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From: David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly?
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:50:54 +0100
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On 23/08/2024 12:36, T i m wrote:
> On 23/08/2024 09:29, David Brooks wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> //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?

=

> If you had any idea how an OS / filesystem / preferences work you could 
> answer it for yourself.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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?

=

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

This fellow:-  https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/229525/brendon-ai

Is that right?

--
David

By the way, the original question may be found here:-
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/276766/what-does-reinstall-macos-do-exactly