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Best Way To Do A Fresh Install?
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<blockquote data-quote="EndlessMac" data-source="post: 1028076" data-attributes="member: 140470"><p>Well if you really want a fresh start you are going to have to do some work. There's really no avoiding that completely. What you can do is that most applications will allow you to save your settings. For example, iTunes will allow you export all your playlists. It actually has a backup everything to disc feature. </p><p></p><p>The apps that don't have this convenient feature you are just going to have to write down the settings or you can do a screen capture when you have the settings window open so you don't have to write it all down. </p><p></p><p>For a fresh start I don't know how useful cloning your drive is. Any problems you have now will just be copied over to your backup and then copied back when you restore it. If you really want to be thorough with a fresh reinstall you really do have to reinstall everything again. It's usually applications that will give you the most trouble so manually reinstalling apps is the way to go if you want to be thorough. Simple data files can usually be copied back over to your hard drive without any problems.</p><p></p><p>FYI I personally never use the upgrade feature. I know some people have used it without problems but I always like a fresh install when I upgrade my OS. Time Machine is a recent feature but I'm used to manually reinstalling everything when I upgrade my OS. I haven't restored from TM as of yet but I believe it has an option to choose what you want to restore back to your hard drive. Like I said it's mostly apps you have to worry about. Your data files can usually be easily copied over without problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EndlessMac, post: 1028076, member: 140470"] Well if you really want a fresh start you are going to have to do some work. There's really no avoiding that completely. What you can do is that most applications will allow you to save your settings. For example, iTunes will allow you export all your playlists. It actually has a backup everything to disc feature. The apps that don't have this convenient feature you are just going to have to write down the settings or you can do a screen capture when you have the settings window open so you don't have to write it all down. For a fresh start I don't know how useful cloning your drive is. Any problems you have now will just be copied over to your backup and then copied back when you restore it. If you really want to be thorough with a fresh reinstall you really do have to reinstall everything again. It's usually applications that will give you the most trouble so manually reinstalling apps is the way to go if you want to be thorough. Simple data files can usually be copied back over to your hard drive without any problems. FYI I personally never use the upgrade feature. I know some people have used it without problems but I always like a fresh install when I upgrade my OS. Time Machine is a recent feature but I'm used to manually reinstalling everything when I upgrade my OS. I haven't restored from TM as of yet but I believe it has an option to choose what you want to restore back to your hard drive. Like I said it's mostly apps you have to worry about. Your data files can usually be easily copied over without problems. [/QUOTE]
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