Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: David Brooks Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:54:54 +0100 Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net vGD4TD6lAkbxrhvJnATiTgdGCC0K8Q6HwxcsH1zJy+PMg7ic1u Cancel-Lock: sha1:mqFZvLAqWITMZ9OcER3IxsWFKCE= sha256:zXj+o+7Q+dasHBJsz2cgDRqRaSRuy3lUTp0W2snSL2M= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:144593 On 18/08/2024 18:10, David Brooks 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.)// > > What exactly does this "Reinstall" feature do, if it doesn't remove > programs and change settings to default?// > > Here are answers on-line:- https://apple.stackexchange.com/ > questions/276766/what-does-reinstall-macos-do-exactly > > How would YOU have answered the OP's question? What was wrong/inappropriate with asking this question on the ASC forums? Can you identify anything controversial? I've asked *WHY* in a new thread in ACW.