Reset my iMac 2013

Hey guys, itunes keeps crashing since updating which is driving me mad. Also my iphoto isnt working properly since i tried to consolidate libraries.
I just want to start again tbh and want to reset my mac

Try some basics such as Rebuilding the iPhoto library. If the problem still occurs then create another user account (call it TEST) and log out of your normal account, then boot into the TEST account. See if the problem is still there. If it disappears then you know you have an issue with just your user account.

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