Lobotomized computer recovered.

[catsittingstill]

 As I type I am sitting in the Mac store, installing their copy of OS 10.4 on my old laptop.

I could put 10.5 on if I wanted, but it's slower, so I'm sticking with 10.4.  Which is theoretically a bonus because it installs faster too.

One of the Geniuses assures me that iTunes can suck my calendar and contacts from the iPod to the computer during pairing, unlike the music, which will theoretically all be erased (though the stuff from the Apple Store can be re-downloaded--which is nice, more for the handful of apps I paid money for than for the handful of albums, though I would be sad to lose Owl City.)  However I can get Senuti to handle it so I don't have to re-rip all my CDs anyway.

One thing I may have lost is my photos from the Quetico trip.  It's possible they're on an old backup somewhere.  I would be sad to have lost those.

The loading of the OS is done; I'm now using the store's wifi to download the updates for the software.

Comments

[smallship1.livejournal.com]

I looked up Senuti, and apparently there's a Windows alternative, so thank you for that! :)

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

You're quite welcome. :-)