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From: pothead <pothead@snakebite.com>
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Subject: Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly?
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 20:17:09 -0000 (UTC)
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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.

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