26 November 2024 Tuesday

[KathyB]

I am typing this message on my new MacBook Pro, which I've had for 2.5 days. I have spent most of the past couple of days getting a shit-ton of fonts and client assets onto the new computer, and now I'm figuring out which applications need to be replaced or upgraded. Number one on the list of replacements is a font manager, because my old one stopped being supported by the manufacturer a couple of years ago. Right now I'm trying out Typeface Pro. I have over 14,000 fonts, but I transferred only 3,500 or so to the new computer.

I also transferred some music yesterday--first were Anthony de Mare's Liaisons: Reimagining Sondheim fro the Piano and the Pacific Overtures and Here We Are original cast recordings.

[scenicdesign71]

Admirable choices indeed!  I mean, Sondheim, of course, but he's an entire genre by now — those three specific albums bespeak excellent taste within the SJS "universe".  (I haven't actually listened to Liaisons more than a few times, back when it first came out, but you've inspired me to put it back into rotation).

I picked up my new MBP almost a week ago but haven't even taken it out of the box yet.  I've gotten all my files loaded onto my external hard drive, but I need to set aside a half-hour to be coached online — or sit with a Genius at the Apple Store — about moving Photos, Messages, Notes etc. onto the new MBP either from the old one, or from the cloud, without doing a full migration which might inadvertently transfer a lot of outdated and possibly bug-ridden old system files which I don't want clogging up the new computer.  I also want to make sure, before beginning setup, to similarly declutter my iCloud storage.

I'm being a little precious about keeping the new laptop as pristine as possible, but I'm sure I'll loosen up once I dive in.  I'm also curious about the new OS, since at this point I'm several behind: my old MBP, on which I'm typing this now, is still running OS12 Monterey, so I'll be leapfrogging past Ventura and Sonoma to begin with OS15 Sequoia on the new one.

I've never explored font management at all, and while I don't have anywhere near as many fonts as you, it might be a good thing for me to look into, while I'm looking at organization and housekeeping more generally as I set up this new computer.  Indeed, the extremely-modest rate at which I've accumulated fonts over the years is probably due, as much as anything, to my never having figured out how to go about organizing them once I got them.

[KathyB]

I set up my Time Machine drive. I named it Fritz.

What I have found most helpful/necessary in setting up the new computer: silly little dongles that convert from USB-A to USB-C, since the new computer has none of the former and the old computer has none of the latter. I'm sure there is some wonderful, sophisticated way to transfer everything using the cloud, but I'm finding flash drives and hard drives to be easier.

I thought we were supposed to have Snowmageddon today, but it stopped this morning after maybe one inch.