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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 21:06:44 -0000 (UTC)
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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


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