Hi,
I have to take my late 2007 MBP in since it suffers from the blank screen of death (failed Nvidia chip). Normally I'd just backup my data, pop the DVD in and reformat/reinstall OS X - but I can't because I have no monitor and the 2nd display port doesn't work either.
What I do have is VNC (remote access) since it boots up fine, just without a display. So if I log in from my PC, I can see/interact with my MBP. What I'd like to do is wipe as much as possible while still maintaining functionality of OS X. I've used Superduper to make a backup of my entire drive already, then I plan to make a new temporary user, then delete my /Users/MyMainUser directory. That should take care of most stuff, but is there anything else (temporary files, thumbnails, etc) that I can delete that might reside outside of that directory?
Thanks.
-TM
I have to take my late 2007 MBP in since it suffers from the blank screen of death (failed Nvidia chip). Normally I'd just backup my data, pop the DVD in and reformat/reinstall OS X - but I can't because I have no monitor and the 2nd display port doesn't work either.
What I do have is VNC (remote access) since it boots up fine, just without a display. So if I log in from my PC, I can see/interact with my MBP. What I'd like to do is wipe as much as possible while still maintaining functionality of OS X. I've used Superduper to make a backup of my entire drive already, then I plan to make a new temporary user, then delete my /Users/MyMainUser directory. That should take care of most stuff, but is there anything else (temporary files, thumbnails, etc) that I can delete that might reside outside of that directory?
Thanks.
-TM