Clean install and restore from Time Machine: Will i lose my applications ?

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Clean install and restore from Time Machine: Will i lose my applications ?

I want to do a Snow Leopard clean install instead of a an upgrade.

1) How do I do the clean install and restore it from Time machine during the install ?

2) If I do the clean install and restore from Leopard's time machine backup, will I retaing all my applications or I will only retain my personal files ?
- If I don't retain my applications, how will my photos in iPhoto be restored without iPhoto ?

intel iMac 2009, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 16, 2009 7:13 AM

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Sep 16, 2009 7:25 AM in response to FelipeRaul

If you did a complete TM backup, then all your files, users, settings, and programs will be restored. You will have the opportunity to restore using TM at the end of the install. I would back at least my data up separately.

To erase and install (i.e., clean install), start up to your DVD and stop after selecting your language. Use the menus to start Disk Utility and erase your drive. Quit Disk Utility and proceed with your installation. At the end, you will be able to choose to reclaim your settings, files, and apps from TM.

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Sep 16, 2009 7:37 AM in response to donv_the_ghost

Thanks, it helped a lot.

Any ideas why I've read in many places (including lifehacker http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/prep-your-mac-for-snow-leopard/) that I would need to reinstall all my apps even after restoring from TM ?

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Sep 16, 2009 11:03 AM in response to FelipeRaul

You are very welcome. No ideas, sorry. I don't read LifeHacker.

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Sep 16, 2009 11:14 AM in response to FelipeRaul

Some apps require reinstallation because of built-in licensing & anti-piracy protection mechanisms, but there are not that many that consider a new OS as a sign of a new install on a different computer. Maybe that is what you have read about, or it is just somebody's idea of how to play it as safe as possible, whether that is a reasonable idea or not.

There are, after all, a lot of dubious ideas floating around on the Internet, & ones that have a grain of truth amid a bunch of wild guesses about how things actually work.

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