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Will I lose everything if I reinstall Mac OS X?


iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Dec 4, 2020 7:55 AM

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Posted on Dec 4, 2020 7:56 AM

If you use the Recovery Partition, no. However you should ALWAYS have backup of your entire system in the event of a problem.

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