Tuesday Tips: Back It Up

Today’s tip is an obvious one, but due to unfortunate recent events, we feel it is our duty to put out the reminder: constantly back up your files!

This week our lovely daughter spilled water – no, that doesn’t do it justice – DUMPED an entire glass of water onto our Macbook. Keyboard, screen, my pants – everything was soaked. We had just transferred a bunch of files over. It was a crazy week already as I tried to get everything settled before heading to New York for the Pepperidge Farm PR launch of their Fishful Thinking program this weekend. Hubby needed the Macbook to take care of design work back here, while I took the new netbook. It was the only computer we hadn’t backed up yet because we were in the middle of file transfers.

SPLASH.

I think my life flashed before my eyes.

SIZZLE.

I think my heart stopped.

Moral of the story folks: Back it up, back it up, back it up.

UPDATE: after taking apart the Macbook and letting it air out for 48 hours, I put it back together and all systems are GO. Woohoo! Thank goodness it was only water, and that I took it apart right away.  But still: lesson learned!