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- 15" Aluminium MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM, OS X 10.6.2
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I am 15" MacBook Pro (older model) running OSX 10.6.2
I would like to do a complete wipe of my osx and do a complete reinstall of Snow Leopard. My MacBook came with Tiger pre-installed (I think, i was then a mac newbie, still kinda am I guess, three years now). When I bought it it came with 2 grey CD's ( Mac osx install disk 1 & 2 which are osx 10.4.10) and also an OSX Leopard CD version 10.5. I was told to insert the new leopard cd and let it do the upgrade, no problems there. When Snow-Leopard came out I installed that no problem off the CD (family-pack CD).
Firstly, i would like to do a complete reinstall to start the MacBook as if it was (nearly) fresh from the factory. I am confused as too which CD i would start with???
Secondly, (the nearly part) I have a lot of pictures using iPhoto and movies using iMovie. Also a few programs that I have but no longer have the .dmg.
Can I just drag the iphoto package and library onto my external hard drive and then drag them back into place after the OSX reset??? The same with the other applications???
I have also looked at the migration assistant in utilities and the only option that would apply to my case would be to do a time machine back-up. Reinstall the OS and then use the time machine to reinstall my applications and documents. I do not understand this because it would then make my MacBook the same as now and defeat the purpose of doing my intended reset.
I have researched this to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am 15" MacBook Pro (older model) running OSX 10.6.2
I would like to do a complete wipe of my osx and do a complete reinstall of Snow Leopard. My MacBook came with Tiger pre-installed (I think, i was then a mac newbie, still kinda am I guess, three years now). When I bought it it came with 2 grey CD's ( Mac osx install disk 1 & 2 which are osx 10.4.10) and also an OSX Leopard CD version 10.5. I was told to insert the new leopard cd and let it do the upgrade, no problems there. When Snow-Leopard came out I installed that no problem off the CD (family-pack CD).
Firstly, i would like to do a complete reinstall to start the MacBook as if it was (nearly) fresh from the factory. I am confused as too which CD i would start with???
Secondly, (the nearly part) I have a lot of pictures using iPhoto and movies using iMovie. Also a few programs that I have but no longer have the .dmg.
Can I just drag the iphoto package and library onto my external hard drive and then drag them back into place after the OSX reset??? The same with the other applications???
I have also looked at the migration assistant in utilities and the only option that would apply to my case would be to do a time machine back-up. Reinstall the OS and then use the time machine to reinstall my applications and documents. I do not understand this because it would then make my MacBook the same as now and defeat the purpose of doing my intended reset.
I have researched this to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.