I am running Lion 10.7.3 on a 21" iMac and apart from a couple of minor
annoying but not life threatening ongoing glitches everything is perfect.
However, I am aware that everything on my iMac is the result of ongoing update
installs and runs of Migration Assistant dating back to 10.3 Tiger on my G5 at
least, may be further. Recently I have taking to using Clean My Mac on a
regular basis and always when I uninstall software. However, this is only
recent and prior to that my uninstall technique was lax and incomplete unless
there was an actual uninstaller. Inspection of Preference files and the like
reveals many obsolete and irrelevant items which I remove when they come to
light by chance or by intention. I am sure however that there is much unseen
junk and debris that is not easily spotted and that is causing my minor
problems. I have done the usual run through all my StartUp items and
eliminated them as possible problems.
For my own satisfaction I would like to clean up but see no easy way other than
a fresh install of Lion, followed by all my documents and then all
applications, settings for internet and Mail from zero. Migration Assistant is
great but does allow the user to be very selective, it is more or less an all
or nothing for Applications, Documents, Settings etc, which of course is
sensible.
Is there any easy way to avoid just doing the whole thing from baseline up?
The thought appals me - I am acutely aware that I do not have that many hears
to go and I would like to bequeath a sanitised iMac! Maybe there are other
software "cleaners" out there though I have always treated such items with
extreme caution.
Advise me!
Severin Crisp
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15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
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