[Frameworks] Mac OS Catalina

[Dominic Angerame]

Thanks for all this.. I do backup everything on Time Machine once an hour. I did not heed the warning on Premier. The type was so small and was talking about tech things beyond my knowledge so I ignored it. For some reason it is now reading my newest film o 2020 Premier however all my edits are gone, so I need to start all over. I was just in the final stage of completion. However when an operating system will not open “Quick Time” that has been supported for years is just not correct. Some of my files are opening and it is taking a long time. They are all backed up on an external hard drive but what good are they if I cannot open the files to edit.

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> On Jan 10, 2020, at 11:21 AM, Fred Camper <f at fredcamper.com> wrote:
> 
> On 1/10/2020 12:35 PM, Adam Hyman wrote:
>> First, to help others before they run into this, there are several general rules before updating an Operating System.
>> 1. Always backup everything to an external hard drive
>> 2. Always backup everything to a second external hard drive
>> 
> I was going to reply similarly, but did not want to seem obnoxious about it. I second, third, and fourth Adam's comments. Perhaps these warnings will benefit others, though I thought everyone knew to back up by now.  It has been known for decades that hard drives can fail unexpectedly and unpredictably. All hard drives. I actually have four complete physical backups, on multiple exterma; hard drives, and they are divided into two different locations, in case of burglary or fire. Also consider additional cloud backup. I used to have that, and am planning to add it again. One should never depend on a single computer for data.
> 
> Similarly, I no longer accept "my computer crashed" (the modern equivalent of the old "The dog ate my homework") from students. My syllabi now required backing up assignments to a cloud service while you work. In a crash, go to a library computer and continue. If there is a massive failure of, say, a Microsoft cloud backup, yes, I will accept that as an excuse.
> 
> In Dominic's case, though, could the files still exist, and just not be readable by this new "insanely great" trash-the-past OS?
> 
> I have never used Apple. I really loathe Apple, but will spare you the reasons here. But there is also a lesson from the PC world, going back 25 years to Windows95: it can be unsafe to switch a computer to a new OS. Therefore, I have never done this. The reasons make sense; a new OS changes a lot of things, and there might even be hardware incompatabilities. Wait until you get a new computer with a new OS.
> 
> Fred Camper
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