Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!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: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 13:47:06 +0100 Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <66c68e53$1$212404$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net IGjr87n/e0C4bc8sdPJLOAVQmfF443TWcvPC9juCNI74cqxdOA Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ki7GluBaX2GYvE1wOpKMjv2hPcM= sha256:dMVXrE0kVKc35ob5b7bcXz7shYR5RqaGGRI9+lBZPks= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <66c68e53$1$212404$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:144596 On 22/08/2024 02:03, Snit wrote: > On Aug 21, 2024 at 3:54:54 PM MST, "David Brooks" wrote > : > >> 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? > > This has been covered. You repeatedly ask both products and developers and > imply they are doing improper things with little or no evidence. This is > deemed inappropriate. What - in detail - was "inappropriate" in my question? I'm deadly serious in this quest, Snit. >> Can you identify anything controversial? >> >> I've asked *WHY* in a new thread in ACW. For what conceivable reason was the question removed?