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  1. P

    Resolved Clean install new iPhone and Apple Watch

    I’m thinking of doing a clean install when my iPhone 16 Pro arrives and not transfer or download a backup from my current phone. This is mostly to clean up apps and the data I’m not using. Also it can be fun to explore new settings again 😊 I know it will take time to reinstall everything and...
  2. BigxMac

    How to "Internet Recovery" my G4 Mac Mini without the og install disc?

    I have a Late-2005 G4 Mac Mini running Leopard which originally shipped with Tiger. I can't find the original install discs anywhere. What is the best/easiest way to perform a clean install of it's original OS similar to Internet Recovery? Ik internet recovery doesn't exist for it. Is there a...
  3. torbjornhb

    Can't get back iMessages after clean install

    Hi. Simply explained: Had to do a clean install of my iPhone (not restoring from backup). I have logged in with the same Apple ID, but non of the previous messages are shows in iMessage. They are available on both my Mac and iPad, and all devices are synced to iCloud. I thoughy they should be...
  4. AveryWrubleski

    2012 15inch MBP | Trouble Performing Clean Install

    An old MacBook Pro that I am trying to repair had White Screen upon startup symptoms. (No Apple Logo) Possibly a beep or two. I replaced the internal SSD with a new SSD. Formatted it before hand on another Mac. Created a bootable el cap USB installer. When selecting COMMAND R at startup of...
  5. S1njin

    Any generally well regarded recommended software?

    Hey Gang, So I haven't had a Mac for well over a decade and a half now. I'll be getting my new M2 Air shortly (though sadly its going under the tree before I can get to it). Are there any software products I should be considering with it? Maintenance software (I see a lot of YouTubers have...
    • S1njin
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    • clean install software utilities
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  6. J

    2015 13 MacBook Pro Battery Drain during sleep even after clean install

    For some reason the battery on my computer is draining heavily during sleep for some reason. I already tried reinstalling Big Sur but the battery is still draining. I even got a new battery and it’s still draining. Can anybody help me with this? Running Big Sur latest version clean installed...
  7. Metallsau

    2009 iMac i7 27" clean install from USB won´t boot White screen

    hi, -my 2009 iMac stopped working. Beachballl Only. - i could secure my data through Windows Safe Mode (only thing that worked) - Put in a new 1tb SSD, as i thought maybe the HDD is broken. (HFS journaled GUID) - bootable Yosemite and El Capitan USB Stick clean install (erased and Formated...
    • Metallsau
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    • 2009 clean install imac white screen
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iMac
  8. M

    How to do a clean install and migrate some data

    I want to do a clean install of Monterey from Big Sur but I also want to migrate some data rather than starting from scratch. The data that I want to migrate are: Safari history. iMessages. Music (especially play count for tracks). That's all. Everything else can start from scratch.
  9. M

    How to completely wipe drive (including recovery partition) for fresh install

    How do I completely wipe everything on a MacBook Air M1 including the recovery drive? Family member bought a MBA from work because it was discounted but it has an IT account on it for remote access which they would like to remove for privacy reasons. When I follow this guide by Apple and...
  10. M

    Help: Clean Catalina Install on Macbk Pro13 A1502 keeps restarting

    Hi all, I have a MacBook pro 13 mid-2014 A1502, on which I have been running Windows for years (I can't even remember what macOS I had on there). The thing is, I recently replaced my 256gb ssd with a 1tb ssd card. I received a bootable Catalina Macos USB with it, which I have been trying to...
  11. skardvin

    BEWARE! iOS 14.5.1 is Throttling!

    Updated from iOS 14.5 yesterday to iOS 14.5.1 on my iPhone 11. After the update finished, I was playing CODM and noticed the frame rates were horrible. I checked my settings to make that it was set to the max frame rate, which it was. I then ran a geekbench test, and the scores I got were...
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    • clean install cpu throttling geekbench ios 14.5.1 iphone 11 iphone 12 iphone xr slow performance throttle throttlegate
    • Replies: 497
    • Forum: iOS 14
  12. A

    Unable to reinstall macOS El Capitan

    Hello, I am currently on Big Sur. I'm having update issues that are making me pretty pissed off. I can only update my MacBook in Safe Mode. : mad: I was advised to reinstall my OS X. But there you go, my disk is not found. It's so mysterious. Encrypted APFS disk. OS X 10.11 and currently I'm on...
  13. Hamid1984m

    the operation couldn't be completed. com.apple osinstallersetup.linkfiledownload error 3

    Hi I have a MacBook Pro A1278 that was running on a HDD hard drive and was wery slow, I decided to replace its hard drive with a SSD drive. Then I should install clean macOS, after booting up with a flash usb drive and afew progress I encounter this error! Please help me, I examined overs and...
  14. U

    iOS 14 Low Quality iMessage Videos

    Does anyone else have severe low quality videos/Live Photo when sending with iMessage? The video on my iPhone X is crystal clear but when ever I send it, it gets obliterated to super low quality. This occurred throughout iOS 14 beta and persists in the final. I did a factory reset, set up as...
    • upandown
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    • beta clean install imessage ios14 live photo live photos reduced quality sending set up as new videos
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: iOS 14
  15. HopefullSisyfus

    (malicious) screen alteration can't be restored or erased. Searching deeper solution.

    Hello all readers, I am new here to MacRumours forum. I have been a faithfull mac-user for years. I am posting this thread here, in hope to find a solution to a persisting problem i can't seem to get rid of. I have been with a screen "problem" on my new Macbook pro 2019 (catlina) and on my...
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    • alteration catalina clean install display erase all content genius bar hardware iphone 6s 64gb mac mac mini macbook pro "13 2019 macbook2007 macbookpro macbookpro13" screen software torrent virus
    • Replies: 66
    • Forum: macOS
  16. M

    HELP! I'm stuck after failed attempt at clean install of MacOS Catalina

    Over the years I've installed so much crapware on my computer that it just felt sluggish and contaminated to me, and I finally got up the nerve to do a clean install to start over again more 'minimalistically'. I've done clean installs many times in the past, but never on MacOS Catalina. After...
  17. Wildmanjohn

    Should I do a clean install with High Sierra

    I have a mid 2012 MacBook pro and I want to do a clean install. I have read that high sierra is best for the older hardware but will it be a security risk? I don't know if its Catalina but my mac is running really slow. Also I want to setup dual boot with linux. Do I partition the hard drive...
  18. daveh0

    switched startup drive - safe to delete old startup partition?

    I recently put a 2nd drive in my 2011 iMac. I had been running OSX on the single HDD. But now with a faster SDD, I downloaded the High Sierra installer to the HDD and ran it specifying to install to the SSD. When the computer restarted, I held down the Option key and specified to start from the...
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    • clean install partition startup disk
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  19. AMTYVLE

    iPhone Want to do a clean install of iOS, been a while, question regarding Health data.

    Hello - Sorry in advance if this has been posted/answered in the past. I searched and could not find anything. Anyway, I'd like to totally Erase All Content and Settings on my iPhone XS Max and start fresh again. It's been a while since I did this and now that I have an Apple Watch paired I have...
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    • apple watch clean install erase all content health ios ios 12 iphone xs max
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iOS 12
  20. E

    Should I rely on iCloud do download everything after a Clean Install?

    I have never done a clean install since 2008. Every time a new OS came out, I would either migrate or do a TimeMachine restore. I am not sure if it is the mechanical hard drive slowing things down in 2019 (have a 2014 iMac, 24GB ram with the fusion drive), but I want to do a clean install. I...
    • eric.johnson
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    • apple clean install icloud drive macos
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
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