Reboot

TBubs · Apr 4, 2011

Alright so my computers ben trippin lately and running waaaaay slower than normal, I just want to reboot it and make it like a brand new fresh out the box computer how would I do this?

cwa107 · Apr 4, 2011

The term "reboot" simply means to restart the computer. I think what you're looking to do is to reinstall the operating system.

Note that this is almost never necessary with a UNIX-based Operating System, it's often a bad habit that we carry over from the Windows world where it actually can be useful.

At most, all you would need to do is simply create a new user account, port your data over to it, and then delete the old one. It's really that simple.

But before you go and do that, consider doing some maintenance tasks with a tool like Onyx.

TBubs · Apr 17, 2011

cwa107 said:
The term "reboot" simply means to restart the computer. I think what you're looking to do is to reinstall the operating system.

Note that this is almost never necessary with a UNIX-based Operating System, it's often a bad habit that we carry over from the Windows world where it actually can be useful.

At most, all you would need to do is simply create a new user account, port your data over to it, and then delete the old one. It's really that simple.

But before you go and do that, consider doing some maintenance tasks with a tool like Onyx.

Okay thanks that helps alot and I did run Onyx and a couple others apps just like it but didnt do much. Thanks again.

TBubs · Apr 17, 2011

and how should I transfer data? through Migration assistant?

cwa107 · Apr 17, 2011

TBubs said:
Okay thanks that helps alot and I did run Onyx and a couple others apps just like it but didnt do much. Thanks again.

Did you create a new user account?

cwa107 · Apr 17, 2011

TBubs said:
and how should I transfer data? through Migration assistant?

Migration Assistant is used to move data from one Mac to another. If you're asking about moving it from one user account to another, that's another story. When you create the new account, make sure it's an "Admin". Log into the new account, open Macintosh HD, go into the Users folder. You should see your old account's files in there and be able to select and copy over the data.

Lifeisabeach · Apr 17, 2011

Before creating a new account, how much free drive space do you have? If you are critically low, then that would explain your problems, and creating a new user won't help.

northrnchimp · Apr 17, 2011

It might be an idea to pinpoint why it's running slower - open Utilities>Activity Monitor, then from the drop-down at the top (which will say 'My Processes'), select 'All Processes'. click the column header marked '% CPU' and let us know what the top 2 are.

Also, what have you updated or installed recently?