I have just put my new 1TB HDD in my macbook pro and I cannot enable FV2, something to do with a recovery partition. I have heard that a reinstall will work, so how can I do an archive and install on my MacBook pro?
Mid-2012, Mountain Lion.
Thank you.
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion, 2.9GHz, 8GB RAM, 750 GB HD
A&I no longer an option. Install on top or wipe & install. Boot up in recovery mode. Details in Recovery and About Lion Recovery. Also, see the Internet Recovery. Should apply equally to ML.
Thank you
I used to use A&I to get a new pristine version of the OS I was using.
Is this basically the same (without the old System Folder) under "How to reinstall just OS X":
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3251
Will this give me a pristine operating system?
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In that case is running the Mountian Lion installer over OSX Lion also going to give me a pristine OS also?
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I am looking to speed up my Mac and lose the occasional beach ball and A&I use to do that.
I should rephrase that:
As a hypothetical if I was running OS 8.6 and was experiencing slow behaviour and an occasional spinning beach ball I would do a Clean Install with my Install Disc.
8.1 would OVERWRITE 8.6 and my computer would be humming and I’d simply update to 8.6.
However, if I installed 9.1 over 8.6 with no Clean Install things would still be sluggish and the beach ball behaviour stayed.
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So does Mountain Lion OVERWRITE Lion upon installation or will it leave the bits and pieces from Lion that cause unwanted behaviour?
OR, should I reinstall Lion (which is similar to A&I) and then install Mountain Lion?
A&I went away with Snow Leopard. Reinstalling it or later OSs overwrites all OS components and basic Apple apps. Updating or upgrading to solve problems is the wrong approach, You need to fix the current issues before embarking on that path. As for speeding up things, see:
Mac Maintenance Quick Assist,
Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines,
Maintaining OS X,
Five Mac maintenance myths
How to Speed up Macs,and
Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X for information.
Thx Baitwo,
Most of these things I know about: I clean caches with Cocktail, use WhatSize to get rid of large files (I have enuff drive space), restart regularly, run Techtool Pro Suites regularly, ect.
Nonetheless A&I was a great help in eliminating issues.
It seems most of the beach ball behaviour is in Safari so I'll try the reset feature.
I just tested Firefox and it's much faster.
I'll use the information you supplied here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10328447-263.html?tag=mfiredir
Thank you!
How can I do an archive and install
