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From: David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly?
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 22:39:41 +0100
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On 18/08/2024 22:06, pothead wrote:
> On 2024-08-18, Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:
>> On Aug 18, 2024 at 4:17:09 PM EDT, "pothead" <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2024-08-18, David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>>> //I was recently having some problems with iTunes, and decided to
>>>> reinstall macOS Sierra. I held Command+R on startup and clicked on
>>>> "Reinstall macOS" without erasing the hard drive in Disk Utility. Once
>>>> the reinstall was complete, I started back up and all of my files and
>>>> programs were still there, along with my settings, desktop wallpaper,
>>>> and everything else. (The iTunes problems were fixed.)//
>>>>
>>>> What exactly does this "Reinstall" feature do, if it doesn't remove
>>>> programs and change settings to default?//
>>>>
>>>> Here are answers on-line:-
>>>> https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/276766/what-does-reinstall-macos-do-exactly
>>>>
>>>> How would YOU have answered the OP's question?
>>>
>>> That article is from 7 years ago.
>>
>> DB probably wrote it. All he does is post links to his old questions, in a
>> desperate attempt to get more replies to his ancient questions.
> 
> +1

How did you make two posts at the same time?  (2206)

FWIW - BDB did *NOT* ask the question on Stack Exchange.