New York Geek girls was a huge disappointment. My tech arrived one and a half hours late, and apparently was unfamiliar with my ticket and the idea of backing up a photo archive to an external drive. Which I found more than surprising for a digital tech. Shouldn't he have arrived knowing how to perform the task on my ticket?
In addition, I had requested an overall digital check to see if I have adequate backups and redundancies (eg: is time machine recommended over acronite/crashplan/other backups) for my purposes. To review both major photo streams/storage (personal iphone and art photos) to make sure everything is secure.
I was hoping for some big picture advice (about how long can I expect 12 TB drive last, for example, and what would be a smarter drive/s solution or additional backup). As it was after almost two hours, during which I had to leave the tech at my home, I came home and found that he was on the phone with Apple support, another surprise. In the end, he was able to get one backup started.
However, all my big questions about digital backup and security and the second archive I needed backed up went undone and unanswered--by this time it was late and the tech had been at my house for two hours, and I realized he didn't have the skills to answer my other questions.
To make matters worse, I received a snarky email from the owner, Roberta. She sent an email asking how the service was. When I honestly, but kindly, explained how the tech guy had been really nice, but the service had fallen short she argued with me on every point. She mansplained, she was rude, and then told me she would only charge me for one hour, instead of the two hours the tech was at my house. Another surprise! The tech was at my house for two hours because he had to call tech support, and didn't know how to solve the problem despite knowing about it in advance! I had thought she had genuinely wanted to know about the service, but in fact she only wanted to justify a full bill.
In short, this company promises they can do everything you ask in advance. Each time I sent a detailed email they confirmed they could help with all my tasks. But in fact they could not. And once the service was done, the owner was insulting and obnoxious, and wasted my time. My advice? Save yourself the hassle, expense and irritation, call Apple support yourself, rather than have Geek Girls do that for you. read more