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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 18:10:47 +0100 Lines: 14 Message-ID: <lieo8nF2lssU3@mid.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net KvwhWXebUseU4vHNdmGDQgh+URowEn328hJw0xsIwZK1itrKNN Cancel-Lock: sha1:q4GbkPsSz1+K+2kFT+jOZLbrVnY= sha256:tiooSsSP+dZwBrbKqRq4Zqx14HQ9HG/TYdygyRTmHAA= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 1449 //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?