Money and School: Today, right after I finished writing a very important paper...

By Allie - 23/11/2018 12:00

Today, right after I finished writing a very important paper and saved it to my hard drive, my barely 2-year-old Macbook decided to completely stop functioning. I went to the Apple store and even they can't get it to turn on. That's $1500 down the drain along with my grade. FML

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By duderboi99 - 25/05/2009 19:45 - United States

Today, I was writing a huge paper for a class as our last grade. My dog starts scratching himself. He hit the power button on the computer. Nothing was saved. FML

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By David3000 - 24/01/2009 07:15 - Australia

Today, I finally finished my 500 page manuscript and so went out to buy some paper to print it off. I get back home and find out my dad has infected my computer with a virus and the only way to save it was to wipe the hard drive, which he did. That script took me a year and I have no backup. FML

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Always save to the cloud!

By beachedwhale21 - 22/06/2020 05:01

Today, I finally finished typing up a story I had been working on for about 7 months, saved it on my computer and left to hang with friends. Came home later to find my dad had sold my laptop in order to pay his phone bill. My hard work is now gone. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/12/2018 08:30 - United States - San Francisco

Today, it seemed like a great day. Right up until the point to where I accidentally damaged a friend's MacBook Pro. Not only do I have to pay for it, but the only way I'll be able to afford it is by returning every single Christmas gift I get. FML

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By AyDiosMio42 - 08/09/2009 06:31 - United States

Today, I stepped on the MacBook Air I purchased 4 days ago. The screen snapped in two, and I didn't buy insurance because I promised myself I would be "extra careful." $3500 well spent. FML

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By mlowy - 09/05/2014 05:35 - Azerbaijan - Baku

Today, my computer crashed and lost all of its data while I was making a back up. FML

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By noname - 17/02/2009 17:15 - United States

Today, I dropped my 400 dollar iphone, that's been through toilets and 6 foot falls, on a walmart floor and shattered the screen. I managed, however, to catch the 2 dollar macaroni and cheese before it hit the ground. FML

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By NC - 11/02/2010 07:32 - Malaysia

Today, I spilled some milk on my laptop. I was pretty sure it would be fine as it was only a bit of milk. While cleaning the residue, I knocked a whole bucket of water into the insides of the laptop. RIP Macbook. FML

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Get on with it!

By Anonymous - 11/02/2023 12:00

Today, I went to turn in a coding project a few days early. After months of working on a code and saving backups, everything is gone or corrupted. I have to start from square one and turn it in less than 48 hours from now. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/11/2012 05:06 - United States - Appleton

Today, my step-mom restarted the computer because she thought she'd downloaded a virus that stopped her from being able to click on anything, erasing my 7-page paper in the process. It turns out it was just the batteries dying in our wireless mouse. FML

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BurnInDemonFire 33

Thursday 8 November 2018 3:34

Always back up important documents to an external hard drive/flash drive. You never know when the shit will hit the fan.

bass_ftp 12

Friday 23 November 2018 13:23

No offense but who the hell doesn't keep intermediate backups of important files in a cloud or or secondary hardware these days? Hardware dies ALL THE TIME, that's why for anything more important than some temporary stuff you don't save it in just 1 place.

Comments

Tony Friddle 11

Saturday 24 November 2018 4:37

your first mistake was taking it to an apple store, they don't care about their customers. Go to a third party repair shop with good reviews, guaranteed they can fix it for dirt cheap!

Matt Much 12

Saturday 24 November 2018 10:29

Try Rossmann repair group out of Brooklyn, NY. Louis Rossmann knows his Apple machines.

phoenixthesmeg 6

Saturday 24 November 2018 13:13

That's why you should sync to icloud for any important stuff. as much as I don't like Apple that feature does work well.

Moxie Mettle 10

Saturday 24 November 2018 22:10

Hmmm anyone who buys Apple products gets what they deserve. You should have auto cloud backup on. Apple accounts for 17% of cells phones and 75% of tech assist calls. Get smart and get android!

WHSKitty4ever 23

Monday 26 November 2018 18:21

That’s why you use Google Docs… it automatically saves to your Gmail account. This solely is the reason I’m glad I switched to it. No more needing to worry about backing up and losing documents!