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Apple Computing Products:
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OS 10.6 on first gen Intel
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1264629" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>First off - there's almost never a reason to do a clean install of OS X. UNIX-based OSes don't develop "rot" over time like Windows does. At worst, you might need to create a new user account. But there's a lot of maintenance tasks you should try before you even go that far.</p><p></p><p>You will need the retail 10.6 disc. A 10.6 disc from another computer won't work (as those are usually tailored to the machine it was sold with). You'll need to format the drive from within Disk Utility (as booted from the 10.6 disc) and it should let you do a clean install.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1264629, member: 24098"] First off - there's almost never a reason to do a clean install of OS X. UNIX-based OSes don't develop "rot" over time like Windows does. At worst, you might need to create a new user account. But there's a lot of maintenance tasks you should try before you even go that far. You will need the retail 10.6 disc. A 10.6 disc from another computer won't work (as those are usually tailored to the machine it was sold with). You'll need to format the drive from within Disk Utility (as booted from the 10.6 disc) and it should let you do a clean install. [/QUOTE]
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