Reinstalling Lion w/o losing old emails and applications
My Mid 2009 MacBook Pro running Lion has started showing some issues with Safari and Mail.
I'd like to be able to erase and reinstall Lion w/o losing my emails and the other appls. that are on the HD. I've kept Time Machine backups, of course, and want to really erase Lion and reinstall so I know that the OS is clean and fresh.....
Does anyone wiser than me know how to do this since I cannot separate Safari and mail from the rest of the OS..........
I do not have the original Lion install DVD so I will have to find a copy of Lion online.....
Thanks for your help!
Steve
Hi Steve and Allan:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Here is the EtreCheck results. I copied it to the clipboard BUT have no idea where that is within the OS so I copied and pasted the results. I hope that this makes sense to you. It's odd that it shows Time Machine as NOT being configured as I use it every couple of days to backup to an external HD,
Steve
Problem description:
I am running 10.7.5 on my MacBook Pro. Both Safari and Mail have started acting buggy and I’d like to erase and reinstall Lion from a downloaded OS purchased from the Apple App. store BUT want to leave my emails and other applications as is.
How can I d this? Step by step instructions would be really appreciated…….
EtreCheck version: 2.1.2 (105)
Report generated December 11, 2014 6:21:24 PM EST
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,3
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 512 MB
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
System Software: ℹ️
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Uptime: 5 days 9:22:37
Disk Information: ℹ️
OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD disk0 : (240.06 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 239.71 GB (86.17 GB free)
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/TemperatureMonitor.app
[loaded] com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring (9.0) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.iokit.KensingtonMouseDriver (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.6 - SDK 10.8) [Support]
/System/Library/Extensions/KensingtonMouseDriver.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.ADBID32Mouse (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.ADBID32MouseX1 (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.ADBID4Mouse (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.ADBID4MouseX1 (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.KMWBluetoothHIDMouse (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.KMWBluetoothOldHIDMouse (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.KMWUSBHIDMouse (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.USBMouseX1 (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.VirtualMouse (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.driver.VirtualMouseX1 (3.0) [Support]
[not loaded] com.kensington.mouseworks.iokit.KensingtonMouseDriverX1 (3.0) [Support]
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.coupons.coupond.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.maintain.LogOut.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.maintain.Restart.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.maintain.ShutDown.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.maintain.Sleep.plist [Support]
[running] com.maintain.SystemEvents.plist [Support]
[running] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist [Support]
[not loaded] com.maintain.CocktailScheduler.plist [Support]
[running] com.makerbot.conveyor.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[invalid?] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Support]
[failed] [email protected]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[not loaded] jp.co.canon.Inkjet_Extended_Survey_Agent.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
GrowlHelperApp Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Gr owlHelperApp.app)
FontExplorerXAutoload ApplicationHidden (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Linotype/FontExplorer X/FontExplorerXAutoload.app)
iTunesHelper UNKNOWNHidden (missing value)
MagicMenu Application (/Applications/StuffIt/MagicMenu.app)
Microsoft AU Daemon Application (/Applications/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft AU Daemon.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer UNKNOWN (missing value)
Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2 ApplicationHidden (/Library/Printers/Canon/IJScanner/Utilities/Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector2.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Skype Application (/Applications/Skype.app)
MouseWorks Background Application (/Library/PreferencePanes/MouseWorks.prefPane/Contents/Resources/Support/MouseW orks Background.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
WacomNetscape: Version: 2.1.0-1 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 3.0.0.126 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.2 [Support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.246 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 16.0.0.235
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.7 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 [Support]
CouponPrinter-FireFox_v2: Version: 5.0.3 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
EPPEX Plugin: Version: 3.0.5.0 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Adobe Version Cue CS3 [Support]
Flash Player [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Support]
Growl [Support]
Kensington MouseWorks [Support]
WacomTablet [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
4% WindowServer
1% firefox
1% fontd
0% AdobeAcrobat
0% mds
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
266 MB firefox
137 MB Skype
129 MB Finder
120 MB mds
112 MB Mail
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
5.02 GB Free RAM
1.80 GB Active RAM
653 MB Inactive RAM
846 MB Wired RAM
1.56 GB Page-ins
500 KB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Dec 10, 2014, 09:55:05 AM Mail_2014-12-10-095505_[redacted].crash
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