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Giving up - Need reinstall advice
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 536280" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>You have a Time Machine backup, so you should be good to go using either method. An archive and install will be the easiest option without having to reinstall all of your third-party software. I would recommend using a program like <a href="http://metaquark.de/appfresh/" target="_blank">AppFresh</a> to get everything up to date before you do so.</p><p></p><p>The other option would be to do an Erase and Install. Since you have a Time Machine backup, you can simply use the Migration Assistant at the end of the install to import all of your data, settings and applications from the Time Machine backup. Of course, you need to make sure that Time Machine has completed a backup after you've run AppFresh to get your third party apps up to date.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 536280, member: 24098"] You have a Time Machine backup, so you should be good to go using either method. An archive and install will be the easiest option without having to reinstall all of your third-party software. I would recommend using a program like [URL="http://metaquark.de/appfresh/"]AppFresh[/URL] to get everything up to date before you do so. The other option would be to do an Erase and Install. Since you have a Time Machine backup, you can simply use the Migration Assistant at the end of the install to import all of your data, settings and applications from the Time Machine backup. Of course, you need to make sure that Time Machine has completed a backup after you've run AppFresh to get your third party apps up to date. [/QUOTE]
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