Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: pothead Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 22:19:04 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Independents Exposing The Mainstream Media Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:19:05 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b8e30bde5b7db76c3ec33bae1007fecf"; logging-data="2680477"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ZpPFnMpQouON1TDQ+sDCy" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:sMeUZpsxR+TK0au9DkgWkBLB4Ok= Bytes: 2841 On 2024-08-18, David Brooks wrote: > On 18/08/2024 22:06, pothead wrote: >> On 2024-08-18, David Brooks wrote: >>> On 18/08/2024 21:17, 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. >>> >>> So? Why does that matter? >> >> Because technology changes rapidly. > > This part of macOS has NOT changed at all. How many folk realise that > reinstalling the macOS will NOT eradicate any previously installed malware? Probably not many. Fair point. Even a low level format in the Windows world does not guarantee the removal of ALL malware. Probably 95+ percent of malware but not 100% I'm pretty sure gremlin, APD, FTR, Kelli, ME or others can give a more comprehensive answer. Anyone but snit in fact. Snit's idea of malware is wearing blue high heel pumps with a red clutch. -- pothead Kamala Harris = Four More Years Of Obama. Send Her To The Curb. Vote snit "Kook Of the Decade".