Only when first one surrendered to vices and forgot about awaking path ,somewhere in his 40' that message reached him via Scalar Waves, only then after sins and loosing in Life he was ready to let go of everything.
Yeah that’s from the other side of the planet where they didn’t grow up knowing if they would eat anything from day one to the end. Anyone letting go of things is ok when it doesn’t affect their livelihood. This guy probably lost a few grand and a ton in sponsors for his videos…I mean yeah…I see what you’re trying to do but sheesh man..read the room a little better? I know a HD crash would devastate me…I do back up onto two separate SSD HDs and to another separate one once a month (that stays away from the danger of any kind of power surge), but if both backup contingencies failed. Omg…the loss of so many memories or inspirational gold to pass on.. @Jeff Gibbons - man..if apple keeps crashing, throw the fruit out the window…I had one and..so much there.. but the lack of diversification troubled me. Not to mention I was already a Windows baby so it’s about like switching Maschine with MPC..supe the memory up and get you a couple of 2TB SSDDs internally. Bet you get twice the performance for 3/4s the price. Well used to could.
@@booradley8232 ultimate source of backup is MDISC. These things last sometimes over 1000 years. I wonder who will be then there with the current affairs on this planet....
Ouch! You have my empathy! This can happen to anyone, even with a well thought out backup strategy. Because let’s face it, few of us check if our backups are complete and fully restorable all the time - unless we have truly nothing better to do. On the upside, people who are deep into the Eurorack style of music making, always lose their projects, the minute they start a new one with different patch cable routings. And they like it that way! 😆
Sorry to hear that, but I applaud you for being honest and up front about it. You didn’t have to let us know, but I am glad you did. I haven’t backed up my Maschine projects yet.
Man, what a terrible feeling. I think we've all been there before. Had to go triple check all my folders and make sure they're being backed up. Sorry you went through this Jef!
Sorry to hear you lost your projects. A good reminder for me to tighten up my back up strategy. I’ve been playing it a little fast and loose these past few years, despite having several spare external drives laying around.
Sorry to hear that, my man. Ugh. On another note, I stupidly fried my Maschine MK3 last month. Too long of a story. Short version: Don’t use a crappy USB hub with flaky power supply. In the process of getting it repaired (long after warranty). We all make terrible mistakes.
Daaammn! So sorry to hear that, I'm sure your beats are being played in the heaven of lost data...I'll make sure my projects are being baked up properly, thanks for the advice man!
That hurts my soul I'm sorry Jeff 😭 But it's great to see you have the humility to share your mistakes to help others. Also congrats on the project! That's exciting!
Enjoying your rant Jef and can sympathise with you clearly!! My i7 3.8 ghtz IMac HD done the exact same as the dual Fusion Drive completely went down. And NO Time Machine drive was in place. It wasn’t a good experience Enjoyed the video 😊
Oh man this is such a rough feeling! In audio engineering school my computer crashed while I was finishing up my final project… I then had 4 hours to do it all over again… so yeah… I didn’t go well. Those were the early days before I knew what “backing things up” meant. Lol. The point is. I feel you! Sorry you had to deal with this, brother.
That blows. I actually had to get my M1 MacBook Pro wiped last month due to startup issues, and while I had a Time Machine backup, the last backup was 30 days old. Thankfully, I also have an online backup, thanks to Backblaze. After some reinstallation of apps, restoring from both locations was much better than either of them alone. I knew I was missing some important data on the Time Machines drive, so pretty awesome that my Backblaze backup was current, so I was able to access some recent data. All of this is to say that for me, this setup is so worth it, and maybe something to consider for the future. Best wishes.
Love you Jef, just recently went through something similar.... love your channel love your content, try not to get discouraged just part of the game it seems :)
As a Mac user this alarms me !!! I'm glad I went with the standard storage and stuck with a external SSD hard drive, recently looked at the latest Mac's and they charge almost triple or more for internal SSD drives compared to the external one's you can buy from amazon but even those can act funny at times. I'm not a huge fan of cloud storage but with all the different things you're doing that's a smart decision !!! 👍
I recently got a nice little Samsung 2TB USB3 SSD for my Komplete library and other stuff that is too big for my 515GB internal storage. It was £100. When I priced up a new MacBook Pro with 2TB storage, Apple want £600 extra for that additional 1.5TB over the default. It absolutely beggars belief that I’ve saved £500 and got an extra half a TB. I spent a little of it on some sticky Velcro pads to stick the ssd to the case!
@@rhythmace1 yeah that’s exactly what I was talking about. I also got a Samsung 2 TB for Komplete , UVI libraries east and west libraries and I still have room left over no issues and they all load very quickly.
@@nickdeezproductionz Yeah with a USB3 SSD access speed should be no issue at all. It's a little clunky having to have an external device attached even when it is so tiny and fixed to the laptop lid, but it's well worth a £500 saving to put up with (I still can't believe that amount)! And I can always tear off the velcro and detach it when not working on music or video. BTW I recommend Backblaze, it continuously keeps your computer and any attached external disks fully backed up to the cloud for a flat free, much cheaper than iCloud, Google Drive or whatever.
Jef this is like the gate closing after the horses but seriously look at Backblaze. They don’t care how much data you back up from your machine. And I can personally confirm it works in worst case SSD boot drive trim fail scenario.
Sorry to hear man. I recommend Backblaze as well as some other folks have already mentioned on here. If you go the route of a RAID, Backblaze will allow you to backup of that external HD at no additional cost. I went with the 8TB OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual which gave me the fastest speed for storing my NI library. I also use an older Pegasus2 R6 and a Synology NAS. Besides Time Machine, you could use ChronoSync and Resilio.
So sad for you Jef Perhaps I'm wrong but I could feel in your eyes the emotional impact of it. It's so frustrating, not surprising to be upset. But you had the right answer, now it's done and there is not much to do about it how can you learn and react from that. It's really kind to share this bad news and give us your advices on how to backup our stuff. THanks for that. I was waiting for YOUR review about Homage and Drift Theory but it's ok We'll enjoy the next video anyway
Sorry to hear this Jef. Go PC though...far more upgradeable and get a NAS too...very affordable solutions and don't rely upon the cloud / internet connection. Anything MAC / Apple is way over priced and under spec IMHO. My main music desktop has 12Tb of hard drives, 128gb DDR5 RAM and all of the connectivity that is currently desirable all for under £2000. It's all backed up across to my NAS and if I need to go mobile I just move over what I need to work on, directly on to my Windows laptop, which has separate drives for all of my NI and other VST's etc and then bounce it back when I come home. The last time I lost data was 30 odd years ago in my architectural business and it cost me an absolute f*cking fortune...have I been caught since...ABSOLUTELY NOT!! Sometimes the most expensive lessons are the ones that come along to teach us the most!!
Yes, I agree it is a studio tool and if Mac's are your thing then fine; they're just very overpriced and difficult to work on and upgrade IMHO; they are also NO better for music production than PC these days. I'm not telling anyone what to do here, it's just that PC's are comparatively inexpensive and I feel that there is more of a vanity thing going on with Mac's than any technical superiority, which personally I can live without...but if you wish to pay for the name, please feel free! But I'll pitch my £2k desktop against a Mac which costs twice the price any day of the week and I can open her up anytime and switch out what I want and when I want. I'm just sharing my own experience!
I use Time Machine, actualy 2 time machines on 2 drives, but I also run Smartbackup for all my other files which are on 2 external drives (compositions, final bounces, instruments libraries, various patches and soundfiles, videos) on 2 other drives. My 2 Time Machines run 24/7 and the backups for the other files are done once in a day. And in addition I I've a laptop, which I use on vacations, with its own drives, which mirrors the studio desktop (same libraries, same plugins, same patches, same compositions, etc...). I tested the thing 4 years ago when my main Mac died and had to be repaired (actualy they had to change the motherboard...). Obviously my CPU power was not the same with the laptop but it worked. But I'm not completly at ease.
I've just ordered a 16" Macbook Pro and twenty minutes later watched your video eeek!! My main machine running Nuendo is on Windows 11, and it is preset to upload important personal files to Onedrive. I found it annoying at first, but your experience makes me thankful. Not that this helps your cause, but I do believe that the Mac vs Windows is a trade-off between performance and reliability.
Loosing projects is just the worst.. learned my lesson the hard way as i now backup my maschine projects to the cloud too 😮..hard drives will eventually let you down just a matter of time 😂
Halfway thru watching i started a backup! Sorry for your pain, we've all been thru it, but hey, things happen, computer components aren't perfect, onwards and upwards!
Damn! Sad to know about your data loss. Hope you are able to recover as much as possible and get back to a decent state, if not completely as before, soon. Thanks for making this informative video and best wishes for the Paw Patrol game. :)
That's so crazy! If it makes you feel any better I had my new M2 Max laptop stolen, and lost all of my Maschine projects including artwork. I had to chalk it up to the game, and start over. Good luck!
Well I have a Nextcloud running inside a VMWare virtual machine on a 2012 mac mini - so I can sync my files at home which is quicker than to the cloud. Of course it is not a backup but it stores my files an several computers and I am quite happy with it. Fingers crossed and knock on wood!
I’ve lost like that….and it stinks! I’d love to know your full backup process (now). I’m also interested in seeing any videos on how to get I to game Audio if you have any insight. Thanks for all you do!
WTF? I’m sorry to hear that. MacBook Pro laptops usually don’t crash like that even after having it for a year and a half. I had mine for about 11 years before it died. And losing all those projects too. Wow. Again I’m sorry to hear that but I’m sure you will build it again.
i never bought a NEW Mac & they have alwasy lasted a long itme . 2013 MBP ( got in 2016 ) & it still works great my 2012 MBP 13" recently went down ( logic Board ) i usually get 10+ years ( knock on wood ) I have always kept them on aluminum Laptop Coolers . i cant prove that why they live longer . but it cant hurt pardon me as i go run time machine ... scared as hail right now
I’ve been through several Macs that died at the worst possible moment and I’m still recovering. I love ‘em, I hate ‘em. Backup everything all the time and assume your Mac will die any moment regardless of its age.
MAN!! DUDE!!! I have been there done that and bought tickets for people around me. On my PC I ran a 5tb SSD drive that I put ALL my music related things on and it went TITS up, doorknob dead. I had to re-download EVERYTHING go back find old email with download links.
OMG i'm so sorry, painful to hear. RAID is really good for preventing downtime from drive failures, though this sounds it lost the encryption key which probably would have taken out both anyway. The Mac Secure Enclave can be a real curse with data loss.
Dude! I’m so sorry for your (file) loss. I immediately went to my Time Machine backup and checked that it was backing up my Native Instruments folder……and it was. Not only that, I do the manual backups to externals. A little paranoia goes a looooong way. And I would add that everyone go a level deeper and export the stems of your projects-especiallly of you use loops and samples from a subscription service like Arcade Output. I’ve lost a few tracks in projects that point to a formerly active Arcade Output account. At the very least name your subscription plug-ins so that you know which pack they came from so you can at least “re-attach” them from a reconnected subscription.
Hi Jeff, Do you think you could make a video re solid saving techniques for Windows Maschine NI users? I use drop box but had to stop having it sync in real time due to system failures between windows, drop box and NI/Maschine. I have also started using Splice and that is now adding further issues to everything. Feeling a bit insecure of my current saving techniques that I am shifting around in an attempt to have my system work properly again. I am in touch with Native Instruments about this (and was also in touch with Dropbox and Splice) but the solution finding adventure is still not 100% solved. Cheers.
That’s absolutely crazy especially with the amount of money that you spend on a Mac. I always go to the Apple Store app and customize a Mac to what I would like and every time I see that price tag it just reconfirm that I don’t need a Mac and then you say that multiple ones have died on you Throughout the years it’s kind of crazy my PCs usually last 7 to 8 years on average.
I don't endorse Sabrent, but they make a dual NVME TB enclosure. I use 3 of those on my Mac Studio. And a combination of Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner. Behind you is a TRS-80 II...where do you get that?????????
Wow! You're one of the best, so I truly feel your pain. I've been there literally hundreds of times. This is a hard reality of music composition. You're bright and enthusiastic energy is so motivating, and eventually your resiliency will kick back in! Is data retrieval from your dead drive a possibility? I've had it done professionally a few times and it worked. No matter what, the only real thing there is to do is keep smashing that "Get It Done button." Topless blowjobs and blunts were made especially for "ish" like this. Hard to be upset when a pretty woman is providing that "tech support!" LOL! You're the best, Jeff! All you're gonna do is continue to shine and inspire your followers! I look forward to your future videos. And remember, "tech support!" Lol!
I find it very weird that all your mac are dying so fast! I own several PCs from cheap companies (Dell, Gateway, etc.) and they are all functional even after more than 10 years! I have a cheap Dell tower from 2007 that I use to watch movies on a small TV and it runs without any problems even though all the parts are recycled. I even use very old hard drives and I only had one that died. Maybe I'm just lucky!
Don't you have any Warranty or Apple Care+ for this expensive Macbook Pro? I've purchased the same Macbook like you but with 8TB SSD Storage and I did Apple Care+ for 150 Bucks a year.
I wasn’t clear, it died during the update, but I was able to reinstall on it once it was wiped! Not a hardware failure this time. But after my last MacBook Pro died for the second time I was pretty upset with Mac in general… especially because it was too expensive to get it fixed, and it was only 5 years old…
Jeff buy your self a 2 bay NAS for back up. Mirror the 2 disk, then replicate that to the cloud. Also get a PC, MAC are good but I have friends that had the same issue as you they the die to quickly.
A sobering incident. It's a lot of work to lose but these systems are not helping you here. For professionals, design ought to be more proactive around back up.
I have Macs that are 20 years old and are till working (The first iMacs that came in different colors). My Macbook pro 2012 (used in my small studio) and my MacMini 2012( used in my larger studio setup cause it has two internal hard drives) are still going strong, 11 years and counting. Don't know how it is you kill Macs so fast!!!! Murderer Hahahahahahahahaaaa
I have only one CRITIQUE about your Maschine videos and it is the way you are using ENCODERS using two fingers like you are a surgeon who operates . Why ? Think about it. I love Maschine and from MK3 to M Plus I love workflow but I already wrote critique to you as a influencer and person who can suggest to manufactures and public too , you can at least give some advice for longevity. Everything else you are working is great, educational and inspirational.
In Buddhism teachings one of the main fundamental is to be ready at anytime to letgo of any thing. Even if the backup fails :) cheers bro
Only when first one surrendered to vices and forgot about awaking path ,somewhere in his 40' that message reached him via Scalar Waves, only then after sins and loosing in Life he was ready to let go of everything.
Yeah that’s from the other side of the planet where they didn’t grow up knowing if they would eat anything from day one to the end. Anyone letting go of things is ok when it doesn’t affect their livelihood. This guy probably lost a few grand and a ton in sponsors for his videos…I mean yeah…I see what you’re trying to do but sheesh man..read the room a little better? I know a HD crash would devastate me…I do back up onto two separate SSD HDs and to another separate one once a month (that stays away from the danger of any kind of power surge), but if both backup contingencies failed. Omg…the loss of so many memories or inspirational gold to pass on..
@Jeff Gibbons - man..if apple keeps crashing, throw the fruit out the window…I had one and..so much there.. but the lack of diversification troubled me. Not to mention I was already a Windows baby so it’s about like switching Maschine with MPC..supe the memory up and get you a couple of 2TB SSDDs internally. Bet you get twice the performance for 3/4s the price. Well used to could.
@@booradley8232 ultimate source of backup is MDISC. These things last sometimes over 1000 years. I wonder who will be then there with the current affairs on this planet....
Ouch! You have my empathy! This can happen to anyone, even with a well thought out backup strategy. Because let’s face it, few of us check if our backups are complete and fully restorable all the time - unless we have truly nothing better to do.
On the upside, people who are deep into the Eurorack style of music making, always lose their projects, the minute they start a new one with different patch cable routings. And they like it that way! 😆
Sorry to hear that, but I applaud you for being honest and up front about it. You didn’t have to let us know, but I am glad you did. I haven’t backed up my Maschine projects yet.
Man, what a terrible feeling. I think we've all been there before. Had to go triple check all my folders and make sure they're being backed up. Sorry you went through this Jef!
Sorry to hear you lost your projects. A good reminder for me to tighten up my back up strategy. I’ve been playing it a little fast and loose these past few years, despite having several spare external drives laying around.
Funny how it goes that way sometimes! Good reminder anyhow...
Sorry to hear that, my man. Ugh.
On another note, I stupidly fried my Maschine MK3 last month. Too long of a story. Short version: Don’t use a crappy USB hub with flaky power supply. In the process of getting it repaired (long after warranty).
We all make terrible mistakes.
STR8 to the point 👍
Daaammn! So sorry to hear that, I'm sure your beats are being played in the heaven of lost data...I'll make sure my projects are being baked up properly, thanks for the advice man!
That hurts my soul I'm sorry Jeff 😭 But it's great to see you have the humility to share your mistakes to help others. Also congrats on the project! That's exciting!
Thanks Tizoc977!! Yeah my soul is hurting… still finding new things I’ve lost ☹️
Enjoying your rant Jef and can sympathise with you clearly!! My i7 3.8 ghtz IMac HD done the exact same as the dual Fusion Drive completely went down. And NO Time Machine drive was in place. It wasn’t a good experience
Enjoyed the video 😊
Congrats on the project. sorry for your loss.
Oh man this is such a rough feeling! In audio engineering school my computer crashed while I was finishing up my final project… I then had 4 hours to do it all over again… so yeah… I didn’t go well. Those were the early days before I knew what “backing things up” meant. Lol.
The point is. I feel you! Sorry you had to deal with this, brother.
That blows. I actually had to get my M1 MacBook Pro wiped last month due to startup issues, and while I had a Time Machine backup, the last backup was 30 days old. Thankfully, I also have an online backup, thanks to Backblaze. After some reinstallation of apps, restoring from both locations was much better than either of them alone. I knew I was missing some important data on the Time Machines drive, so pretty awesome that my Backblaze backup was current, so I was able to access some recent data. All of this is to say that for me, this setup is so worth it, and maybe something to consider for the future. Best wishes.
God man . I have lost a few months of stuff before and was definitely hurt from it . Thanks for the heads up with maschine . Take care
Love you Jef, just recently went through something similar.... love your channel love your content, try not to get discouraged just part of the game it seems :)
As a Mac user this alarms me !!! I'm glad I went with the standard storage and stuck with a external SSD hard drive, recently looked at the latest Mac's and they charge almost triple or more for internal SSD drives compared to the external one's you can buy from amazon but even those can act funny at times. I'm not a huge fan of cloud storage but with all the different things you're doing that's a smart decision !!! 👍
I recently got a nice little Samsung 2TB USB3 SSD for my Komplete library and other stuff that is too big for my 515GB internal storage. It was £100. When I priced up a new MacBook Pro with 2TB storage, Apple want £600 extra for that additional 1.5TB over the default. It absolutely beggars belief that I’ve saved £500 and got an extra half a TB. I spent a little of it on some sticky Velcro pads to stick the ssd to the case!
@@rhythmace1 yeah that’s exactly what I was talking about. I also got a Samsung 2 TB for Komplete , UVI libraries east and west libraries and I still have room left over no issues and they all load very quickly.
@@nickdeezproductionz Yeah with a USB3 SSD access speed should be no issue at all. It's a little clunky having to have an external device attached even when it is so tiny and fixed to the laptop lid, but it's well worth a £500 saving to put up with (I still can't believe that amount)! And I can always tear off the velcro and detach it when not working on music or video.
BTW I recommend Backblaze, it continuously keeps your computer and any attached external disks fully backed up to the cloud for a flat free, much cheaper than iCloud, Google Drive or whatever.
Jef this is like the gate closing after the horses but seriously look at Backblaze. They don’t care how much data you back up from your machine. And I can personally confirm it works in worst case SSD boot drive trim fail scenario.
Sorry to hear man.
I recommend Backblaze as well as some other folks have already mentioned on here. If you go the route of a RAID, Backblaze will allow you to backup of that external HD at no additional cost. I went with the 8TB OWC Mercury Pro U.2 Dual which gave me the fastest speed for storing my NI library. I also use an older Pegasus2 R6 and a Synology NAS. Besides Time Machine, you could use ChronoSync and Resilio.
So sad for you Jef
Perhaps I'm wrong but I could feel in your eyes the emotional impact of it. It's so frustrating, not surprising to be upset.
But you had the right answer, now it's done and there is not much to do about it how can you learn and react from that.
It's really kind to share this bad news and give us your advices on how to backup our stuff. THanks for that.
I was waiting for YOUR review about Homage and Drift Theory but it's ok
We'll enjoy the next video anyway
Ouch! So sorry to hear this!! Thanks for sharing.
Jeff, you are the best ... .sorry for the tech issues ... my Grand will love the Paw Patrol project!!
Yeah it happens… hope your grandkid has fun with the app!
Ho boy. Sorry for you Mr Gibson. Hopefully, you did everything for it to not happen again! ❤
That's a bummer, man! Sounds like you're taking it in stride though, so good on ya. Keep truckin'!
Yeah! After the initial nausea… whatcha gonna do!
Sorry to hear this Jef.
Go PC though...far more upgradeable and get a NAS too...very affordable solutions and don't rely upon the cloud / internet connection. Anything MAC / Apple is way over priced and under spec IMHO.
My main music desktop has 12Tb of hard drives, 128gb DDR5 RAM and all of the connectivity that is currently desirable all for under £2000. It's all backed up across to my NAS and if I need to go mobile I just move over what I need to work on, directly on to my Windows laptop, which has separate drives for all of my NI and other VST's etc and then bounce it back when I come home.
The last time I lost data was 30 odd years ago in my architectural business and it cost me an absolute f*cking fortune...have I been caught since...ABSOLUTELY NOT!!
Sometimes the most expensive lessons are the ones that come along to teach us the most!!
Its a studio tool, if the mac isnt in his way when he goes to make music and he knows how to use it, why change? its not like PCs have no faults.
Yes, I agree it is a studio tool and if Mac's are your thing then fine; they're just very overpriced and difficult to work on and upgrade IMHO; they are also NO better for music production than PC these days. I'm not telling anyone what to do here, it's just that PC's are comparatively inexpensive and I feel that there is more of a vanity thing going on with Mac's than any technical superiority, which personally I can live without...but if you wish to pay for the name, please feel free!
But I'll pitch my £2k desktop against a Mac which costs twice the price any day of the week and I can open her up anytime and switch out what I want and when I want. I'm just sharing my own experience!
@@TheConsideredMan The best thing to do with a Windows PC is wipe the drive and install Linux on it. Hahahaha.
🤣😂😅
Yes! We all need a good wake up at least once! (Hopefully only once)
I use Time Machine, actualy 2 time machines on 2 drives, but I also run Smartbackup for all my other files which are on 2 external drives (compositions, final bounces, instruments libraries, various patches and soundfiles, videos) on 2 other drives. My 2 Time Machines run 24/7 and the backups for the other files are done once in a day.
And in addition I I've a laptop, which I use on vacations, with its own drives, which mirrors the studio desktop (same libraries, same plugins, same patches, same compositions, etc...).
I tested the thing 4 years ago when my main Mac died and had to be repaired (actualy they had to change the motherboard...). Obviously my CPU power was not the same with the laptop but it worked.
But I'm not completly at ease.
I've just ordered a 16" Macbook Pro and twenty minutes later watched your video eeek!! My main machine running Nuendo is on Windows 11, and it is preset to upload important personal files to Onedrive. I found it annoying at first, but your experience makes me thankful. Not that this helps your cause, but I do believe that the Mac vs Windows is a trade-off between performance and reliability.
Loosing projects is just the worst.. learned my lesson the hard way as i now backup my maschine projects to the cloud too 😮..hard drives will eventually let you down just a matter of time 😂
Halfway thru watching i started a backup! Sorry for your pain, we've all been thru it, but hey, things happen, computer components aren't perfect, onwards and upwards!
That’s right!! Glad you backed up!
Haven’t backed up since March… thank you for the reminder!
Glad to hear it! Who knows how many people may benefit from this!
Damn! Sad to know about your data loss. Hope you are able to recover as much as possible and get back to a decent state, if not completely as before, soon. Thanks for making this informative video and best wishes for the Paw Patrol game. :)
Thanks Kaitav!
This was the hardest thing to watch. So stressful. At least you got an impactful video out of it…
Know the feeling.
Live and learn, always keep system drive separate from working files and then back up. Windows has taught me well 🤣
That's so crazy! If it makes you feel any better I had my new M2 Max laptop stolen, and lost all of my Maschine projects including artwork. I had to chalk it up to the game, and start over. Good luck!
So sorry to hear that!
@@jefgibbons A hard lesson learned. I will continue to keep creating music though. Can’t wait to see your opinion about Drift Theory.
Oh no! 😫 That’s terrible! ☹️ Time to go and check my backups are all in order! 😅
Well I have a Nextcloud running inside a VMWare virtual machine on a 2012 mac mini - so I can sync my files at home which is quicker than to the cloud. Of course it is not a backup but it stores my files an several computers and I am quite happy with it. Fingers crossed and knock on wood!
Sorry to hear about your backup situation .
I’ve lost like that….and it stinks! I’d love to know your full backup process (now). I’m also interested in seeing any videos on how to get I to game Audio if you have any insight. Thanks for all you do!
Grats on that game release!! thnaks for sharing the big lesson learned here.
Thanks Ray!
Oh man... Jef, this is my nightmare scenario. Backing up right now :)
WTF? I’m sorry to hear that. MacBook Pro laptops usually don’t crash like that even after having it for a year and a half. I had mine for about 11 years before it died. And losing all those projects too. Wow. Again I’m sorry to hear that but I’m sure you will build it again.
i never bought a NEW Mac & they have alwasy lasted a long itme .
2013 MBP ( got in 2016 ) & it still works great
my 2012 MBP 13" recently went down ( logic Board )
i usually get 10+ years ( knock on wood )
I have always kept them on aluminum Laptop Coolers . i cant prove that why they live longer . but it cant hurt
pardon me as i go run time machine ... scared as hail right now
Ha! Good tips though!
Sorry to hear this, I’ve lost more work than I care to think about.
I’ve been through several Macs that died at the worst possible moment and I’m still recovering. I love ‘em, I hate ‘em. Backup everything all the time and assume your Mac will die any moment regardless of its age.
MAN!! DUDE!!! I have been there done that and bought tickets for people around me.
On my PC I ran a 5tb SSD drive that I put ALL my music related things on and it went TITS up, doorknob dead.
I had to re-download EVERYTHING go back find old email with download links.
OMG i'm so sorry, painful to hear.
RAID is really good for preventing downtime from drive failures, though this sounds it lost the encryption key which probably would have taken out both anyway. The Mac Secure Enclave can be a real curse with data loss.
NOOO!!! I’m so sorry Jef 😖
Damn! That’s insane!
Dude! I’m so sorry for your (file) loss. I immediately went to my Time Machine backup and checked that it was backing up my Native Instruments folder……and it was. Not only that, I do the manual backups to externals. A little paranoia goes a looooong way.
And I would add that everyone go a level deeper and export the stems of your projects-especiallly of you use loops and samples from a subscription service like Arcade Output. I’ve lost a few tracks in projects that point to a formerly active Arcade Output account. At the very least name your subscription plug-ins so that you know which pack they came from so you can at least “re-attach” them from a reconnected subscription.
Great tip! Stems for the important projects for sure!
Hi Jeff,
Do you think you could make a video re solid saving techniques for Windows Maschine NI users?
I use drop box but had to stop having it sync in real time due to system failures between windows, drop box and NI/Maschine. I have also started using Splice and that is now adding further issues to everything. Feeling a bit insecure of my current saving techniques that I am shifting around in an attempt to have my system work properly again. I am in touch with Native Instruments about this (and was also in touch with Dropbox and Splice) but the solution finding adventure is still not 100% solved.
Cheers.
Hey Jef - nightmare! Surprised, I thought Macs were supposed to be reliable 😲
I have been postponing setting up a backup system for my cubase projects. I have to start right away
Definitely do it!
I'm really sorry that happened.
Hello. You are a very good artist in every way and you will shine again as always...😍👏😍😍
Thank you so much 😀
I got stung using Macs several times. I quit using them a couple of year ago and life is good.
Ouch. Yeah double check your backups!
I recommand to save projects in my dropbox folder
Thank you for this valuable information.
That’s absolutely crazy especially with the amount of money that you spend on a Mac. I always go to the Apple Store app and customize a Mac to what I would like and every time I see that price tag it just reconfirm that I don’t need a Mac and then you say that multiple ones have died on you Throughout the years it’s kind of crazy my PCs usually last 7 to 8 years on average.
Oh boy, sorry to hear that .. go to windows. Less hurdles
Computers…. They’ll never catch on. let’s all go back to cassette 4 track and VHS. worked for me back in the 80s 😀
I don't endorse Sabrent, but they make a dual NVME TB enclosure. I use 3 of those on my Mac Studio. And a combination of Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner. Behind you is a TRS-80 II...where do you get that?????????
Good eye!! Just got it! Gotta replace the capacitors… had a nice smoke show when I plugged it in!
@@jefgibbons It was the first computer in school I used. Iconic old school shape!
@@michaelstram Yes! My older brother has a big internet-tech biz and it all started on the Trash-80 for him!
@@jefgibbons OMG! Trach-80! haven't heard that in years! My first home computer was a Tandy CoCo 3!
Wow! You're one of the best, so I truly feel your pain. I've been there literally hundreds of times. This is a hard reality of music composition. You're bright and enthusiastic energy is so motivating, and eventually your resiliency will kick back in! Is data retrieval from your dead drive a possibility? I've had it done professionally a few times and it worked. No matter what, the only real thing there is to do is keep smashing that "Get It Done button." Topless blowjobs and blunts were made especially for "ish" like this. Hard to be upset when a pretty woman is providing that "tech support!" LOL! You're the best, Jeff! All you're gonna do is continue to shine and inspire your followers! I look forward to your future videos. And remember, "tech support!" Lol!
My projects are backed up to iCloud, my Time Machine back up is backed up to a 4TB spinning drive 😮
I find it very weird that all your mac are dying so fast! I own several PCs from cheap companies (Dell, Gateway, etc.) and they are all functional even after more than 10 years! I have a cheap Dell tower from 2007 that I use to watch movies on a small TV and it runs without any problems even though all the parts are recycled. I even use very old hard drives and I only had one that died. Maybe I'm just lucky!
You are! We’ve had about 5 drives fail in the last 10 years! Must be the Pacific humidity!
Backups are essential for process critical files. Sorry about your luck.
how can I make sure my user folders are backed up too ?
Don't you have any Warranty or Apple Care+ for this expensive Macbook Pro? I've purchased the same Macbook like you but with 8TB SSD Storage and I did Apple Care+ for 150 Bucks a year.
How do you make sure the folders are set for proper backup?
Yeah i remember you had a bad experience with your last one to. Bummer.
Man I’m currently on vacation and miss maschine bad . I’m bringing the mikro with my laptop next time haha
Ahhh yes I know that feeling…
omg, I'm sorry. I know that from my own experience.
My jaw literally dropped
Paw-some!
Ha! Indeed 🐾
But I saw you have a great computer in the background
Good eye!!! Just picked it up last week, going to replace the capacitors and see if I can bring it to life. It’s in great shape!
And I see you have a sweet synth in your thumbnail!!
I structurally have all my projects on Dropbox...
Did you open the PC and just plug the harddrive into an external drive?
Be right back, playing paw patrol academy all weekend
Atta boy!!!
Noooooooooooo!
bummer Jef. I'm a mac guy but that is a let down. your mac is 1 1/2 old and dies? I might be losing faith in Mac. Any thoughts on why the mac died?
I wasn’t clear, it died during the update, but I was able to reinstall on it once it was wiped! Not a hardware failure this time. But after my last MacBook Pro died for the second time I was pretty upset with Mac in general… especially because it was too expensive to get it fixed, and it was only 5 years old…
Talking about SSD's, I just had a 4TB die on me after three months.
Yeah even they aren’t invincible!
congrats on the paw patrol project 👍
Jeff buy your self a 2 bay NAS for back up. Mirror the 2 disk, then replicate that to the cloud. Also get a PC, MAC are good but I have friends that had the same issue as you they the die to quickly.
A sobering incident. It's a lot of work to lose but these systems are not helping you here. For professionals, design ought to be more proactive around back up.
Aw man no way….
Looked into data recovery?
I have Macs that are 20 years old and are till working (The first iMacs that came in different colors). My Macbook pro 2012 (used in my small studio) and my MacMini 2012( used in my larger studio setup cause it has two internal hard drives) are still going strong, 11 years and counting. Don't know how it is you kill Macs so fast!!!! Murderer Hahahahahahahahaaaa
Feeding algorithm
simple solution, just stop using apple ;P setup strong PC - but you know, there will be other problems :)
I have only one CRITIQUE about your Maschine videos and it is the way you are using ENCODERS using two fingers like you are a surgeon who operates . Why ? Think about it. I love Maschine and from MK3 to M Plus I love workflow but I already wrote critique to you as a influencer and person who can suggest to manufactures and public too , you can at least give some advice for longevity. Everything else you are working is great, educational and inspirational.
Give Backblaze a go (Cloud backup). Time Machine is rubbish.
Will do! Thanks for the tip!
That's not fun. Would you consider leaving the Mac family for a PC?
That's good news. The knowledge and practice stays and you get to start fresh without copy/pasting old errors.
True!
Dump apple and go PC - you'll never look back! :)
See above my Windows friend...any other suggestions welcome...😊
Are you running a custom built pc? I’m looking into switch back to windows and it seems business like of computers are best…
@@nsp932 I had mine built to a spec for music about 10 years ago - still does the business with ease.
Get Windows Man.