I Love Time Machine!
So my iMac’s hard disk packed it in. It was strange, the machine started getting slower and slower on startup (under OS X – under the Windows Boot Camp partition, it didn’t seem to have that problem), until it then went to a strange mode of going to sleep while starting up.
Long story short, I looked around for the Apple dealer closest to home (Echallens), and found Comac in Yverdon-les-Bains. They’re located just opposite the train station, so there’s handy parking really near by. A definite advantage when you’re wandering about town with a 24” iMac slung under your arm!
They diagnosed the machine and installed a new hard disk for the paltry sum of CHF 250 (90 of which was for the actual installation. Given how much of a bitch this is, I think it’s very reasonable.
Upon getting the machine home, I immediately plugged all its disks and other goodies back in, and am now restoring it from Time Machine.
I must say, having that tool just chugging away in the background, and never having to think about backing up, is a total boon. I love it, I love it, I love it!
