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

On 23/08/2024 13:21, T i m wrote:

On 23/08/2024 12:50, David Brooks wrote:
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If you had any idea how an OS / filesystem / preferences work you could answer it for yourself.
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If you owned a computer and were doing something like re-installing the OS for a specific reason then found an online forum and posted to it asking such a question, you would sound like a vegetarian asking if cauliflower is vegan.
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So you have a computer, have reinstalled the OS and found it doesn't delete your personal files and are asking why it didn't also delete something you believe to be malware?

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Please confirm that that is the exact reply you would have posted in response to the person who originally asked the question.

 No,

Thanks.

I wouldn't have included the 'honest' (as you would call them) bits in my first reply but I would after reading their reply to people who had tried to answer ther question honestly and accurately:
 "No, it doesn't install the system that came with the Mac when it was new. This is a 2010 iMac with Sierra installed, but it came with Snow Leopard. I reinstalled Sierra. –
brendon-ai
Commented Mar 19, 2017 at 13:32"
 Can you see why that reply is that of a stupid twat or troll (or possibly just on the spectrum)?
 Was it you perchance as it very much fits your MO and false sense of entitlement?

No, it wasn't me.
I found it by chance when looking for a suitable 'test' question to trigger controversy - the Apple Mac is a magical place for malware to
hide if folk can be persuaded to deliberately load and authorise suspect software.