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From: David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org>
Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly?
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:29:52 +0100
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On 23/08/2024 00:18, Snit wrote:
> On Aug 22, 2024 at 11:52:47 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
> <lipfnvFlomcU2@mid.individual.net>:
> 
>> On 22/08/2024 18:17, Snit wrote:
>>> On Aug 22, 2024 at 10:16:37 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
>>> <lipa3lFkrm3U2@mid.individual.net>:
>>>
>>>> On 22/08/2024 17:49, Snit wrote:
>>>>> On Aug 22, 2024 at 7:41:23 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
>>>>> <lip10jFjk9uU2@mid.individual.net>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 22/08/2024 14:59, Snit wrote:
>>>>>>> On Aug 22, 2024 at 5:47:06 AM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
>>>>>>> <lioqaaFik0sU1@mid.individual.net>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 22/08/2024 02:03, Snit wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Aug 21, 2024 at 3:54:54 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote
>>>>>>>>> <lin9huFb5gfU6@mid.individual.net>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 18/08/2024 18:10, 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?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What was wrong/inappropriate with asking this question on the ASC forums?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This has been covered. You repeatedly ask both products and developers and
>>>>>>>>> imply they are doing improper things with little or no evidence. This is
>>>>>>>>> deemed inappropriate.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What - in detail - was "inappropriate" in my question?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I do not recall all the details -- but we have talked about this before: you
>>>>>>> go there asking about apps / developers and suggesting they might be doing
>>>>>>> wrong when there is absolutely no evidence they are. This is not even about
>>>>>>> Apple software but third party software which is not relevant for the site.
>>>>>>> You do this over and over even when asked by them not to. Other than killing
>>>>>>> your account how could they have gotten you to stop?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm talking about the question posed THIS WEEK!
>>>>>
>>>>> Was it a part of a pattern of exaggerated and inappropriate concern you have
>>>>> expressed there?
>>>>
>>>> Absolutely not.
>>>
>>> What was it about?
>>
>> Are you kidding me Snit?
> 
> I do not keep track of your questions. They are usually about some product.
> 
> You had a recent question about resetting a computer. Is that what you mean? I
> do not know if you had others.

This Message-ID: <lieo8nF2lssU3@mid.individual.net> laid out the
question almost exactly as I'd posted it on the ASC forums.

>>>>>>>> I'm deadly serious in this quest, Snit.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can you identify anything controversial?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've asked *WHY* in a new thread in ACW.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For what conceivable reason was the question removed?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not sure what you are asking about being removed... something in ACW? Not
>>>>>>> possible.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps someone else will explain if you cannot understand what has been
>>>>>> written so very clearly. <sigh>
>>>>>
>>>>> The question on the Apple forum... you posted the reasons why. Surely you do
>>>>> not mean that, do you?
>>>>
>>>> I posted the same question here in ACW
>>>
>>> What Message ID?
>>
>> <liom1iFi2vaU1@mid.individual.net>
> 
> I do not see an issue with asking how to reset a Mac... though the answer was
> already on the Apple database.

So what WAS "inappropriate" about my question, repeated here:-

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From: David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org>
Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly?
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//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?

-- 
HTH
David