Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Hardware/Software - Reformat / Reinstall OS X ?
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Tarale
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Well, I'm doing it for a few reasons. I got a bunch of department store shit on my Mac I've never been able to completely rid myself of, for starters.
Then there's all the shit I put on that I just don't want or need.
And yeah, I am interested in learning what I do and what it's like.  |
FreeDOS
Posts: 1118/1657 |
Most UNIX or UNIX-like operating systems never run into a problem of reinstall if you don't do anything bad... this is opposite of what you might be used to with Windows. 
Although if you're doing to see what it's like, go ahead! |
Tarale
Posts: 1400/2720 |
Stoked.
Cheers heaps. I shall do that soon, but must begin backing up my crap first.  |
Jesper
Posts: 1968/2390 |
/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
or
The installation program. Stick in the CD, hold down C while starting up. Gold.
Edit: Clarification. The CD install will allow you to reformat while installing (clean install only, obviously, not archive and install) and it will also put a pointer to Disk Utility (the same as above) into the Installer application menu. |
HyperLamer
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Can't you boot into a Linux-style shell on a Mac? You should be able to do it from there. It might not be such a good idea though; I'm not entirely sure how Mac works, you might end up deleting the program that runs the CD-ROM. |
Tarale
Posts: 1398/2720 |
Just wondering....(potentially stupid Mac question here...) I was thinking that I need to do a reformat / reinstall of my Mac at some point. I never actually got a fresh version of OS X when I bought my Mac, I got the store display one.
So, I've been thinking about doing a format reinstall.
Which I thought was easy, I'll just back my stuff up and then I'll format....
I haven't the foggiest idea how to even begin formatting my Mac. 
So, I'm wondering if somebody here can suggest how I would go about this? Is this possible?
Alternatively, would a 'Clean Restore' achieve the same effect I am after anyways? (I know how to do one of those)
I'd like to give my Mac a GOOD nice happy clean out and get rid of the last traces of the store software. Not to mention all the shit that I put on there while I was trying to work out what I was doing on the Mac. |
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