Reinstalling Snow Leopard?

Marky · 21 Jul 2011 at 17:22

Hey all,

I want a clean install of Snow Leopard on my Macbook.

When I bought my Macbook Pro in Janruary this year, it came with an "Applications Install DVD", is this what I need? How do you do it?

Thanks,

Marky

bloodiedathame · 21 Jul 2011 at 17:27

Put the disc in, hold down c. Format, install OS.

IceBus · 21 Jul 2011 at 17:30

Also, you can copy your settings, personal files etc. from a Time Machine backup but not restore the whole system (using the Migration Assistant).

Marky · 21 Jul 2011 at 18:10

Cool

Cheers for the help guys

IceBus · 21 Jul 2011 at 18:33

BTW it does take a while

Marky · 21 Jul 2011 at 22:50

Okay I pressed C, got the installation thing up and installed it - but when it restarted it restarted to my previous installation... Nothing has been deleted - Looks like it may have just installed a second Mac OSX state

How do you format the drive before installation?

uniQ · 21 Jul 2011 at 22:58

Open the installer at boot but click utilities in the menu bar > disk utility. Select current installation > erase. Close disk utility. Proceed with new installation.

IceBus · 21 Jul 2011 at 22:59

At the very top of the screen look for Disk Utility or some such, click that then look for Erase Drive. Erase your partition and Robert is your Dad's brother.

Marky · 21 Jul 2011 at 23:00

uniQ said:
Open the installer at boot but click utilities in the menu bar > disk utility. Select current installation > erase. Close disk utility. Proceed with new installation.

IceBus said:
At the very top of the screen look for Disk Utility or some such, click that then look for Erase Drive. Erase your partition and Robert is your Dad's brother.

Thank you Gentlemen

One last question - Since I got my current installation back

Is there a way I can export all my settings from System Prefs?

uniQ · 22 Jul 2011 at 16:55

Time Machine backs up your settings.

Marky · 22 Jul 2011 at 17:37

I don't use Time Machine

Skyboat · 22 Jul 2011 at 17:50

You should, even if it's to a portable hard drive

IceBus · 22 Jul 2011 at 17:56

Skyboat said:
You should, even if it's to a portable hard drive

This. It works perfectly with my little WD Passport (runs off USB only so no need for power cables).

DoubleCheese · 24 Jul 2011 at 10:15

Can I jump in with a quick question too, is it possible to restore my Applications as well from a Time Machine backup if I reinstall Snow Leopard? I had backed up all the installation DMG's but the drive got corrupted and I had to format it.

uniQ · 24 Jul 2011 at 11:23

DoubleCheese said:
Can I jump in with a quick question too, is it possible to restore my Applications as well from a Time Machine backup if I reinstall Snow Leopard? I had backed up all the installation DMG's but the drive got corrupted and I had to format it.

You can restore your applications from TM. It will also copy over any other folders those apps used that stored settings etc.

IceBus · 24 Jul 2011 at 13:27

The best way to describe a full TM restore is that it gives you your entire system back from a day/week/month ago.