Doing a clean install erases the hard drive and installs the operating
system from scratch. After that, you can restore your applications and
data, though I prefer to install them manually. It takes longer but
that way everything has a fresh start in the new version. Of course,
any content, such as what is in itunes can be copied from a backup.
Original message:
Hi all,
What is this about a clean install? I have a 320gb external drive doing
nothing and have never used Time Machine. Should I do a backup onto
that first, given that I also have Crashplan? Ho, exactly, does one do
a clean install without losing all installed apps (and more
importantly, non-App Store activations, app preferences, system
settings, and so on)? Id did not do a clean install going from 10.7 to
10.8, so should I worry about doing so now? Any information would be
great. Thank you.
Have a great day,
Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini)
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