Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FromTheRafters Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 05:51:17 -0400 Organization: Peripheral Visions Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: erratic.howard@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:51:21 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="42254c12c645b0b7a2a41509ec017700"; logging-data="2976735"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX182lDJTyM1qjgZNstL4V5Mk2ZYlEwoz8Ak=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:EUialLjN6tnOaYvuFplccsHtUmI= X-ICQ: 1701145376 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb Bytes: 2557 David Brooks pretended : > On 18/08/2024 22:06, pothead wrote: >> On 2024-08-18, Tyrone wrote: >>> On Aug 18, 2024 at 4:17:09 PM EDT, "pothead" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 2024-08-18, David Brooks 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) Send in a batch, like Gremlin does or type really really fast.