A week of acquisition

[adair]

I have done very little de-cluttering this week. I spent a lot of time reading various books and articles on Apples Sierra operating system and the iCloud drive it seems to have decided should be a major item for Mac users. Today we bought the new iMac computer we had been planning on - it is 7 steps above the OS on the laptop it replaces. I was anxious and stressed about the whole process, and data migration, and avoiding the forced use of iCloud.

We got the computer this morning, brought it home and did the migration and set-up. So far it is working well; we will see what transpired. But I brought new things in - a desk-top computer with 3 blutooth-using accessories, a dvd drive, an new drive for Time Machine, a big book on Sierra and a stack of empty boxes and bits of instruction. Eventually some of this will get cleaned up, but I am tired of thinking about computer systems.

I also brought home a new iPod nano, even though my old one works fine. Apple has announced it will not sell them any more, and I need one for music for walking and traveling, and listening away from a cd player. I like to own my music, and manage it myself; that notion of streaming never appealed, and losing access if you stop paying, and if you have not wifi connection or are unwilling to pay for expensive phone service.

Anyway, that was my week.

Comments

[fred_mouse]

Good on you for doing all that reading! I'm also an anti-iCloud mac user. I think I've managed to leave it completely unconnected for everything except iBooks, and I'm hoping that it won't delete the books I've received through means other than iTunes.

[yukonsally]

I had to buy a ipod shuffle for the same reason. My daughter has one, so my son will want one. The longer I can keep them from being constantly online, the better, so there goes some money toward keeping them kids.