I feel my hard drive needs a fresh start. When I purchased my MBP in Spring 2011, I simply restored from my 2008 white macbook. Ever since then, my MBP has felt sluggish, and I'm pretty sure this is the reason why. So, I want to do a fresh install of Mountain Lion.
I'm thinking I do not want to restore the entire system as this will defeat the purpose of reformatting the hard drive. My plan is to 1. create a backup folder on my desktop and put all the folders/files I want to have on my MBP after reformat there. Then, after I have that folder setup, let time capsule do its thing. Then, I'll reformat the drive, install Mountain Lion afresh and then go into time machine and restore that backup folder individually.
Is this the way you would do it? If not, please advise. When I was a Windows user, I reformatted every six months. I've never done it on a mac, so want to make sure i'm making the best out of the technology I have...
Thanks!
I'm thinking I do not want to restore the entire system as this will defeat the purpose of reformatting the hard drive. My plan is to 1. create a backup folder on my desktop and put all the folders/files I want to have on my MBP after reformat there. Then, after I have that folder setup, let time capsule do its thing. Then, I'll reformat the drive, install Mountain Lion afresh and then go into time machine and restore that backup folder individually.
Is this the way you would do it? If not, please advise. When I was a Windows user, I reformatted every six months. I've never done it on a mac, so want to make sure i'm making the best out of the technology I have...
Thanks!