sometimes, i love having a Mac so much it hurts.
so, i use a really handy freeware program called schoolhouse. it’s basically an assignment management software, and it’s one of those things that i’ve come to depend on. to the point where if one day it suddenly stopped working, my heart would probably stop. (note: this isn’t a review.) as it turn out, i’m gonna not be in school for a year, but when i get to grad school, you’d better believe i’ll still use it.
so, anyways, i just opened the program a few minutes ago (using a trigger via quicksilver). and nothing happened. i experienced an emotion i haven’t felt since i made the switch to mac. i tried it again. nothing happened. i figured quicksilver (being in beta) was just having a temporary bug. so i tried another trigger, this time to open up safari. workedlikeacharm.
clearly, i did something here. so i figured i’d navigate to the program in finder, and figure out my trigger problem later. only, once i navigated to the program…there was a big circle with a line through it watermarked over my custom icon (a swiss army knife, in case you were wondering). i double-clicked on the icon, with trepidation, as i’ve come to depend on this program immeasurably. all my grades and when my assignments are due are only in this program (or maybe also in ical, i’m spotty). the program apparently “is not supported by this computer’s architecture” (whatever the hell that means).
after a quick check to make sure no other program was having the same issue (since i just upgraded my hard drive and memory), i went to the website, and downloaded the software again. copied it into the app folder. hit my quicksilver trigger, and schoolhouse opened up, with all my old assignments and alerts just as i’d last seen them.
now, i understand. this is pretty minor. permission, plist files, etc. all stayed the same, though i technically “reinstalled” right on top of the old program. what i’m trying to get at is that as a longtime Windows user (and all-time Mac aficionado), there’s no way that a similar situation could arise without me tearing my hair out. my stuff would have been gone. this is not the first time, nor is it likely to be the last, that i’m just so incredibly glad that i made the switch.
