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<blockquote data-quote="riverteeth" data-source="post: 1049204" data-attributes="member: 43488"><p>Final report:</p><p></p><p>So I finally erased my boot drive, reinstalled Snow Leopard completely fresh, bringing over files and library cataloges manually from backup, instead of using Time Machine as I had in the past. The result is as I had hoped: problem with quick look solved, plus 200% faster performance all around. Instead of unistalling the junk, I just made the easy decision not to install anything I hadn't used in 6 months, mostly stuff I had installed to try out, or for a specific purpose, and then never touch again.</p><p></p><p>My one question now is, perhaps better for a seperate post, could I have achieved the same result and saved time buy using the migration assistant to move my files and some preferences from my time machine backup. I avoided doing this this time because I wanted to make sure any extraneous or even corrupt files didn't get over to my new system. Since this is my first Mac in ten years, I still haven't had a chance to use Migration assistant....</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for all the suggestions!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="riverteeth, post: 1049204, member: 43488"] Final report: So I finally erased my boot drive, reinstalled Snow Leopard completely fresh, bringing over files and library cataloges manually from backup, instead of using Time Machine as I had in the past. The result is as I had hoped: problem with quick look solved, plus 200% faster performance all around. Instead of unistalling the junk, I just made the easy decision not to install anything I hadn't used in 6 months, mostly stuff I had installed to try out, or for a specific purpose, and then never touch again. My one question now is, perhaps better for a seperate post, could I have achieved the same result and saved time buy using the migration assistant to move my files and some preferences from my time machine backup. I avoided doing this this time because I wanted to make sure any extraneous or even corrupt files didn't get over to my new system. Since this is my first Mac in ten years, I still haven't had a chance to use Migration assistant.... Thanks again for all the suggestions! [/QUOTE]
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