i know nothing about macs lol

[-Nick-]

well my friend bought a mac but he's had it for a few months and it's getting a bit slow, he wants to wipe it and restore it as he got it, but he bought it as almost brand new (about a few weeks old) and the seller didn't include a restore disk, where could he get another one? of the apple website?

also i might have to do this for him, is restoring a mac just the same as windows restore disks really?

cheers
-Nick-

 

[-Nick-]

Surely a simple clean up of the disk and a defrag would do?

Why would a mac need rebuilding to improve speed? I thought that was something you only had to do to spyware infested windows pc run by users who have no clue wtf they are doing.

I find it hilarious when I speak to people who are rebuilding their system every month or so.

a simple answer would be fine man, no need for smart arse comments tbh.
i don't own a mac, i never have so please excuse me for my lack of knowledge on them.
and we're not taking it apart, just want to wipe and start over clean, it's hardly been a month since he got it.

 

[-Nick-]

There's no need to defrag a Mac, they do it automatically (look here)

Wiping it and reinstalling it will get rid of all the rubbish he doesn't need, enabling him to just install what he needs afterwards, so may well speed it up.

thank you, so if i got the exact modle number and maybe serial code could apple supply me with a restore disk or is there anywhere i can get them?