So in preparing for the flight to my parents’ house for Christmas, I had the first actual impact from upgrading to Leopard. I know, I know, how can an operating system upgrade actually impact my life? Time. No not Time Machine…not automated backups, but actual time…that thing that can’t be gotten back once lost.
So Thursday I had a 1pm flight to catch. I needed to finish a load of laundry, get dog food, take the dog to the kennel, get my laptop/n95/n800/iphone loaded up with everything I’d need / want for the trip, and finish packing in time to catch a taxi to the airport.
Only one of those things I didn’t have to do, thanks to Leopard, and most importantly a single feature: Back to my Mac. Yes, I’ll admit, I’m one of the moronspeople that have a .Mac subscription.
So as I began trying to copy files around I realized, I don’t have to. I just need to not turn off my Mac Mini (I generally turn off the computer when going out of town for more than a few days at a time). And just like that, I decided there was a movie on my home computer (which has the mirrored firewire drives, i.e. all my movie/music storage). And just like that, on my finder sidebar, was the link to my home computer, some 1400 miles away. So a few clicks later, and the movie is copying to the laptop, and tonight I can watch my movie.
Now this is a minor thing, wanting to watch a movie. But what if it was something more important…like me not remembering what bills were paid? So I busted up the screen sharing, opened the spreadsheet, saw there were 2 bills that needed to be paid. So they’re paid, and I’m not incurring any late fees. Again, a minor thing.
But the convenience of not having had to worry about what files I may or may not need at a time when I’m already stressed and rushed? Priceless…
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