Thank you! You are the first responder. :) > On Feb 11, 2016, at 1:59 AM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't know if these questions were answered definitively by somebody else > but as far as I am aware the answers are > > 1. How can I make sure all my Dropbox content won’t be deleted from the cloud > once I install El Capatin after erasing my Mac? > A. Erasing your hard disc in Recovery Console will have no impact on your > dropbox content. What will happen is once you sign in is that DropBox will > try to populate your new Mac DropBox folder with the cloud content. Also if > you have run a Time Machine Backup your old DropBox files should be backed up > there also. > 2. How can I restore all of my data from my Mac backup disk using CCC without > restoring System files? > A. I have never used CC much but I am not sure you can unless you boot up > inside your CC Clone and copy file to a third party drive such as a Flash > drive or external USB and then reboot into your clean install using this > drive to restore your documents. Alternatively again just use Time Machine to > restore your documents. > > 3. How can I restore Apple mail properly where I do not lose all of my > subfolders of saved mail, rules, etc? > I think this is more tricky. You can again migrate your settings across from > Time Machine using Migration Assistance but by migrating your settings you > may well lose much of the benefits of a clean install. At least that has been > my experience. > > David Griffith > > > > > On 11/02/2016 03:33, Gary wrote: >> Hi Sarai, >> I’m getting ready to install El Capitan and wanted to do a clean install as >> well. I was wondering if you did a clean install after all, if so, how did >> you address your three questions? Did you get your three questions answered? >> I have the same concerns. >> Thanks! >> Gary >> On Jan 31, 2016, at 11:36 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli >> <sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi guys: >>> Someone suggested a clean install of El Capatin to better handle voiceover. >>> This makes me cringe! When I tried the clean install of Yosimiti, it was an >>> absolute nightmare! I have questions to see if I can make this process less >>> painful. >>> 1. How can I make sure all my Dropbox content won’t be deleted from the >>> cloud once I install El Capatin after erasing my Mac? >>> 2. How can I restore all of my data from my Mac backup disk using CCC >>> without restoring System files? >>> 3. How can I restore Apple mail properly where I do not lose all of my >>> subfolders of saved mail, rules, etc? >>> Sarai D. Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >>> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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