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• I did a clean install on my mac. The habit of my serial number ' I would reload

  I had a clean install on my Mac. 10.6.8 running I couldn't reload Photoshop CS4.  You guys had me to download, but it won't take my old serial number 5 years ago.

  [serial number removed by Moderator]

  Did turn off your old copies of PS? Probably you need to contact Adobe to have your license reset:

  Contact the customer service

• Can I save passwords saved just like I want to do a clean install of my MAC?

  I want to do a clean install on my MacBook, but I have a lot of information stored on Firefox, such as accounts and passwords, bookmarks, etc. You is a way to backup all this or I write tham on a paper?

  Hi daku323,

  You should take a look at backup and restore Firefox profiles information. This will give you all the information you need to get a full backup of your personal settings.

  Good luck with the pure install!

• Synchronization problems with the clean install

  Hello.

  Is it possible to push the content of my iPhone to my computer? (and not the other way around)

  Recently, I did a clean install on my Mac Pro and trying to get everything in working order. I got a load of music and voice notes on my iPhone that I don't want to lose, but the only way iTunes will allow me to manage the content of my phone is erasing all the content on my phone to sync to the 'new' library

  Help, please!

  Thank you

  A new installation of the operating system shouldn't have deleted personal data files unless you want to say that you have done more than a "clean install". You do not install the data files.  Looks like that erase you the iTunes library file and it was a big mistake because it is towards this specific copy of the file iTunes Library.itl that tries to sync your phone.

  Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not that a transfer backup device and media has been planned with you keep a master copy of your media on a computer that is in itself independently supported against loss.  To use a device with a different configuration, you pass the old library from a computer or a backup directly in the new configuration, not the device to the library. Synchronization of media isn't a way, computer device, update the contents of the device to the content on the computer, update or restore the content on a computer from a device. The exception is media to iTunes Store purchases that can be transferred to a computer.

  Re-download or transfer your purchases iTunes Store for the iPhone, iPad or iPod to computer - https://support.apple.com/HT201267 - 'this feature only works for content purchased from the iTunes Store. From iOS9 is more apps that now need to be re-downloaded directly from the store.

  To transfer other items from an i-device to a computer, you will need to use third-party commercial software.  See this document in turingtest2: recover your iTunes library from your iPod or device iOS - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991 even this method can fully recover what you originally had in the library. For example, in order to save space during synchronization if you had converted music files at a lower rate, or photos at a lower resolution, it is these lower quality files that will pick you up.

  If you subscribe to the Apple music, titles that are not part of the content that you have purchased or downloaded may not be transferred and must be downloaded directly from iCloud.

  To see other items: import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - https://support.apple.com/HT201302 - are those you have taken yourself.

• Licensing has stopped working after a clean install of the operating system for CS4

  I did a clean install on my Mac Pro, now my CS4 doesn't work anymore. Gives me error code 150:30 (licensing has stopped working). I can't disable it on this computer because the help option is not available. So I can't turn it off before you uninstall and then reinstall. What is the best way to get this working again please? This is the Suite of Master CS4. Thank you...

  Hi, Del, thank you very much - I tried the correction of license options but I also do not have the same files (FlexNet), so I reinstalled and my app are now opens again.

  All happy it is now resolved!

  Kind regards

  Carmen

• Windows on Mac - clean install disadvantages and benefits vs Bootcamp?

  Hi people,

  I recently got my first Mac - one Macbook 2016. I tried on El Capitan, and I still much prefer Windows, I'm looking to install on Mac.

  I've read through bootcamp for double installation, but largely, I would prefer to perform a new installation on Windows (I have a copy of Windows 8.1 Pro with a license key). I can't determine whether or not it is recommended and I would appreciate it if someone could clarify it for me.

  My understanding is that: -.

  (1) it is possible to completely remove OSX and have a clean install of Windows.

  (2) OSX (in my case, El Capitan) can be reinstalled at a later date without extra cost (i.e. free) using the OSX installer.

  (3) install or remove Windows OSX will not affect my warranty the warranty is of Apple hardware.

  One of the main concerns seems to be none using Bootcamp means pilots Apple for Windows will not automatically available. I heard some mention that these drivers may actually now be downloaded separately on the Apple site and installed directly on the machine once Windows is in place. Can someone confirm this please?

  Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope can get definitive information and I can move on Windows soon.

  Welcome to Apple Support communities

  CVoador wrote:

  My understanding is that: -.

  (1) it is possible to completely remove OSX and have a clean install of Windows.

  (2) OSX (in my case, El Capitan) can be reinstalled at a later date without extra cost (i.e. free) using the OSX installer.

  (3) install or remove Windows OSX will not affect my warranty the warranty is of Apple hardware.

  You are right. You can remove OS X and only keep the windows, but it has some disadvantages, to know before doing this. Apart from this, Internet recovery will let you install OS X at any time even if you have deleted the recovery partition, and you will not have to pay for OS x: OS X is free and is already registered for your Apple ID.

  Drivers, Boot Camp Assistant (an application, you can find in/Applications/Utilities) leads you through the first steps before you install Windows on your Mac, and one of them is to download the drivers for your Mac requires and put them in a USB key. However, you may need to OS X to get latest driver versions.

  Instead of completely removing the OS X, I suggest to allocate more space to Windows, but keep OS X in a small partition. By doing this, you will always be able to update the drivers (where you need OS X to do) and you will have fewer problems getting OS X in the future if you want to delete Windows.

  Finally, don't forget to make a backup of your files before you install Windows on your Mac. You may need it in case something goes wrong with the Windows installation.

• Can not install HP 4480 after a clean install of Mac OS Lion

  I have a HP 4480 USB printer that worked on my iMac with OS X 10.7 (Lion) very well until I erased my hard drive and a cleaning set from 10.7.  I reinstalled the software update HP driver and downloaded the latest driver on the HP website successfully.

  The name of the device looks fine when I try to add the printer in system preferences. But I get this message: "an error occurred while trying to add the selected printer.  Cannot find the appropriate software on your system after a software update running. "The name of the printer indicates also the HP utility under device information and, ironically, I was able to print the test page for HP!

  But I am not able to print a document, always get a condition No. selected printer.  I tried several different sequences of resetting the printer, unplug the USB cables, reloading the drivers of HP and software update, try to add the printer and restart the computer.  Maybe I don't have the right order.

  Can you help me?

  Thanks PrintDoc and ShlomlL to keep me on the right path.

  My printer problem is resolved by making a second clean install of the OS Lion, but this time immediately install my printer.  The problem seems to have been caused by the Migration Wizard when more of my backup Time Machine from another computer.

• After my mac Book is dead (water, thanks to the toddler) I install my CS6 on a MacBook. I can't get a clean install. Help!

  Ugh. I need a clean install of CS6, owned by me. I can't cross 20%? Where is tec live support these days?

  Uninstall anything cs6 which is in your macbook

  clean through the use of the Adobe Creative Cloud cleaning tool to solve installation problems

  Restart your computer and install cs6 using install files placed on your desktop.

• My macbook air 13 "(2015) is very slow, even after a clean install"

  Hello

  I have a macbook air 13 "from 2015 and it is VERY slow. I did a clean install from scratch of El Capitan (10.11.06) and always very slow.

  Etrecheck give ' "Performance: poor"»

  Is there a hardware problem? or what to do?

  Thank you

  EtreCheck version: 3.0.6 (315)

  Report generated 2016-10-05 10:18:11

  Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

  Duration 17:11

  Performance: poor

  Click the [Support] links to help with non-Apple products.

  Click [details] for more information on this line.

  Problem: Computer is too slow

  Description:

  too slow

  Hardware Information: ⓘ

  MacBook Air (13 inch, early 2015)

  [Data sheet] - [User Guide] - [warranty & Service]

  MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir7, 2

  1 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 strands

  8 GB RAM not extensible

  BANK 0/DIMM0

  OK 4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz

  BANK 1/DIMM0

  OK 4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz

  Bluetooth: Good - transfer/Airdrop2 taken in charge

  Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

  Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 40

  Video information: ⓘ

  Intel HD 6000 graphics card

  Color LCD 1440 x 900

  Software: ⓘ

  OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 (15-1004) - since startup time: less than an hour

  Disc information: ⓘ

  SM0128G SSD APPLE disk0: (121,33 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

  EFI (disk0s1) < not mounted >: 210 MB

  Recovery HD (disk0s3) < not mounted > [recovery]: 650 MB

  Macintosh HD (disk 1) / [Startup]: 120,10 (Go 104.05 free)

  Storage of carrots: disk0s2 120.47 GB Online

  USB information: ⓘ

  Apple Inc. BRCM20702 hub.

  Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB host controller.

  Lightning information: ⓘ

  Apple Inc. Thunderbolt_bus.

  Guardian: ⓘ

  Mac App Store and identified developers

  Launch system officers: ⓘ

  [no charge] 6 tasks Apple

  tasks of Apple 166 [loading]

  [running] Apple 58 jobs

  [killed] 9 tasks of Apple

  9 killed process lack of RAM

  Launch system demons: ⓘ

  [no charge] 47 Apple jobs

  [loading] 158 jobs Apple

  [running] Apple 77 jobs

  [killed] 8 tasks of Apple

  8 killed process lack of RAM

  Launch demons: ⓘ

  [loading] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist (2016-10-04) [Support]

  User launch officers: ⓘ

  [loading] com.bittorrent.uTorrent.plist (2016-10-04)

  [loading] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist (2016-10-05)

  Items in user login: ⓘ

  iTunesHelper program (/ Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

  uTorrent program (/ Applications/uTorrent.app)

  CleanMyMac 3 Menu program (/ Applications/CleanMyMac 3.app/Contents/MacOS/CleanMyMac 3 Menu.app)

  Plug-ins Internet: ⓘ

  Default browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-09-03)

  QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-07-09)

  3rd party preference panes: ⓘ

  None

  Time Machine: ⓘ

  Time Machine not configured!

  Top of page process CPU: ⓘ

  14% WindowServer

  4% kernel_task

  0% SystemUIServer

  0% cloudpaird

  Top of page process of memory: ⓘ

  670 MB kernel_task

  Mdworker (11) 188 MB

  Com.apple.CommerceKit.TransactionService (2) 41 MB

  Finder 41 MB

  Mds_stores 33 MB

  Virtual memory information: ⓘ

  5.02 GB of free RAM

  2.98 used GB RAM (1.82 GB being cached)

  40 MB used Swap

  Diagnostic information: ⓘ

  5 October 2016, 09:38:39 test - passed

  Hello, have you tried to reset the management system (SCM) controller on your Mac - Apple Support?

• If I do a clean install, I have to reinstall all my software

  Hello!

  Filipe my name is

  I have a MacBook Pro 2010, which is compatible to install the Mac OS Sierra

  It is very slow and I would like to do a clean install of the operating system new

  I know that I have to do a full backup of all my data - photos, emails, documents,... - but if I take the decision of the new facility, I have to reinstall all my applications, programs,... - as Office for Mac,...?

  Thanks for your response!

  Only, or restore from backup.

  (144882)

• directions to clean install MacOS Sierra

  I'll install MacOS Sierra like many of you, but I won't update or upgrade, I want to do a 'Clean Install' on my iMac to the retina. There are several small, painful on ranging from the questions that no ONE at Apple was able to help with. I'm sped to start again and I hope after a month or two AFTER Sierra is released and immediate bugs will be crushed and then I can make the trip. Since Sierra is a new file system, I hope that everything will be good in the rim. This way my two hundred concerts (or almost) of music plays without hiccup and my huge photo library will play too nice!

  There are several "how to" out in WEB land, but honestly, each of them is a little confusing. I do not understand why Apple insists on not to put an accurate Concise Guide, step by step. My burlap as 1st Sergeant used to explain in the body when something needed to explain. We said, ' Let explain me it like Barney. Referring to Barney Fife. In other words, super easy. I was going to buy an eBook take control books Scholle McFarland. I wonder what any of you think of the great guru?

  Yes I use Time Machine. Yes, I have backed up Photos and iTunes separately. I'll do the same thing to my documents and email (not sure one).

  Appreciate some guidance.

  This isn't a bad guide... http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/01/clean-install-OS-x-El-Capitan-Mac/

  Just replace the name of 'El Capitan' with 'macOS Sierra.

  FWIW, the upgrade can not get rid of your "hard" problems, according to what they are.

• Clean install of El Capitan on iMac 2011

  I have just bought a new iMac and want to give my iMac 2011 to a friend. I would give it as if it had been purchased in an Apple store - El Capitan as the operating system with the apps that come with the purchase. The older iMac runs Yosemite.

  I did this before time, three years ago, but the manual missing on El Capitan suggests that a clean install is much more difficult.

  I ask to help anyone can offer to make this process as simple, easy and quick as possible.

  Thanks in advance,

  John Kendrick

  See > what to do before you sell or give away your Mac - Apple Support

  Basically, you need to install the original Lion OS X for this system using OS X Recovery and let your friend update to El Capitan.

• I'd be able to do a clean install of El Capitan * without * destroy my Windows partition?

  I bought this media 2011 27 "iMac used earlier this year as a refurb from a dealer. It came with El Capitan installed, but I have the feeling that they had a facility upgrade compared to a clean install. The computer suffers from slow start and loading slow program (but once it loads then its fine). It's the same with my old iMac when I did an upgrade to Leopard years ago snow leopard, and erase the disk and performing a clean install OSX (and put files and programs back with Time Machine) has solved these problems then. So I thought it wouldn't hurt to try a clean install on this machine.

  But read the tutorials I noticed that if you are not the first owner of the computer, then you cannot install updates OSX without resetting the computer? Although I WAS able to install the OS via the App Store updates (and I thought that I linked my Apple ID to the machine when I put initially in place), won't install not mean I should be able to clean, or it will have to be completely reset?

  Yes, I've run disk utility and checked my HHD drive, it works fine. The entire machine is nice and quiet, not making abnormal sounds or perform exceptionally, it's just really the slow start in OSX and slow loading programs that are the problem.

  I also recently created a Windows partition and installed Windows 8.1. It starts and runs decently faster than OSX, so I think it's just a problem with OSX and not the HHD himself and do a clean install will be hopefully solve problems. This computer has given me a lot of grief, creating a partition to install Windows 8.1 (unlike my old iMac) so wouldn't really really really have to wipe the HHD together to "change the property" and having to mess with which once again...

  It 'sounds' like since the app store IS letting me install OS and updates to program with my Apple, I SHOULD be able to start in the RecoveryHD Partition and ID here to make a new install of Mac OS x on * just * my existing Mac partition. And this should not erase my * any * HHD, just the Mac partition. I'll save my whole Windows partition just to be safe, however. I could not find a guide which deals specifically with only reset the OSX partition and not wipe out Windows in the process, so I want to make sure I have my facts straight. I had planned on OSX reset and then restore my files with Time Machine. However, I also want to assure you that this will allow me to go even and reset the OS in the first place, given that I am not the original owner of the iMac and I don't know if they reset it correctly.

  Sorry for the extremely long question and TIA!

  Open the Mac App Store, make sure that you are signed in with your Apple ID and click on the purchase tab to see if El Capitan is associated with your Apple ID. If this isn't the case, you will need to download it so it will be associated with your Apple ID. If this is the case, you are all ready.

  Are updates to OS X, not the buyer, so you can install all the updates, but the OS needs to be associated with your Apple ID.

  I'm not sure about Windows, how did you install Windows? With Boot Camp? You should be able to clone on another drive (if you have one) using Clonezilla. Then wipe and reinstall El Capitan and put in place the Boot Camp partition and clone back.

• Backups Time Machine missing after model clean install

  For a Mac using Time Machine to back up, is there a way to clean install OS X for a new internal SSD and keeps backups Time Machine historical which have been made using the previous internal SSD?  While as I use it to back up the new internal SSD TM, TM will show the backup history of both the previous internal SSD and the new (up to the capacity of the disc from the TimeCapsule).

  MacBookPro8, 2 I used Time Machine on a time Capsule TB 3 towards the rear for 2 years. No problems and shows 2.24 available 3 TB.

  Last night I did a clean model 10.11.5 install a new SSD, and a transfer application, the user accounts Migration Wizard, etc. Since the previous flash SSD disk internal (format / installed the new SSD, attached to the internal SSD previous via USB flash disk, then started in Recovery Mode to clean the installation model to the new internal SSD and when prompted did the previous internal SSD Migration Assistant).

  Everything no problem above went very well. But now when I "TimeMachine enter", I see that the most recent backup made (before the clean install).  The right navigation (which goes in reverse chronological order of the lower part of the screen to the top) seems to show the date on which the previous backups have been identified.  But if I click on a date, TM Finder main window does not scroll from that date. The top / arrow down buttons to the right of the main window of Finder TM also do not respond to clicks.

  So far as I can tell, I've lost all TM backups except the most recent. I have all saved data elsewhere outside time Capsule, so between that and the 1 backup, I can see in TM I have not lost anything.

  If I had done the Migration Wizard from the TimeCapsule rather than the previous internal SSD flash drive, would that have kept all historical TM backups?

  Thanks for any idea

  Time Machine, please press the shift-command-C key combination. The windshield will show the mounted volumes. All snapshots should now be accessible. Select the one you want and search for files to restore.

  If you need to restore from a backup of the hidden user library folder, first select a snapshot, and then press shift-command-G. A go to the folder dialog box opens. In this document, you enter the path to the folder. The dialog box will help you by automatically filling parts of the path when you start typing.

  The path starts with the slash character ("/"). Enter that. The rest of the parts is separated by slashes.

  The next part is the date and time of the current snapshot. Enter a '2', and the rest of the date should be filled in automatically. Press the right arrow key to access the end of the path. Enter a slash to start the next game.

  Next is the volume name (usually "Macintosh HD" unless you assigned a different name.) Start typing, then jump to the end and enter a slash.

  The next part is 'Users', followed by a slash.

  Then is your short user name. It is also the name of your home folder, which is represented by an icon of the House in the sidebar of a Finder window.

  Finally, enter "Library", and then press return. You should now be in the library folder. From there, you can move like in the Finder. You can also select another snapshot of the same folder.

• Clean install / restore to fail Internet

  I'll put up a 2010 MacBook Pro start as new for a next project. After erasing HD for a clean install, the installer returned a message that says El Capitan could not be verified or may have been corrupted. I resorted to the recovery of the internet, but this is also a message that El Capitan can not be installed due to an error. I don't have a backup time machine small enough to drive on the Mac - is it possible forward here?

  Thanks in advance...

  stop,

  Disconnect all external devices

  Reboot into recovery mode

  If the internal collection fails try internet recovery

  for best results, connect your mac directly to your router/modem and suspend any transmission from other devices on your network that can be download or steam.