In which things are frustrating
May. 8th, 2018 01:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysobelThe last couple of days have been ... miserable.
Yesterday I got tired of my iPad (which I mostly use in bed) nagging me about updating the iOS, so I backed it up and then tried to update. Which required updating iTunes first, rebooting the computer, and *then* doing the iPad update.
...except it wouldn't. It stalled out and gave error 2003, and meanwhile the iPad was stuck in recovery mode, therefore unusable.
Cue google searches and various unsuccessful attempts to get it working.
Three hours later, literally in tears, I called Apple support, who said that 2003 was an odd error message (it was in the range of USB errors but not one of the usual ones. He suggested rebooting the computer ... which of course decided that was the perfect time to apply updates ... and when it finally got in my control and I went into iTunes, updating of course still didn't work, so he said maybe try a different cord, or else bring it in to an Apple Store for help.
...the closest Apple Store (I have no idea why my autocarrot is capitalizing that) is in Sacramento.
I didn't have a spare cord.
My dad probably did, but wouldn't have been able to come until today. And while some usage of the iPad is optional (reading, Netflix, games, etc) i really really need music to help me get to sleep, since it gives me something other than brainweasels to listen to. And boy howdy were the 'weasels active, because of how "I" fucked up the iPad.
At this point -- around 8pm, well after I'm usually in bed (because it's way more comfortable than sitting upright) -- I was pretty much in meltdown, and hating myself for it, because it’s such a first world problem and most people sleep perfectly fine without iPads. Not that hating myself did anything helpful like stop me from crying.
My evening aide offered to have her ... er, gentleman friend ... run out to Walmart (which is about 25min drive away but it's open 24/7) and pick up some cords. I was desperate enough to say yes; and of course I couldn't go to bed because I needed to be able to sync up the iPad once the cords got here, and there was a good chance it would require my Apple ID password.
Hour (and some chocolate) later, cords arrive. And they work. But at this point the iPad is fucked up enough that it required full reset to factory defaults and then restoring from backup.
OS installs correctly. Backup requires my password, then starts ...
...time remaining: one hour.
:sob:
I finally got to bed at 11:30, and then had to do all the stupid "new"-iPad setup before I could get to the music. Plus I was in post-meltdown crap mode that "naturally" included suicidal ideation and then hating myself for getting that upset over a stupid tablet.
It was maybe 2:30 before I got completely to sleep.
...meanwhile, to add insult to injury, the yarn I was using for the newest project wasn't enough to complete the project, and the sensible thing is to start over with a different green yarn that I have, but I really just wanted more of the yarn I was already using. So I did end up ordering it today as a reward for surviving yesterday. It’s stupid but at least the thing I’m making will be cute. (its a cactus bunny. I am in a cactusy mood.(
Today hasn’t been fun. I’m more tired than usual, and kind of in meltdown hangover. And not all of my games are behaving; one is treating me like a new player, and I tried logging in with the various sets of passwords I use for mobile games in combination with the three emails I might have used but nothing worked. It’s not one I spent money on, so I could theoretically just start over, but losing progress and starting over is just ... discouraging.
(And there’s one game I still miss that flat out won’t work in os11 because the app is too old and un~updated. There’s a different app with a similar concept but instead of being a daily free puzzle it’s done as packs, some free and some that you buy, and it’s just less fun that way. Sulk.)
Yesterday I got tired of my iPad (which I mostly use in bed) nagging me about updating the iOS, so I backed it up and then tried to update. Which required updating iTunes first, rebooting the computer, and *then* doing the iPad update.
...except it wouldn't. It stalled out and gave error 2003, and meanwhile the iPad was stuck in recovery mode, therefore unusable.
Cue google searches and various unsuccessful attempts to get it working.
Three hours later, literally in tears, I called Apple support, who said that 2003 was an odd error message (it was in the range of USB errors but not one of the usual ones. He suggested rebooting the computer ... which of course decided that was the perfect time to apply updates ... and when it finally got in my control and I went into iTunes, updating of course still didn't work, so he said maybe try a different cord, or else bring it in to an Apple Store for help.
...the closest Apple Store (I have no idea why my autocarrot is capitalizing that) is in Sacramento.
I didn't have a spare cord.
My dad probably did, but wouldn't have been able to come until today. And while some usage of the iPad is optional (reading, Netflix, games, etc) i really really need music to help me get to sleep, since it gives me something other than brainweasels to listen to. And boy howdy were the 'weasels active, because of how "I" fucked up the iPad.
At this point -- around 8pm, well after I'm usually in bed (because it's way more comfortable than sitting upright) -- I was pretty much in meltdown, and hating myself for it, because it’s such a first world problem and most people sleep perfectly fine without iPads. Not that hating myself did anything helpful like stop me from crying.
My evening aide offered to have her ... er, gentleman friend ... run out to Walmart (which is about 25min drive away but it's open 24/7) and pick up some cords. I was desperate enough to say yes; and of course I couldn't go to bed because I needed to be able to sync up the iPad once the cords got here, and there was a good chance it would require my Apple ID password.
Hour (and some chocolate) later, cords arrive. And they work. But at this point the iPad is fucked up enough that it required full reset to factory defaults and then restoring from backup.
OS installs correctly. Backup requires my password, then starts ...
...time remaining: one hour.
:sob:
I finally got to bed at 11:30, and then had to do all the stupid "new"-iPad setup before I could get to the music. Plus I was in post-meltdown crap mode that "naturally" included suicidal ideation and then hating myself for getting that upset over a stupid tablet.
It was maybe 2:30 before I got completely to sleep.
...meanwhile, to add insult to injury, the yarn I was using for the newest project wasn't enough to complete the project, and the sensible thing is to start over with a different green yarn that I have, but I really just wanted more of the yarn I was already using. So I did end up ordering it today as a reward for surviving yesterday. It’s stupid but at least the thing I’m making will be cute. (its a cactus bunny. I am in a cactusy mood.(
Today hasn’t been fun. I’m more tired than usual, and kind of in meltdown hangover. And not all of my games are behaving; one is treating me like a new player, and I tried logging in with the various sets of passwords I use for mobile games in combination with the three emails I might have used but nothing worked. It’s not one I spent money on, so I could theoretically just start over, but losing progress and starting over is just ... discouraging.
(And there’s one game I still miss that flat out won’t work in os11 because the app is too old and un~updated. There’s a different app with a similar concept but instead of being a daily free puzzle it’s done as packs, some free and some that you buy, and it’s just less fun that way. Sulk.)
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Date: 2018-05-11 10:34 pm (UTC)