Hi and thanks for the really good explanation of how to make a clean install. I'm just about to start the reinstallation process but have a question since i got a bit uncertain: I want to take away an unnecessary partition that i have, and you said that if i wanted to erase the whole hard drive, i have to readd the Macintosh Hd before leaving the disk utility, will there be prompts for that or what gives there?I guess what i ask for is what happens when the entire disk is erased and before i install the operating system? /Krister
> 14 jul 2014 kl. 14:01 skrev Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com>: > > By definition, a clean install is fresh, so restoring previously installed > apps and configurations goes against the point. I'd do the install, then > re-download all the apps. Yes, you'll need to log in again if the app > requires it, and set up your preferences again, but that is the price of a > clean install. Of course, you can restore documents and other files, as those > are stored in your own folder structure anyway, but anything bound > specifically to an app should not be restored, but rather replaced with a > fresh copy. Fortunately, getting your apps back is as easy as opening the App > Store, going to the purchase tab, and downloading what you want. That said, > apps that you got elsewhere will be different; you'll need to be sure you > have any license keys or other information, not to mention the installers > themselves, before you start the re-install process. > > Doing a clean install of an OS is pretty easy, assuming you have a recovery > partition (most newer Macs do automatically). If you don't, or if you had to, > say, replace your hard drive and so are starting with a totally blank unit, > you'll need to make a USB installer. For that, you'll need a thumb drive at > least 8GB in size, a working Mac to format and install Mavericks onto the > thumb drive, and a copy of Mavericks (free from the App Store). > > If you do have a recovery partition, hold cmd-r while booting. I'd say hold > it for ten or twenty seconds, then release it. Once the machine boots, which > shouldn't take long as you are booting into the recovery area and not the > normal Mac OS, hit cmd-f5 to turn VoiceOver on. Then: > 1. Choose the Disk Utility option in the table, and hit the Continue button. > 2. Once in Disk Utility, choose your Macintosh HD partition in the disks > table, select the Erase radio button, and erase the partition. You might want > to erase the entire hard drive instead, but that's up to you. If you do, be > sure to re-add the Macintosh HD partition before you exit Disk Utility. > 3. Press cmd-q to exit Disk Utility once your drive is ready, then choose > "Install OS X Mavericks" (or whatever OS your Mac has) from the table, hit > the continue button, and follow the prompts from there. > > If you don't have a recovery partition, create a USB installer (tutorials are > all over Google, and are better than what I can do). If your Mac still works, > plug in the drive, open System Preferences > Startup Disk, and choose your > installer drive as the startup disk instead of your normal internal drive, > and restart. If the Mac doesn't work, hold down the option key as you boot > the Mac, and use the arrow keys to select your installer drive (you'll > probably need sighted help for this, as the boot sequence cannot speak). > After you are in your drive, start VoiceOver and proceed according to the > recovery partition steps above. > On Jul 14, 2014, at 5:43 AM, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> This ground has been covered loads and loads of time so please excuse me for >> covering it yet again. The only excuse i have is that at the time this topic >> was up, i didn't have an interest in doing this, however now i have so this >> is my question: >> How do i do a clean install of an operating system on the mac? More >> specifically, what should i do to get a clean installation and then get the >> apps i have with their respective settings back on the machine minus >> possible old system settings that maybe could cause damage to the >> installation or the system? >> All help appreciated. >> /Krister >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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