I agree. I had a weird issue with mail and i did a clean install and it fixed it all. I always would recognmend doing a clean install when doing a large update aka from lion to mountain lion.
Chris Bruinenberg [email protected] On Nov 5, 2012, at 5:02 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: > The only thing is: if you want to do a restore instead of a clean install, > even of just the Mac side, you want to be sure that whatever is causing the > problem just doesn't get reinstalled or set again. So if it were me, I would > lean to erasing the Mac partition and clean installing instead of any kind of > restore. Then you can maybe troubleshoot what causes the problem if it starts > happening again. > > -- > Cheryl > > May the words of my mouth > and the meditation of my heart > be acceptable to You, Lord, > my rock and my Redeemer. > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > > > > On Nov 5, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good to know, that makes this easier. What happens to my user data, such as >> apps, app settings, music, and everything else in /applications or the ~/ >> folders? What I mean is, does this do some sort of in-place install, or does >> it format the osx partition and reinstall everything? >> On Nov 5, 2012, at 7:53 PM, Chris Bruinenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> You don't have to delete your windows partition. >>> I restore my quite often and don't have to erase my boot camp partition. >>> >>> Chris Bruinenberg >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 5, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I was at my desk, reading a book on my apex, when I heard my mac give the >>>> startup chime. It had restarted, just hours after the last time this >>>> happened (sometime around 10:00 this morning, and it's now about 7:30). I >>>> have repaired disk permissions, and there were no errors. I have reset my >>>> PRam. I have pulled out the power cord for the recommended time. As I said >>>> before, when I am in windows this does not happen, which tells me this is >>>> probably not a hardware problem with the Mini. If there's anything else I >>>> can try, please let me know. Yes, re-installing OSX may have to happen, >>>> but I'm hoping for a less drastic solution that does not involve wiping my >>>> drive before I resort to that step, especially as I have no one whom I >>>> would trust to help with a bootcamp/windows install at the moment. If I >>>> did have to reformat, I'd probably forego windows for a while, but I would >>>> want it back eventually simply to play audio games. Fusion or Virtualbox >>>> may be coming to a mac near me relatively soon... Anyway, thanks for your >>>> continued suggestions. >>>> >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
