (Cindykate)

I'm Such An Apple Snob~

Whoo, alright, so I guess it's been a little while huh. It seems my blogging is becoming more and more irregular. Oh well~

So not much has happened in my life since my last post. I think the most important thing, to me, would be getting my new baby! By baby I mean my new MacBook Pro awww yissss. I chose a Mac because of personal preference, having used both PC and Mac. My previous laptop was PC, so I decided that I wanted a Mac this time. I just prefer Mac, mostly because I personally find it to be more user-friendly. Everything is so visual and straight-forward. And let's be honest here, they just look and feel so much nicer. So yeah, I'm an Apple snob. But I'm not denying that it's not perfect. My standpoint on the whole PC vs. Mac debate is PC = Mac. Both have their pros and cons, benefits and drawbacks. In the end, it really comes down to what it is you want to use it for, and of course your own personal preference.

So, this is my first blog post using my baby! I'm absolutely loving it, it's a really brilliant computer. I went for the older MacBook, without retina display. This was for a few reasons. The first, is that retina display isn't really that important to me, as it's more aimed at people who want to use their computer for graphic design, photo editing etc. All that kind of stuff. I'm just a regular user, I don't really do anything of that kind, so I didn't think I needed to pay a shit load extra for it. Secondly, the MacBooks with retina display have flash drive storage, rather than hard drive, which means that they were generally smaller in terms of space. I need quite a lot of space, as and avid Sims 3 player. Also, the newer MacBooks don't have disc drives, which would render it completely useless to me. If I went for the retina display, I would have had to pay at least $1000 extra, for a computer with less space and no disc drive. I would eventually have to buy an external hard drive and disc drive for it, which would really add up. So, older MacBook it is! I don't really care about whether or not it's old or new, so long as it works and does what I need it to do. It was actually an very early Christmas present from my parents. Honestly, I really have the best parents in the world. I am so thankful, so incredibly grateful. I love you mum and dad!

Oh, I guess another important thing that has happened would be finishing my exams, and thus ending my academic life at high school. I just have to go back in for a bit on the 6th December, for some admin kind of stuff, and then after that I never have to set foot in my high school again~ I still don't really know how to feel about it all. My exams just came and went, I never really felt stressed or nervous about them. I just turned up, did my best in the exams and left. Before I knew it they were all over, and now I'm sitting here not really knowing what to think or what to do. I know I should get off my butt and look for a job, but I just get so anxious whenever I think about it. And besides, I just finished my exams on Friday. I'm allowed to just take a break from it all, right? What's so wrong about that? Ah... I'm such a terrible person. Well, at least give me a couple of weeks to just relax. I'll start looking for a job soon. Maybe.

I only have one more thing to say and that is OH MY GOD ACE'S NEW SINGLE ELEMENTA ALCHEMICA IS ABSOLUTELY, 100% PERFECT. I have never heard such a well composed piece of music in my life. It's stunning, completely brilliant from beginning to end, all fourty minutes of it. ACE have really outdone themselves on this one. I've already exhausted my fangirling and now my mind is in a state of numbness, it's just so amazing. I keep listening to it, over and over again. I'd say my favourite movement is probably Wind, but all movements are wonderful. I'm actually a little disappointed that I missed out on getting a copy of it. I really wanted the limited edition, but CDJapan sold out before I could get it. I'm gonna keep my eye on Closet Child CD, and if it comes up, I'm grabbing it. I really, really want a physical copy of this single. Because it is honestly nothing short or a masterpiece.

And that's all for today. I'm out~

Now Playing - Elementa Alchemica by ACE