Your Own Disaster!
We like our stuff here at Mac|Life. You see, we have a lot of it, and we’re not going to risk losing it all at any expense. But we’re also not hip to lugging around heaps of stuff if a building floods or catches on fire. But we want to know about our readers, so comment below with the one thing you’d grab before hightailin’ it outside in a worst-case scenario. There’s no extra points for creativity, but we’d much rather read interesting responses.
This month the winner will win an ioSafe Solo disaster proof external hard drive. It’s the perfect computer accessory to store and protect all your cherished files, as 2012 looms ever closer on our iCals.
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lanepeter
October 07, 2010 at 3:36pm
All my files are already on mobileme idisk cept my music and photos so i'd grab my time capsule
macmongrel
October 07, 2010 at 3:34pm
I could pretty much guarantee I would grab my boots, my jacket and maybe a blanket because Its always cold I would also grab a banana because I usually see them on the table and take one when I leave the house anyway...
mc77340
October 07, 2010 at 3:33pm
After the family, I would probably not get out because I would need my ipods, laptops, piles of backup photo CDs, photo albums, hard drives, and favorite stuffed animal. And my pillow. I'm dead.
kevin.j.post
October 07, 2010 at 3:32pm
First thing I'd grad is my shoes, the car keys and my wallet, then get my three dogs out of the house. Need the car to get the dogs to the kennel, the keys to get the car moving, shoes are a nice accessory item, and having your wallet with money is handy too. Take your money and run!
billywtrs
October 07, 2010 at 3:22pm
I would most likely grab my family, dogs, and guns. You can never be to prepared. I would also grab a TV and the DVR, because if my wife missed her soaps, I might as well had just stayed in the house during the disaster!!!
Roger D
October 07, 2010 at 2:19pm
Trite, but true, I would take my Time Machine hard drive as it has all the files from both my iMac and Macbook Pro. A very close second would be my first edition MacAddict and the accompanying CD. Max Lives!!
beforethesky
October 07, 2010 at 2:17pm
Well, I wish it was something super cool but I'd have to say my prosthetic leg. Without it I wouldn't be able to out run anything. Once I had the leg I could worry about other things but if I only had one chance. It'd have to be the leg.
spiritondub
October 07, 2010 at 1:59pm
I'd have no choice but to grab my portable hard drive because it is not water or fireproof!
dakotaryan
October 07, 2010 at 1:06pm
...time permitting my: MBP, server HDD, phone, wallet, shoes...maybe a fire extinguisher? Or a coat, if the disaster we're talking about here happens to be nuclear winter...
ds1977
October 07, 2010 at 1:05pm
well in most emergancys that require leaving the house id assume my wife and puppy will know to leave too. i almost always have my iphone on me so that wouldnt count. but if all i know is that theres a disaster and i must flee i'm gonna assume its the most logical choice. ZOMBIES!!! so of course ill be grabbing my prepacked zombie survival kit that includes everything i'd need to survive the impending zombie outbreak
bmtanner3
October 07, 2010 at 12:58pm
But also a swiss army knife, a gum wrapper, and a piece of chalk. If MacGruber can make something out of it, I can too!
TxM2xTx
October 07, 2010 at 12:50pm
the baby doll from American Girl which belongs to my daughter. My daughter doesn't go anywhere without it. So in order to get my daughter out, I have to get the American Girl out first ! And by doing that, my son will come running after those two, cause he often wants to be where big sister is.
rnadams87
October 07, 2010 at 12:46pm
The first thing I'd grab is my Mac. Then my boyfriend. because he kill me if I just grabbed my computer.
King Of Nines
October 07, 2010 at 12:32pm
Thank God, I was really tired of over reacting to spontaneous combustible hard drives of the old days, now I can either let it cook, or douse it with water....either way I'm cool baby...I'm cool!!
Rebelord
October 07, 2010 at 12:00pm
If I had to grab something, and go I would grab my tiny petite wife, that way whatever she grabs I'll be taking with me. Its like having a polly pocket.
MitchNetzer
October 07, 2010 at 11:47am
I think I'd grab the "Family" hard drive. It has all of our family videos and pictures on it. It WOULD be the single largest loss we could incur.
I know it's not original, but it's true.
jcurzon
October 06, 2010 at 5:31pm
I would grab my Dog. (Note: I would already have my phone ipod and wallet in pocket)
koko
October 06, 2010 at 8:22am
Whatever i take with me, it will be not enough.
Just my family and a phone for connection with the world...
aidanjones
October 05, 2010 at 5:03pm
I'd take my 1TB Time Machine capsule so after the chaos, I'd have to get a new Mac eventually! (:
navydoc2024
October 05, 2010 at 2:58pm
I would grab my daughter and if time permitted one of my two backups with all the pictures.
CupcakeKiller
October 04, 2010 at 4:35pm
My family, car keys, my Solo ioSafe contents,my iPad, photo albums, i.d., money, a tent, some survival essentials, and my four legged children.
macbookpro220
October 04, 2010 at 4:26pm
External Hard drive (Has all of our photos on a time machine Backup)
If possible Macbook Pro but External HD has irreplaceable photos where as Macbook is replaceable.
noahsmybro
October 04, 2010 at 12:47pm
Hard to pick what to grab first, but it's all data:
* my laptop
* my NAS
* my fireproof-chest(Hopefully) all of my critical data is stored within those three devices.
*IF* my backups are correct I can probably forfeit the laptop and recover from the NAS, so if forced I'd leave behind the laptop before the NAS.
I do have legal papers in the chest though - birth certificates, deeds, that sort of thing, so I'd grab it too.
Fortunately the three objects are all within about 6 feet of each other so if I can save one I can hopefully save all.
AdriaticBlue
October 04, 2010 at 12:09pm
My darn car keys so I can get away from the disaster! There is no real public transportation in North Carolina and I don't want to be stuck like Chuck.
Arlen Nagata
October 04, 2010 at 1:49am
My MBP, "The box", you know that box full of important papers and such.
I don't think I could get anything else.Hopefully the cat makes it out ok. But it's every man for himself.
maniac7474
October 03, 2010 at 1:24pm
I'd grab my roommate because he'd probably still be sleeping through everything. He's a champ.
akvir
October 03, 2010 at 11:01am
Id grab my Drum KIt because I couldnt Live Whithout It Even If i have 17 drum apps on my iPhone
hypnotoad
October 03, 2010 at 10:59am
If I had the time, I'd grab the plastic tote of all my original negatives, slides and prints (family photos). Then I'd grab the NAS drive because that contains backups of all the family's data from our two computers. Boring, I know, but everything else is replaceable.
dave.wehr
October 03, 2010 at 8:58am
my shoes. I live in Arizona where if your feet don't have anything between them and the pavement, they burn... not kidding. You can't take your dog for a walk during the day because the ground is too hot.
ghornik
October 03, 2010 at 7:57am
My Time Capsule: it's got backups of everything on my wife's and my MacBooks and also of the external disk drive that holds all of our pictures and music.
timmytanner
October 03, 2010 at 7:30am
Fully dressed; iPhone (SAS Survival Guide app loaded); Novothink solar charger for phone; cash; credit card; SS card.
myztero
October 03, 2010 at 12:06am
The one thing I'd grab is my latest copy of MacILife. That way I'll have something interesting to read while waiting for the disaster to end.
Telters
October 02, 2010 at 8:06pm
All those sticky notes with my password, and my MacBook Pro. I have a problem with sticky notes. I must have over 100 lying all around my house. If anybody ever happened to rob my house, they would know all of my passwords in the blink of an eye! (Not that this is a good thing...) Storing all of my notes somewhere digitally would probably be a good idea...
Ben
October 07, 2010 at 5:02pm
Launch the Keychain Access application in your Utilities folder, go to File > New Secure Note Item.
Anything you put in here will be locked up with everything else on your keychain at log-out. Just don't forget your [typically] log-in password, otherwise you'll loose all of those secure notes.
What would I grab on my way out and I can only have one? Probably just my iPhone.
I'd totally try to save my MBP and ACD though.
lamer
October 02, 2010 at 5:56pm
My power strip - then everything I have connected to it (macbook, ipad, backup drives) will get dragged along with it...not to mention anything else that gets tangled in those cables.
mikeCT
October 02, 2010 at 5:33pm
My shoes! I love my mac. I love my iphone. But to be quite honest, I also love my feet... It would be hard to go anywhere without shoes.
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