If you work on a new Mac, don't do what I did..

[FLM]

New MACs suck! I used the same laptop for 4 years. The battery died with no replacement so I went with a new one or really my wife did and just hog it!
My G4 was a tank! Never broke down....This thing is a turd.
They are gone. Went to data recovery but the price ($1500) to TRY and recover was too much. The Mac guy said there was zero reading on the old drive anyways. Live and learn.
 

[uncle_al]

Welcome to the wonderful wacky world we Wintel people have been living in for years...
Curse the soul of Bill Gates to the nameless depths of worldslime!

Sorry to hear of your loss.

Al B.

[seansshack]

Sounds like the hard disk has died - if you are really stuck and have a few bob, there are companies that can attempt data retrieval from failed drives

[FLM]

So I'm typing away on the trusty Mac. 12 years using Mac and never a problem. Until today.
The hard drive starts making ticking and popping noises. And then everything fades to black.
It died.
I lost seven features and a pilot plus the first two episodes I was writting.  Lost everything really but those were the most important.
Yes, I have hard copies but I'll still have to transcribe them back into Movie Magic. It was a dumb mistake but what I do other than learn.
New Macs with the Intel chip aren't like the old ones. They these ones break.
Moral of the story: ALWAYS backup your work on a disc or removeable drive.