You need time to learn and troubleshoot your hardware. Take this with a gain of salt, but this pre-caution comes from my experience in film and video production. Hardware Tip: No new gear for a new show. I had a USB SSD that I could boot from without upgrading my MacBook Pro or partitioning my internal boot drive. On another occasion, I needed to roll forward my OS version to interface with some recent software updates. We fixed a few disk utility settings, and they were back up and running with their show computer. I was once in Boston and an hour before a show, the DJ’s computer crashed, and one of my bootable thumb drives saved the day. If you can, I recommend picking up a few USB thumb drives with decent read/write speeds, and then loading bootable versions of Mac OSX onto them as recovery drives. That being said, always carry a clear garbage bag with you! Whether you have to wear it as a poncho, pop it over your suitcase when running through a storm, or cover your laptop, a clear plastic bag will allow you to see your laptop screen even if all hell breaks loose. If you’re working on a crazy punk show with drinks flying all over, a silicone keyboard cover might save your life. And if it’s a laptop (MacBook Pro, PC, whatever) I definitely recommend some sort of case with protection. Computer Protection! - A bumper case and a clear garbage bag.
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