Yeah, the title pretty much says it all.
Now, you all remember what was happening with my computer a couple of days ago, right? (Interject here: "But wait, there's more!") While I was working with my writing partner at Starbucks yesterday, iTunes started to grey out my songs. You know, where they put an exclamation point inside a circle and it says you don't have access because it can't find the song. Yeah. That one. Randomly and not all at once.
And I have playlists that go along with different things/major characters for the book I'm working on. Grrr.
Guess what I can't access right now?
The only good news is that once I delete a song (if it's a purchased song through iTunes) I can download it again from the cloud. Then it becomes operative again. Usually. I think there was one last night that failed.
Anyway...
So, I pack up my stuff and run home to try to fix said computer. This was around 1:30. First, I ran a malware program. Didn't find a thing. Then I ran AVG Free edition. Found the usual complement of cookie stuff, and those were fixed/quarantined. Then I ran an iTunes diagnostic. This didn't end until around 9:00 last night, as the AVG portion was still scanning when I went to go do some accounting work until 8:00.
The major bummer about this entire thing is not the time it would take to delete and reload from the cloud. Nope. The problem is the stuff that I uploaded from CDs - CDs I no longer can find.
I really need my John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band stuff, because that music is really tied in to a particular character for Immortal Blood. I may have to open up my very thin metaphorical wallet and spend some more almost nonexistent money.
There's the best reason I've thought of so far today for NOT getting a venti, skinny caramel latte.
How's your day going?
5 comments:
Every time you think the technology is your friend, you get into trouble. I see you've noted something of that, but it doesn't hurt to receive a reminder from someone else.
I also notice that your growled at the computer. A Human grown is useless. On the other hand, when I growl it looks like GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
Did I mention I don't have problems with the technology? It's all in your growl
Blessings and Bear hugs!
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Rob, maybe I should howl and snarl instead of growl. I'm much more wolf than bear. Maybe I should flash fang at my screen. I don't have these fangs for nothing...(g)
Andy, so nice to see you. BTW, I really want to say I love your title. It's so evocative and yet serene. Fabulous is the word that comes to mind.
Still computer issues? (Don't get me started on iTunes... I disabled most every service Apple tried to install on my machine--it runs SO much better now)
I hope you get the music you need for your writing. While I've adapted to writing without music a lot of the time now, I know how hard it can be to get the right "feel" when you're in the plotting and molding stages.
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