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- February 15th, 2006, 03:14 PM #1
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Clear off my mac
How do I clear off my mac computer? I just want to start all over because I have been downloading lots of things and my [download application] won't work and my mail wont work so I just want to start all over. Do I just put the mac osx 10.4.4 in my computer and it erases everything that I had. I dont care about saving anything I just want a clean slate.
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- February 15th, 2006, 03:21 PM #2
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- February 15th, 2006, 04:09 PM #3
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If you want / need a clean install of the system, backup the data that you need, and then from the OS X Install DVD, select "Erase and Install" as installation type. That is the only that is really clean. (but you'll have to install your applications and data back later)
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- February 15th, 2006, 05:08 PM #4
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this is quite drastic. talk us through some of the specific problems you are having, it may be something very minor, and very fixable.
with a mac, Complete Reinstallation of the System is possibly the last resort. there is no spyware or virii or deep system level trouble that can happen, so it's very often completely superficial and very easily fixed.Dual 1.8GHz G5 2GB, 1TB, Radeon 9600XT 128MB, 10.5
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