****How to speed up/Fix installation errors on your Mac****

I recently went to the geniuos bar, and got some help. For some reason my Mac wouldnt install anything made by Apple. Not iTunes, iPhoto, even iLife. I was stuck, but they helped. The main problem that happens quite abit is a problem with your OS. All you have to do, is re-install your OS. How do you do that? Well, here we go.
First, grab your Mac OS X install disk.
Next, double-click on the Install Mac OS X icon in the CD on your desktop.
Then, Follow the onscreen instructions. In the pannel where you select the destination disk, select your current Mac OS X disk.
Then, Click options. If you want to save your existing files, users, and network settings, (yes, you want to. It saves EVERYTHING.)
Then, click continue.
Finally, click install.
Let it install, and then when installation is done, let your computer boot up. As it boots up, it will put all of your stuff back where it was. Then, when you get to your desktop, update your version of OS X to the newest version. Finally, go into /your name/previous systems. Now, delete previous system 1. There you go! Now, all your files are back where they where, the problems are fixed, and your Mac should be running like they are new!
(NOTE: After doing this, you may have to re-install the plugins for the Safari webbrowser.)

Kelly:
Glad a re-install solved your issue. However, it is not the only, nor is necessarily the best solution to some issues.
In terms of the re-install one should always backup the Users Folder, if you have any data on it, and any third party apps you want to save.
Again, I am glad your issue was resolved to your satisfaction.
Good luck.
cornelius
PismoG4 550, 100GB 5400 Toshiba internal, 1 GB RAM; Pismo 500 OS X (10.4.5)   Mac OS X (10.4.5)   Beige G3 OS 8.6

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