Clean install and transferring applications

I just bought a brand new MacBook Pro a year and a half ago with the top performing quadcore i7 with 8GB of RAM. Ever since I upgraded to Mountain Lion from Lion. I have had some serious performance issues. I have already done a time reinstall and still have the same performance problems, which is pretty poor and a very hot core. I have read that doing a clean install and transfering file from the TM results in noticably better performance. I have never done this before so I like to know the risks and can I transfer my applications (pages, keynotes, word, powerpoint, ect.)

Yes, that is an option although you will need to take care you do not restore from backup something that is the direct cause of your problems.
All your applications may be reinstalled from the App Store or installation DVDs depending upon where and how they were purchased.
Install or Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
      left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on
        the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass. Click on
      the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Install button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.

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Clean install and restore from Time Machine: Will i lose my applications ?

I want to do a Snow Leopard clean install instead of a an upgrade.
1) How do I do the clean install and restore it from Time machine during the install ?
2) If I do the clean install and restore from Leopard's time machine backup, will I retaing all my applications or I will only retain my personal files ?
- If I don't retain my applications, how will my photos in iPhoto be restored without iPhoto ?

If you did a complete TM backup, then all your files, users, settings, and programs will be restored. You will have the opportunity to restore using TM at the end of the install. I would back at least my data up separately.
To erase and install (i.e., clean install), start up to your DVD and stop after selecting your language. Use the menus to start Disk Utility and erase your drive. Quit Disk Utility and proceed with your installation. At the end, you will be able to choose to reclaim your settings, files, and apps from TM.
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After Clean Install some Mac applications don't work.

I just had to do a clean install of Leopard 10.5.8 with Tiger 10.4. I now have some problems with the Mac software:
1) I couldn't do a Backup Restore for my Mail local folders. I finally moved them from my Previous System Folder. They show up in the Mail Viewer Window, but the contents are empty.
2) I couldn't do a Backup Restore for my Address Book Folder. I finally moved it from my Previous System Folder and replaced the Address Book Folder in Applications. However, it won't open up.
3) System Prefs from the drop-down Finder menu under the Apple symbol won't open up. I can open it from Applications.
4) Safari won't open up from the Dock's @ icon.
If anyone could give me advice to correct these I would be appreciative. Thank you.

Hi,
In some cases "newer" version of an App will not run on Older OS software.
For instance Leopard's iChat 4 will not run in Tiger.
You say a clean install and do not say if you moved your Home Folder Contents back.
Your Mail would have been in there as would the Address Book info.
However related to the first item, you may have issues getting the older Tiger apps to read documents/Databases created by the newer Apps in Leopard.
10:46 PM Monday; October 11, 2010

Clean Install and Software Restore CDs

Hi,
I have had my iBook G4 since February 2004. Yesterday I did a Clean Install and completely erased my HD. I used Install Disc 1 and 2. However, I was never prompted to insert Disc 3. Did I miss something?
Also, I also found the 8 Software Restore Discs. What exactly is "software restore"? After reading the pdf file and searching around these boards, I still could not find a definitive answer. What software is restored? The only application I seem to see missing is GarageBand.
Thanks,
DBDevil

Any software that you are missing from when you first got your ibook brand new should be there. It should also give you the option of which ones to install and such.

Clean install and migration of only one or two program

How does one do a clean install and migrate only one or two applications.

I don't believe there is a "clean install" on the Snow Leopard disk if you launch the install from your standard system boot. I believe you need to:
1) Put the SL disk in the machine drive.
2) Restart your machine.
3) Hold down the 'c' key during startup, to boot from the SL disk.
4) Once the system boots up, it starts the Snow Leopard install process. However, you have a menu bar where you can run several system utilities, such as Disk Utility.
5) Run Disk Utility and erase/reformat the main system harddisk. This will give you a "clean" disk to install Snow Leopard on.
6) After Disk Utility finishes, proceed with the install process.
7) After intallation of Snow Leopard, restore any apps/data you want from backups and/or original installation packages.
Hope this helps,
j0hn

Recently upgraded Mac 24" to Lion (clean install) and now no external hard disks work with Time Machine

Recently upgraded Mac 24" to Lion (clean install) and now no external hard disks work with Time Machine.
installed new internal disk first with fresh 10.7.3 Lion software. Also upgrade ram to 4GB. Work great, super fast.
BUT.... my WD 1TB firewire400 external disks no longer work with the Lion enabled machine now.
FURTHER... I read somewhere that WD is problematic with Lion but Seagate was not... so I went and bought a new 3TB Seagate GoFlex.
When it didnt work properly either, I patiently searched and found a software/firward upgrade and applied.
I re-partitioned disk to extened/journaled standard, etc.
Then assigned the particition to Time Machine. Drive turned the blue/grey color, so I thought it would work.
But, it has now been in "preparing" mode in Time Machine for HOURS....
What is up Apple? So dissappointed. Ive read these type of problems are notorious with Lion and I wish I never upgraded.
Are you trying to make issues with External disks, to drive people to iCloud? That trick ont work in me. I will not reward bad behaviour Apple.
Please provide a fix... I wasted hours/days screwing around with this, instead of using the Mac for what its intended!

Solved by Pondini, on another thread I opened...
Answer:
Sounds like either:
A directory problem on your internal HD. Verify your internal HD, and Repair any other volumes being backed-up per #A5 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting.
Something in OSX may be damaged. You've tried the "combo," so a fresh copy of OSX (that won't disturb anything else) would be worth a try (and you don't need a tech for that). See Installing the ''combo'' update and/or Reinstalling OSX.

Installing and transferring media from my PC or Mac to my pods

First and fourth most Hello, I'm new to the Apple board! I apologize for jump right in....but....I need help installing and transferring media from my PC to ipod, iphone and Apple TV! Can anyone help??? Thank you, DJ

You might find these sites helpful:
The New User's Guide for iTunes
iTunes 101
iPod 101
The manuals for the iPod and Apple TV and the iTunes Help files are also worth reading if you haven't already.

Clean install and Mail/itunes

I want to do a clean install and wipe my hard disk etc but I then like to put on my old mail and itunes library etc. What do I have to do that i.e. what folders do I need to bring back from Time Machine. And where do I put them etc?
Thanks

I had to reinstall Leopard for reasons unrelated to Leopard. When I did this reinstallation, the vertical quirk went away. Very strange.

Did a leopard clean install and restored via time machine

Hi
Just done a leopard clean install and restored data via time machine, now when i run time machine i cant go back in time to restore other bits and bobs, any ideas
thanks

This is not meant to be a snide comment, but I use Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper not TM. Used TM for a while but got tired of it, changed to CCC and then when Super Duper was updated for Leopard moved back to SD. I like it because (both SD and CCC) can be scheduled for whenever you want to run it and it only backs up files that have changed since last update. It also produces a bootable disk.

IMac Clean install and now won't install Lion 10.7.5

My mid 2007 iMac was haveing trouble connecting to the internet via a browser and I took it into the Genius Bar and their only suggestion was to do a clean install and then see what happens. I wiped the computer and tried a clean install. It wouldn't install OS X 10.7 Lion (which this computer was previously running). I took it back into the Genius Bar and they had to install 10.6 Snow Leopard. And now it won't upgrade to Lion (that it used to run till it started having problems).
What's going on?
Now, 3 weeks later, on our other mid 2007 iMac is starting to have the same issues.
Is there something wrong with the OS? I go to network diagnostics and it says it is connecting to the internet just fine. But it won't connect via a browser or do software updates.
I go to Airport Utilities and it wants me to forget the AirPort Extreme. Exact thing happened on the other iMac and I couldn't ever recover (or discover) the Extreme.
Help !!!!!!!!

You mean 2011 or do you mean Mountain Lion? Lion came out in mid 2011 and ML in 2012. And yes, 7,1 is the model identifier. Here is something I found on running the current OS:
From this site:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-2-duo-2.0-20-inch-alu minum-specs.html
Did you try recovery?
Not sure if your machine would be able to qualify for the recovery disk assistant (since yours would need the assistant to create a recovery partition)
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433
If that works, you should try using the recovery option (hit Command + Option + R during restart) to connect to Apple's servers and reinstall Lion.

I did a clean install and lost all of my iweb data and settings. My site is up and published through yahoo's server. Is there a way to retrieve/import so I can make changes?? HELP!

I did a clean install and lost all of my iweb data and settings.
My site is up and published through yahoo's server.
Is there a way to retrieve/import so I can make changes?? HELP!
Can I do this through wordpress or using html code?
Thanks!

Is there a way to retrieve/import so I can make changes?? HELP!
It's often asked and answered.
Search this forum for similar disasters : lost iweb file
The answer usually is No. You'll have to start from scratch. Unless you have a backup.
Can I do this through wordpress or using html code
No.

Clean install and selective restores from Time Machine?

Hi, all.
Just purchased a 13-inch non-Retina MBP last week. Swaped out the 500GB drive for a 1TB, upgraded to Mavericks and transfered all my data from a 2006-era white iMac running Leopard via Time Machine. I've had some connectivity issues (logins at app store failing, server verification errors in iTunes, and not being able launch the software that allows the folks at Apple to view my screen via chat) and after a few nights on the phone and in chat with Apple support, they've recommended booting in recovery since nothing else is working, wiping the hard drive, and performing a clean install of Mavericks. The assumption is that something from the migration is causing the issue.
I've created a fresh Time Machine backup on an external 1TB drive, and I'm mainly concerned with moving over the documents, Lightroom 4 library, iPhoto library, and iTunes library.Will I just be able to enter Time Machine and restore those or, failing that, manually drag and drop them into the user library? Are there any user permissions I need to be concerned about?
Thanks in advance!

Thanks, I figured as much. Another foolish question: should I be concerned about user permissions if I'm starting over? Can I transfer the users (there are only two, me and my wife) over from Time Machine? Trying to start as fresh as possible since no one can figure out what's causing the connectivity issues.

Clean install and time machine

I'd like to reformat my hard drive and do a clean install of leopard. I've backed up my drive with time machine and I'm wondering if it is possible to recover all my third party applications etc etc including passwords and settings without having to reinstall them all from the original discs?

Hello Jacob,
All of these are good questions to have when erasing and installing OS X Yosemite. To answer your first question you would need to boot to either your Recovery HD or through the Recovery USB and follow the steps in the first article below. Either option will get the task accomplished and will install OS X Yosemite. For your final question about restoring from a Time Machine back up, you will see the option to restore when going through the setup process of your Mac. Let me know if the information below is of help or need further assistance.
OS X Yosemite: Erase and reinstall OS X
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18869
OS X: About Recovery Disk Assistant
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202294
OS X Yosemite: Recover your entire system
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18848
Take it easy,
-Norm G.

Clean install and selective migration?

Hi,
First a bit of background:
I have 2 Macs, a 2009 Mac Pro and a Late 2011 MBP 17".
The Mac Pro was originally Leopard, then Snow. I decided it was getting risky and upgraded to 10.8.5. No issues.
The MacBook Pro came with Lion. I wanted to upgrate that to 10.8.5 too. Oh my goodness what a nightmare!
In brief: Upgraded MBP to ML. At the same time it did a firmware update for Thunderbolt. Ever since this, it proves very hit or miss with booting – it tends to hang before the login screen (spinning beachball of death). I have done all the SMC and NVRAM resets, and eventually did a clean install of Mountain Lion, then used Migration assistant to copy everything from the MacPro. It still seems to have issues. Apple tech support say that it cannot be software if I've reinstalled everything, but they did say I should NOT have migrated the users over. Not sure why.
Anyway, I took it in to an authorised service centre and they said it could be the HD on its way out (although SMART status is ok). They recommended that I replace the HD with an SSD. However, as I have loads of client and personal data on my HD, I cannot send my MBP away for someone to clone etc, and dispose of the old HD without me knowing how well they disposed of it.
So, I've just secure formatted the whole machine. When I came to restart, it wanted to install Lion rather than ML. I was surprised, as I'd heard that once you update the OS, the firmware gets rewritten so you can't go back. Anyway, I loaded Lion, then reinstalled ML. So now I have a clean install on the HD. I did this so that when they swap the HD for the 1TB Crucial M500, they can set me up with ML all ready to go, not give me back a Lion machine.
So, anyway, with all that as preamble, these are my questions:
1 - The Apple tech said that I should not migrate users. But I do want to get all my email history etc back. If I migrate "data", will I be able to create a new user and get it back to how it was?
2 - Applications-wise I personally would rather rebuild from scratch as my Mac Pro has got so many out of date apps that I don't really want to migrate, but what I'm concerned about is that I cannot find my MS Office 2008 disks, so ideally I'd like to migrate that. In other words, is it possible to choose which apps I migrate across using Migration Assistant?
Or am I really going to be forced to migrate users, apps and everything? And does anyone know why Apple tech think this might be the cause of the problem?
Sorry, I lknow that's a lot to read but I always think background info is useful.
Thanks in advance. I'm off to take the MBP in to have the SSD fitted, but will need your advice for setting it up when I get it back.

A few things...
1. Updating the firmware doesn't preclude loading an older version of the OS. Depending on the machine and the firmware, it may set up Internet Recovery with something different than what you're installing. For example, the firmware update may set up Lion as the Internet Recovery system, then you install Snow Leopard. You can do it, it's just that if you use Internet Recovery it'll use Lion.
2. Your problem could be the hard drive, or it could be the SATA cable. The way I normally test this is to move the drive to an external enclosure and boot from it by holding down the Option key and selecting it. If it runs fine from there, the SATA cable is the problem.
3. You really don't need tech support to do this, it's all pretty straightforward. By all means use them if you're uncomfortable doing this kind of thing, but the problem is you may get it back with the same problems. Especially if it is a SATA cable, as an SSD is only going to give you more errors than the HD did.
4. Migration Assistant gives you the option of moving Applications, Data, or Settings. You can move any or all of those categories, but not selectively. If you move Applications it'll move all of them.
5. As far as not migrating users... the reason to not do this is in case there's some software loading for the user that's causing problems. An easy way to find out if that's the case is to set your machine up with a clean install then clone it with something like Carbon Copy Cloner to an external drive. Now do your migration. If the migration causes problems, just copy the clone back onto the drive.
Here's the procedure for changing a drive in your model:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+17-Inch+Unibody+Hard+Drive+Replacement/3 401

Clean install and restore

Dear Peoples of the community
Can you help me. I have had no end of problems with mail since I upgraded to mountain lion - icloud accounts continually not being recognised, mail preferences freezing, etc. I all stems to a duplicate of the mail app which occured during the install ?!?!
I have decided to try a clean instal, from a bootable USB which i am hoping to create, then I am hoping to restore my files from my time machine back up.
I have a couple of questions:
Does this method allow me to restore applications such as word and excel, garageband, numbers, all my photos, all my music etc. or will all these apps be lost?
if it does restore the software apps, will i have to put in the product keys again
and Last but by no means least - will restoring from time machine just restore the corrupted permissions that have lead me to these problems.
If anyone has any info, suggestions then i am all ears
Thanks for your time.

If you did a complete TM backup, then all your files, users, settings, and programs will be restored. You will have the opportunity to restore using TM at the end of the install. I would back at least my data up separately.
To erase and install (i.e., clean install), start up to your DVD and stop after selecting your language. Use the menus to start Disk Utility and erase your drive. Quit Disk Utility and proceed with your installation. At the end, you will be able to choose to reclaim your settings, files, and apps from TM.
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