Clean install

miikeeyy92 · 15 Jun 2013 at 13:37

I have always formatted my Windows PC every now and then to freshen it up, but I have a rMBP now, and being quite new to OS X, how would I go about doing a clean install on my mac?

Thanks.

Edit: Sorry, should be in software section.

Deleted member 77746 · 15 Jun 2013 at 13:51

The same way as Windows. Put the OS installer into CD/DVD drive or USB and just boot. Follow instructions.

Don't forget to erase/format the drive first before installing OSX.

miikeeyy92 · 15 Jun 2013 at 14:19

mrbell1984 said:
The same way as Windows. Put the OS installer into CD/DVD drive or USB and just boot. Follow instructions.

Don't forget to erase/format the drive first before installing OSX.

Where would I acquire the installer to put on a USB? It didn't come with a CD as it has no drive.

Feek · 15 Jun 2013 at 14:20

miikeeyy92 said:
I have always formatted my Windows PC every now and then to freshen it up,

Stop thinking like a Windows user and forget about it. You don't need to reinstall OS X every now and then to 'freshen it up'.

Deleted member 77746 · 15 Jun 2013 at 14:22

Feek said:
Stop thinking like a Windows user and forget about it. You don't need to reinstall OS X every now and then to 'freshen it up'.

I was going to say this but didn't.

miikeeyy92 · 15 Jun 2013 at 14:23

Feek said:
Stop thinking like a Windows user and forget about it. You don't need to reinstall OS X every now and then to 'freshen it up'.

Thanks. I'd quite like to do it as it has got quite full up with rubbish, deleting it all would take quite some time.

Deleted member 77746 · 15 Jun 2013 at 14:27

miikeeyy92 said:
Where would I acquire the installer to put on a USB? It didn't come with a CD as it has no drive.

Depends what OS you have. You could start by seeing if it has Internet Recovery.

https://www.apple.com/uk/osx/recovery/

miikeeyy92 · 15 Jun 2013 at 14:31

Thanks, Im on ML, didnt know of this feature.. Looks quite handy

Deleted member 77746 · 15 Jun 2013 at 14:33

miikeeyy92 said:
Thanks, Im on ML, didnt know of this feature.. Looks quite handy

In that case Command + R will do it for you.

Don't forget to format the drive once the recovery tool has downloaded. (Disk Utility)

miikeeyy92 · 15 Jun 2013 at 16:00

mrbell1984 said:
In that case Command + R will do it for you. Don't forget to format the drive once the recovery tool has downloaded. (Disk Utility)

One clean mac

thanks.

theheyes · 15 Jun 2013 at 16:02

I need to 'freshen up' my MBP but it keeps hanging when I try to boot from my Leopard disc. Anybody know if they're going to be selling Mavericks on a USB stick?

Deleted member 77746 · 15 Jun 2013 at 16:07

miikeeyy92 said:
One clean mac thanks.

Much easier than windows.

theheyes said:
I need to 'freshen up' my MBP but it keeps hanging when I try to boot from my Leopard disc. Anybody know if they're going to be selling Mavericks on a USB stick?

I could do some on 8GB sticks.

miikeeyy92 · 15 Jun 2013 at 16:19

mrbell1984 said:
Much easier than windows.

Tell me about it. Takes no time at all!

theheyes · 15 Jun 2013 at 16:36

mrbell1984 said:
I could do some on 8GB sticks.

It's the final bits I'm bothered about, I want to pay for it etc. Unfortunately as stated my Leopard disc doesn't work for some reason and trying to use the Lion recovery partition gives me a 120 hour + wait to download the image from Apple.

It's a pretty terrible experience to be honest. All I want to do is get a clean install on there. I don't particularly want to spend any more money on it but if upgrading to Mavericks works then so be it. I need some physical media first, though.

allosunshine · 16 Jun 2013 at 10:49

Try Lion Disk Maker to create your recovery USB stick. Does work with ML.

Skyboat · 16 Jun 2013 at 12:26

theheyes said:
120 hour + wait to download the image

are you on dial-up or something?

theheyes · 16 Jun 2013 at 13:21

Nope, I probably average about 10 Mbps. It's been so bad trying to get it to work I've thought maybe the hard disk is knackered but it checks out, as does the RAM.

I'd love to know why it hangs immediately after selecting to boot off my Leopard disc as I've used it before. Ever since upgrading to Lion it's been a pain.

theheyes · 16 Jun 2013 at 13:29

Actually, you've just given me an idea...

Amp34 · 17 Jun 2013 at 10:59

Feek said:
Stop thinking like a Windows user and forget about it. You don't need to reinstall OS X every now and then to 'freshen it up'.

You could say the same about windows post XP, doesn't stop people wanting to do it...

Deleted member 77746 · 17 Jun 2013 at 11:28

theheyes said:
Nope, I probably average about 10 Mbps. It's been so bad trying to get it to work I've thought maybe the hard disk is knackered but it checks out, as does the RAM.

I'd love to know why it hangs immediately after selecting to boot off my Leopard disc as I've used it before. Ever since upgrading to Lion it's been a pain.

theheyes said:
Actually, you've just given me an idea...

You have formatted the disk first haven't you?

allosunshine said:
Try Lion Disk Maker to create your recovery USB stick. Does work with ML.

Don't even need Lion Disk Maker, can use Disk Utility built in.

I have 2x SDHC Memory Cards, which one is the recovery and one is ML installer, class 10 too.