 What a day it's been! I had my office broken into today by thieves! However when I consider the entire heist, it could've been so much worse. The only things that were stolen was the internet modem, a time capsule and an airport express. They could've taken the camera, the teleprompter and a whole host of other stuff. The computer was taken from my locked cabinet but never made it out the door. Instead it was simply transferred to the couch. All my audio equipment appeared to be in place. I couldn't full inspect the extent to which things were effected but it seemed that the audio equipment was still there. Authorities were busy getting a report as well as photographs, fingerprints and accessing the security camera HD. It was quite an experience. I'm thankful to God it wasn't worse. It really could've been bad. Just causes a headache and time spent on renovation rather than more important stuff. That's just how it is and I press on.  Now I'm in the process of downgrading from Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra back down to 10.12 to Sierra. Why? Because Apple has moved over to the APFS (Apple File System) which makes older programs incompatible with the upgrade. It really has been a problem for me as I cannot rebuild my file directory from Disk Warrior. I used this program once or twice a year to keep an efficient work flow and run a smooth experience. However since the installation of 10.13 there have been many issues. Disk Warrior 5.0 won't recognize the APFS system, CS6 doesn't work on 10.13, my mouse freezes continually and I cannot unfreeze unless I reboot the computer. I'm running a 2013 Mac Pro 8 cores 64 GB RAM with DDR700 AMD graphics card. When I used to run Sierra I didn't have such issues. So I'm hoping I can go back to the old system. The downgrade installation is not so straightforward. We'll see what happens. I hope I can get this to work as I desperately need my Mac to work as it's a daily driver.  Unfortunately this give me greater impetus to move away from the Apple ecosystem and try a Windows platform. Having said that I will continue to use certain Apple applications such as Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro but now I'll be using Premiere Pro as well as the whole Adobe product lineup. I'm ready to have a new user experience. With the advent of the new unaffordable and unupgradable iMac Pro's with up to 18 cores and their APFS lineup, I'm ready to take on the Windows platform. There are advantages to both systems and I want exploit that to become better versed between both systems. I think being marketable in a competitive environment will be a greater asset.
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