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

From	David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org>
Newsgroups	alt.computer.workshop, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly?
Date	2024-08-23 13:47 +0100
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On 23/08/2024 13:21, T i m wrote:
> On 23/08/2024 12:50, David Brooks wrote:
> <snip>
> 
>>> 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.
> 
> 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.

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What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-18 18:10 +0100
  Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2024-08-18 20:17 +0000
    Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-18 21:40 +0100
      Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2024-08-18 21:06 +0000
        Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-18 22:42 +0100
          Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2024-08-18 23:14 +0100
          Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2024-08-18 22:19 +0000
            What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-19 08:53 +0100
              Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-08-19 16:00 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-19 21:21 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-08-20 00:33 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-20 08:58 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-08-20 13:51 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-20 15:14 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-08-20 14:28 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-20 19:22 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-08-20 19:57 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-20 20:59 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-08-20 23:26 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Charlie Glock <"Charlie Glock"@localhost.com> - 2024-08-20 21:46 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-20 22:57 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-08-20 23:52 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-21 08:42 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2024-08-21 10:40 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-21 10:57 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2024-08-21 11:07 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <David@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-09-22 08:33 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-08-21 19:26 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <David@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-09-22 08:33 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 15:30 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <David@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-09-22 17:10 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 16:20 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 12:19 -0700
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 21:02 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 14:33 -0700
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 22:17 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 15:38 -0700
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 23:12 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 16:59 -0700
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 02:00 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 19:02 -0700
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 02:44 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2024-09-22 20:01 -0700
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 04:13 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2024-09-23 08:01 -0700
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-08-21 16:00 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-21 19:17 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-08-21 19:20 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-21 20:45 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? Snit <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2024-08-21 20:21 +0000
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            Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-19 08:57 +0100
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              Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-22 14:06 +0100
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                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2024-08-22 18:24 +0100
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                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2024-08-22 22:03 +0100
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                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2024-08-23 09:53 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-08-23 11:38 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2024-08-23 12:27 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <David@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-10-03 15:54 +0100
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <David@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-10-29 23:12 +0000
                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? David Brooks <David@nomail.afraid.org> - 2024-10-29 23:15 +0000
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                Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly? T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2024-10-31 09:57 +0000
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