Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: David Brooks Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 08:57:33 +0100 Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net cHdh0vhTSpNA0PcSYFPxdAZmNERrZ/8RKRtZ/1PgdD7NJM+p5s Cancel-Lock: sha1:IvHuKecffRz18XyrJxsSauJEld0= sha256:5xkN5O0WOjlCe8/tmEwe9cb5chUk7wth/baet3u8LPA= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2775 On 18/08/2024 23:56, Alan wrote: > On 2024-08-18 14:42, 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. > > Says the guy who asked "what does it do?"... It wasn't me who asked the question on Stack Exchange. >> How many folk realise that >> reinstalling the macOS will NOT eradicate any previously installed >> malware? Read 'pothead's reply'. He said .... 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 completely agree with him. -- David