Reloading osx from scratch

i have had a MBP for about a year now. would i benefit from reload leopard from scratch? what are the pros and cons of doing this?

There are none. Why would you even consider doing so?

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Does re-installing OSX from scratch make XP unbootable?

I'm considering upgrading to Leopard, and in doing so would like to wipe my Tiger installation and start from scratch. Will doing so wipe some boot sector stuff so that my Bootcamp XP partition will be unbootable? I hardly use OSX and use Windows 99% of the time, so preserving my existing XP installation is far more important than upgrading OSX.
Any advice appreciated.

Hi minimoog,
the 'boot'-informations are saved in the 200MB-EFI-partitions on the harddisk, which usually are invisible.
If you only erase the Tiger partition and in no way alter the partitions or repartition your HD, the the Windows partition will stay intact and bootable.
Personally I would suggest making a backup of your Windows partition before the Leopard installation, just in case.
Regards
Stefan

MacBook White - Possible to reload OSX from an external harddrive?

Ok heres the problem, I own a MacBook White (late 2006) my harddrive and optical drive have failed, I have replaced my harddrive but I'm currently in a pickle with the optical drive (im a university student and funds and time are not on my side).
My Question is can I copy the OSX Install disk onto an external harddrive and boot/install from that? If so how can this be done?
thanks for any help and advice received.
Jay.

Thanks for the reply, I'll be using a PC with windows XP to create the partition and disk image...
I assume this will work fine? also from what I can see on that page I will only need to partition 4gb of the Harddrive for Tiger...
So again assume I could use a flashdrive with the required space.
Thanks again for the advice

Firefox won't load get not responding then get; script error, script resource://modules/windows jumplists.jsm:540 no windows information listed for this problem( win 7 pro) reloaded firefox from scratch no difference.

This started after a blue screen while on line watching a video on altnet.

Does the ext directory have the php_oci8.dll? In the original steps the PHP dir is renamed. In the given php.in the extension_dir looks like it has been updated correctly. Since PHP distributes php_oci8.dll by default I reckon there would be a very good chance that the problem was somewhere else. Since this is an old thread I don't think we'll get much value from speculation.
-- cj

Loaded 20.1. When I add Session Manager extension, address & search bars disappear. Can't retreive unless I reload Firefox from scratch. How to fix?

No prior Firefox version. Started with 20.1. Have not loaded 20.1 on my other computers, so i don't know if the problem is universal. Need Session Manager because Firefox crashes frequently.

Session Manager has had a lot of bug fixes the past week, I suspect mostly related to the new per-window private browsing feature. Could you try the new version 0.8.0.5? You need to use the "Versions" page to get it, as it hasn't yet been approved for the main page:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/session-manager/versions/#version-0.8.0.5
Hope that helps. You'll also see some even newer pre-release versions addressing specific bugs. I wouldn't try those just yet unless you see that one of them fixes issues you find in 0.8.0.5.

How do I re-install my Mac OSX Server from scratch

Hi,
I have purchased two MacMini Servers with 10.6 OSX Server software pre-installed.
I have changed the organization as our company name changed and run into license issues.
I want to re-install the Mac OSX Server software and start from scratch. How do I go about this. I tried yesterday for many hours to do so and the new installs are still running into duplicate license issues and other issues. What is the best approach to do re-install? I am willing to erase the internal Hard Disk and boot (with an external DVD optical drive) if that is the best way to go. What are the steps?
I have the original CDs or DVDs and have extra, external hard disks to do a Time Machine backup, etc.
Thanks,
Don

If you are looking to do a nuke and pave of the system, and you have an external optical drive, then yes, that is likely the most direct method. Connect the optical drive, insert the installation DVD, and reboot the system targeting the optical disk as the boot volume (you can do this by holding down the C key or the Option key during startup).
Now, if you do not have an optical drive, you can put the installation disk into another Mac running 10.6 and use the Remote Install Mac OS X application in your Utilities folder.
Hope this helps

Installing OSX 10.4 from scratch??

Hi All,
Recently I bought a new hard drive, and have copied all my files i want to keep onto DVD's. I would like to start from scratch again with the new hard drive, does anyone have any tips/instructions on how to install OSX 10.4? I have the 2 startup disks that came with my MacBook. Is it just these 2 i need to install the whole system? Do I need to partition the drive or anything?
Any help would be great.
Many thanks.

Hi all, thanks for the responses.
although I am having a bit of trouble with this:
'3. Click the Erase tab.
*4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.*
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Highlight the drive, select Partition Tab, then Format type... MacOS Extended Journalled, select the Security Options button, choose Zero Out Data, Erase... after completion hopefully you'll be able to install.'
I can't see the disclosure tab? What is it you mean by that??
The way I have understood doing this installation so far, is this. Is this right?:
1. on inserting the disc, and selecting the language, i go onto disk utility.
(according to http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/partitioningtiger.html , i don't need to go onto the erase tab, as 'If you are going to partition your new drive you can skip down to the Partition section below, as when you partition your hard drive, you will reformat the drive during the partition process.' Is this right?)
2. i go onto partitioning, select my one partition i want to make, select it from the big box to the left, click to format as mac os extended (journaled)
3. click the partition button, and wait for this to finish.
4. carry on installing tiger as i've finished formatting/partiting.
does this sound right? if not, where have i got it wrong, and what do i need to change?

Start from scratch-reload OS

I have a 3 year old MBP (2.53 Ghz intel core 2 duo, 4gb 1067 Mhz DDr3, running 10.7.3). I have noticed it has gotten sloooow. I upgraded to Lion when it came out last year, and actually thoought Lion was faster than Snow Leopard. Performance has gotten slower over the last few months. The MBP shipped to me had Leopard loaded. Apple sent me the Snow Leopard disks, so I upgraded to SL. When Lion came out, I upgraded to Lion over the internet.
My thinking, is that if I wipe everything on the HD clean, reload the OS, then selectively load only the apps I really need (vs. the ones that have accumulated over the last three years) I should see a perfromance boost.
Maybe I'm wrong, but would appreciate the counsel of the experts on this board.
Also, since I do not have Lion Disks, if I start from scratch, would I reload SL, then grab the Lion upgrade from the apps store? If there is a document in the knowledge base that I could use to assist in this effort, that would be very helpful.
Also looking into replacing my HD with an SSD, if all else fails.
Thanks all.

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I need to erase the HDD and reload OSX on my new mac mini without a DVD

I have purchased a Mac Mini and restored from a time machine backup, however I need to erase all the data so that I can give this computer to my son, how do I delete everything and reload OSX. Please I need some help. Thankyou

erdmd wrote:
...I need to erase all the data so that I can give this computer to my son,...
See Thomas Reed's How to Prepare your Mac for sale
Also see Kappy’s comprehensive post here...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21565512?ac

After having problems with my laptop i have fd relormatted it completely anoaded from scratch windows 7 64 bit all i have on it is avast internet security and google chrome and i tunes why wont i tunes open! ???

i have formatted my laptop completely and reloaded windows 7 64 bit from scratch all i have on it is avast antivirus, google chrome and itunes why wont i tunes open????

and when it does open it freezes!

2007 Mac Book pro Shuts down at startup attempt. Tried reloading OSX and will not start up after that.

My Mac Book Pro started having issues. I tried to relaod the operating system and it worked for a moment. When I tried to do a time machine back up it failed.
Now itr Shuts down at startup attempt. Tried reloading OSX and will not start up after that.

Dr.Conga,
did you try to do a Time Machine backup from your MacBook Pro, or a Time Machine restoration to it?
Are you trying to reload your current version of OS X (10.7.4, to judge from your signature), or are you trying to reload the version of Mac OS X that came on the grey installation DVDs that originally came with your MacBook Pro?

Mac Batch File from scratch

Anyone have any advice on how to get a batch file running on OSX 10.6.6 from scratch?
Need to open an Ableton Live file using Flash but if someone shows me how to even open a text file using a batch file I should be ok to figure out the rest myself.
Thanks!

Welcome to apple discussions.
The closest thing to a batch file in MacOS would be a bash shell script. That said it sounds like you might be better off using an applescript. Many GUI apps on MacOS are applescriptable.
Here's an applescript example:
http://putnamhill.net/applescript/open-file
Here's a shell script example:
<pre style="border: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: .75ex; padding-top: .25em; padding-bottom: .25em; margin-top: .5em; margin-bottom: .5em; margin-left: 1ex; max-width: 60ex; overflow: auto; font-size: 10px; font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; color: #333; background: #e6e6e6; line-height: normal">#!/bin/bash
open -a TextEdit ~/Documents/file.txt</pre>
Here's a mixture of both techniques:
http://putnamhill.net/applescript/open-file-sh

IMac SSD and HDD configuration from scratch, major issues

Hello.
I'm having a major problem with my iMac (July 2010 27" 2.8ghz). I recently operated on this guy and installed a 2TB HDD and a 256GB SSD. I backed up my previous setup using CCC onto a separate external HDD. I installed a "fresh" version of OSX Mountain Lion onto the SSD and used Migration Assitant to transfer my applications and user settings. I then copied over the itunes folder and photos library folder over to the HDD. However, I cannot access the libraries of either using the SSD. I hold option down while opening either Aperture or Itunes and I am not allowed to select either of the libraries. Infact the iTunes one is grayed out and the folder holding the Aperture Library is locked (Red circle with a white dash).
Ultimately what I want to do is have the SSD provide the system and the applications and have my music, videos, and photos on the HDD. I have been reading all sorts of boards but I can't get anything to work. I'll completely start from scratch if needed.
BTW the SSD is so fast on this machine.
Thanks in advance for all of your help.
Matt

My boot drive uses under 60Gig for Win7 & CS5 MC & MS Office & several small programs,
with my Windows paging/swap file directed to another drive
My 3 hard drives for video editing are configured as...
1 - 320Gig Boot for Win7 64bit Pro and ALL program installs (2)
2 - 320Gig data for Win7 paging swap file and video project files
When I create a project on #2 drive, the various work files follow,
so my boot drive is not used for the media cache folders and files
3 - 1Terabyte data for all video files... input & output files (1)
(1) for faster input/output if you have 4 drives
- use drive 3 for all source files
- use drive 4 for all output files
(2) only 60Gig used, for Win7 & CS5 MC & MS Office & other smaller programs
Search Microsoft to find out how to redirect your Windows paging swap file
http://search.microsoft.com/search.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US

My mid-2009 MacBook Pro's hard drive is near death. I want to install a new SSD and work from scratch. Please help.

Recently, my mid-2009 MacBook Pro has been crashing when I close the screen ("it's having a problem recognizing when the screen is closed/open and deciding what to do, error overload etc."). It wasn't an SMC issue so I took it to an Apple Store, ran some tests, and decided my hard-drive is failing.
Not wanting to spend an insane amount of money on some "official apple hard-drive," I want to install a new 256GB SSD instead. Hoping to squeeze as much life out of this computer as possible (in January I upgraded from 4 GB RAM to 8 GB), I would like to try and start from scratch, i.e. back-up important folders, music, photos etc. and only take that to the new hard-drive. If someone could explain all the steps I need to take to safely complete this task (or point me in the direction of a guide) I'd appreciate it.
Potentially Important info:
     Model:                mid-2009 13'' MacBook Pro
     Processor:          2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
     Memory:             4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
     Software:            OS X 10.8.4
Some additional questions I have...
     Should I be concerned with making a fully bootable back-up (not sure what that is called) as well? If so, what program should I use to create it?
     How much more life should I try and push out of this computer? I'm an engineering student and really only use it for web-surfing, music, and
          word-processing. The batter was replaced in March, the RAM was upgraded to 8 GB in January. When the battery was swapped, the trackpad went           nuts so that's new too. Only other issues are a slightly loose audio jack and the left side of the screen being slightly wobbly (hinge is worn I'm told).

cwgonzalez1192
     Should I be concerned with making a fully bootable back-up (not sure what that is called) as well? If so, what program should I use to create it?
     How much more life should I try and push out of this computer? I'm an engineering student and really only use it for web-surfing, music, and
          word-processing.
Well there is no "official Apple HD / SSD" in any regard, no worries there.
If as you say youre only using same for surfing and word processing, why the need for a SSD? You would not notice any speed diff. in use on either of those,....in boot times yes, but in word or surfing, not.
You can push it likely a few more years, for mere surfing and word processing,...many many years.   Up TO the point that any major fixes become unrealistic relative to getting a new(ER) machine.
Concerned with a boot clone? yes and no. Its an ideal immediate recovery, since you cannot boot from Time Machine, ....in case of HD crash, recovery takes seconds from boot, or 20 mins or so from removing old and installing a clone. All the prosumers and pros have at least one updated clone of their prime machines.
You can do a "fresh install" if you choose, however if your current drive is FINE, why not merely clone it and save yourself some headache?...., but that is your prerogative of course.    Ideally 2 drives, one to backup your data (you need that regardless of installing a new drive for sake of a backup/archive,...ideally 2 actually, not merely one).
You could clone internal to NEW SSD/HD , ...then offload unnecessary files to an external to free up space and clutter and run off the clone, and this would only take a couple hours......the clone itself takes approx. 40+ mins.
CLONE Apps :
Superduper does not clone the recovery partition, but that is NOT necessary if you keep the original HD as a “backup clone”. Most don’t bother with the recovery partition in a clone, however that is your prerogative.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
(Free superduper APP above)
CCC App
http://www.bombich.com/

Query based taxonomy from scratch gives NoSuchMethodError...

I'm trying to create a query based taxonomy following the instuctions specified in the help docs: KM Platform -> Admin Guide -> Content Mgmt -> Taxonomies and Classification -> Creating a QBT -> from scratch. I created an index on a newly created (hence empty) folder in the 'documents' repository. So, essentially, the data source points to that folder. Also, I selected 'TREX Classification' on the 'Service' drop-down while creating the index. I left the crwler profile as blank. Then I went on to create a new 'Query Based Taxonomy'. I was able to create it alright, but as soon as I click on it to add folder and the such, I get this error:
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError
     at com.sapportals.wcm.repository.manager.taxonomy.TaxonomyNamespaceManager.getDocumentTaxRMRids(TaxonomyNamespaceManager.java:1876)
     at com.sapportals.wcm.repository.manager.taxonomy.TaxonomyNamespaceManager.getTaxonomyClassResources(TaxonomyNamespaceManager.java:1831)
     at com.sapportals.wcm.repository.manager.taxonomy.TaxonomyNamespaceManager.addChildDocuments(TaxonomyNamespaceManager.java:1942)
     at com.sapportals.wcm.repository.manager.taxonomy.TaxonomyNamespaceManager.getChildren(TaxonomyNamespaceManager.java:368)
     at com.sapportals.wcm.repository.CollectionImpl.internalGetChildren(CollectionImpl.java:966)
     at com.sapportals.wcm.repository.CollectionImpl.getChildren(CollectionImpl.java:179)
Any help in solving this is highly apprecaited.
We run EP6 SP2.
I did NOT create a 'crawler profile' for this set up.
thanks,
Biju.

Hi Biju,
re. your NW'04 SP stack 4 migration intention:
NW'04 is still in ramp-up (SP stack 4 is the current shipment bundle of it) so at the current point in time, only participating ramp-up customers can use it.
A migration from EP6.0 SP2 to NW'04 will be possible (but not during the ramp-up phase).
From a Knowledge Management & Collaboration perspective, we will port most of the NW'04 SP stack 4 functions to EP6.0 SP2 as well. These functions will be shipped as EP6.0 SP2 Patch 5 (planned shipment date beginning of Q4 / 2004) so for mid-term, you can also plan to stay on EP6.0 SP2 if you have no other pressing reasons for going to NW'04 (e.g. enhanced Web AS functions).
This feature porting from NW -> EP6.0 SP2 is an 'only-once' action, however, and NetWeaver will be the release for new features in the future.
Regards,
Joerg

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