Can I get back to Factory New?
Hi. New User to Mac and I've made a boo boo. I was trying to move things around on my Doc, and I accidently trashed my download folder...along with my Project Gallery Icon from Word for Mac that sat on the Doc.
I got it out of the trash, but I can't get the Project Gallery back on the Doc and when I put my download folder back on the Doc, it just sits there. Maybe I'm being picky, but I want it to spring like my documents folder.
Unless there's another way to correct this, I was going to uninstall Word for Mac and bring the computer back to factory and then reinstall.
Can this be corrected?
Thanks
Kim
Hi
You have some options available to you:
Backup run the installer disk and reformat and reinstall. Backup run the installer disk and archive and install. Backup run the installer disk and archive and install and preserve network users and settings.
You can also clone the existing drive as it stands now to an external drive, run the installer disk and reformat and reinstall. On restart the Setup Assistant will give you the option to migrate from another disk or Mac. Connect the external disk previously used (must be firewire) and 'cherrypick' what you want back again. You don't necessarily have to use Migration Assistant at this point. You can wait until you have set up your default admin account and use the Assistant later on.
Tony
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