Clyde Kahrl wrote: > Does anyone know how to do a clean install of OSX and keep your files? > I know that OSX can set aside your old system folder on an > install but if the thing was buggy to begin with I want to know what > is going into the new system.
Clean install installs a completely new System folder, and transfers user and permissions information to the new system, so that you can log in and see your own stuff again. It will replace applications that are included in the install, and leave along applications which arent'. This is even doable by hand with a lot of NetInfo skullduggery. > For example, I would love to transfer my ViaVoice files to > OSX 10.2 without transferring anything else. Those should be in *your* users's Library folder, not to be comfused with the System Library folder. Maybe also some fonts. Fonts are in either your Fonts folder or the System fonts folder. > BUT OSX is so complicated and there are so many invisible files i > don't know how to do this. Carbon Cloner clones your system > folder--but if it's buggy what does this do? Why do you say your system is buggy? This is the first line of attack...if you log on as a different user, do you have the same problems? If not, the prolems lie in your user preferences files, not in the system. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
