Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Phil Halton
How about using a ethernet to thunderbolt adapter for the air and connect through ethernet in that way avoiding any Wi-Fi issues. Sent from my IPhone > On Oct 12, 2016, at 2:14 PM, Brandt Steenkamp > wrote: > > Ok, that is new. I did a fresh install of Yosemite a

Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Brandt Steenkamp
Ok, that is new. I did a fresh install of Yosemite a couple of years ago, and the wi-Fi connection did not persist. Warm regards, Brandt Steenkamp Sent from my Macbook Pro Contact: Phone: Private: +27 (0)60 525 9181 For technical support with iOS: +27 (0)78 120 5013 Email:

Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread christopher hallsworth
No need to do that, google for “install disk creator”. This simple, fully accessible application does it all for you. > On 12 Oct 2016, at 18:39, Brandt Steenkamp wrote: > > Hi there, > > I see only one issue with your steps. Unless you have either some sight or

Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Scott Granados
If he joins the Wifi it will carry over to the recovery partition. Also, you can get to that screen with voice over by pressing vo m twice, arrowing twice and then down. This has worked for me as recently as a week ago when fresh installing on a 2011 MacBook Pro. However, if he already is

Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Brandt Steenkamp
Hi there, I see only one issue with your steps. Unless you have either some sight or are pare of eyes to borrow, installing the OS is going to be very hard. The air does not have an ethernet port, and the wi-Fi network selection screens do not talk. The best workaround I can think of in your

Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread E.T.
Yep. I restored apps from TM and the next day redid the clean install, this time only restoring computer and settings from TM via Migration Assistant. Manually installing apps and registering a very few of them again was easier. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Without H2O there is no life!

Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Phil Halton
That's exactly right, it was my understanding that reinstalling from a time machine back up would only reinstall whatever problems you were trying to get away from to begin with. I've never done a clean install since lion OS X and that's why am doing this now. Sent from my IPhone > On Oct

Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Scott Granados
You can but you reinstall any difficulties you were having previously. Not a bad solution but not the perfect clean sweep I think Phil is looking for. > On Oct 12, 2016, at 11:51 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > > After you reformat the drive, can’t you restore from the time

Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Scott Granados
Phil, this sounds like a sound procedure to me. No need to reauthorize as your computer will identify itself with the same identification again. You should be good to go. > On Oct 12, 2016, at 10:14 AM, Phil Halton wrote: > > These are the steps I intend to follow to do

Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Blee Blat
He could, but he said he wanted a clean install. If you want to reinstall from a backup, you wouldn't need to format the drive, because time machine would sync it. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns

Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Chris Moore
After you reformat the drive, can’t you restore from the time machine backup? This should eliminate the need to reinstall applications and files. Chris > On Oct 12, 2016, at 10:55 AM, Blee Blat wrote: > > That looks sane, just be careful that you don't accidentally erase

Re: My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Blee Blat
That looks sane, just be careful that you don't accidentally erase the recovery partition, just erase the HD volume. If you erase the recovery partition, it will drop you into internet recovery and you'll then have to start with the OS the machine came with before you upgrade to Sierra again

My plan for a clean install of Sierra

2016-10-12 Thread Phil Halton
These are the steps I intend to follow to do a clean install of Sierra on my MacBook Air. If anyone sees a problem in these steps would you please let me know? For example, is it necessary to first D authorize my computer in iTunes to avoid problems One. I have installed Sierra over the top of