Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly?

On 2024-08-18, David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

On 18/08/2024 22:06, pothead wrote:

On 2024-08-18, Tyrone <none@none.none> wrote:

On Aug 18, 2024 at 4:17:09 PM EDT, "pothead" <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:
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On 2024-08-18, David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

//I was recently having some problems with iTunes, and decided to
reinstall macOS Sierra. I held Command+R on startup and clicked on
"Reinstall macOS" without erasing the hard drive in Disk Utility. Once
the reinstall was complete, I started back up and all of my files and
programs were still there, along with my settings, desktop wallpaper,
and everything else. (The iTunes problems were fixed.)//
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What exactly does this "Reinstall" feature do, if it doesn't remove
programs and change settings to default?//
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Here are answers on-line:-
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/276766/what-does-reinstall-macos-do-exactly
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How would YOU have answered the OP's question?

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That article is from 7 years ago.

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DB probably wrote it. All he does is post links to his old questions, in a
desperate attempt to get more replies to his ancient questions.

 
+1

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How did you make two posts at the same time?  (2206)

One post was a single line.
The other was 2 characters ie:+1
I did break a nail on the second one though.

FWIW - BDB did *NOT* ask the question on Stack Exchange.

It matters not.

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