Any tips on "re-installing OS X" on my iMac?

xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
edited November -1 in Miscellaneous
Hey gang,
my iMac could use a fresh install of OS X (maybe it's my Linux mentality) because things have become a mess ... sort of.

Because i don't have much time, I'm wondering if anyone knows of maybe a program that cleans/optimizes my little junk yard and thus saves me from starting over?

Also ... I bought an external hard drive and wonder if "time machine" is better than just to back up manually ... as I am doing?

Ciao,
X

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  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    time machine is great because you can make a backup of your entire hard drive and then revert back to it later if you have a crash it even backs up the OS so its truly a backup that will restore to where you know everything is and not just copied files you will have to dig through later to find what you want.

    I believe there are some mac cleaner softwares that are pretty good just don't know anything about them. Sorry
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  • LumpAppsLumpApps Member Posts: 2,881
    Time machine uses a lot of space but you can go back to different versions. I use a little application named backuplist+ it's cheap and works well. Nice guy who gives good support too.

    I wouldn't reinstall the system. Back up your stuff and have a go Disk Utility. Start up from a system disc so it can acces all files.

    Lump Apps and My Assets

  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    Thanks guys,

    I will pay a little more attention to "time machine" ....

    Maybe I'll free up one of the hard drives and let it do it's thing :)
  • TouchTiltGamesTouchTiltGames Member Posts: 1,162
    Use Onyx, it's the best and free.
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    Thanks Touch :)

    you just saved me some time ... which is always good!
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