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I have an early 2008 iMac that came with Mac OS X 10.5 leopard. I have bought all os's since then, and Today I am using the most recent one, mountain lion. My question is, how can I reinstall the Mac OS X from scratch? Is there a quick way ? Or do I have to:
Find the leopard CDs that came with the iMac
And go through the cd installation.
Then, can I jump from leopard to mountain lion?
If your goal is to just reinstall Mountain Lion, you can restart the computer holding the Command and R keys, then choose the reinstall OS X option from the utilities choices presented to you.
That restarts the computer using the recovery hard drive that was created when you installed Mountain Lion...but note you must have an internet connection when you do this reinstall.
If your goal is to just reinstall Mountain Lion, you can restart the computer holding the Command and R keys, then choose the reinstall OS X option from the utilities choices presented to you.
That restarts the computer using the recovery hard drive that was created when you installed Mountain Lion...but note you must have an internet connection when you do this reinstall.
The steps are given in: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10763 for Mountain Lion...you do not need to go back and start over with Leopard or any other Mac OS X.
Thanks, Ralph.
Very very prompt reply.
This is precisely what I wanted to do.
You covered my question 100%
I will go ahead and try it.
You are very welcome, good luck with it and patience as it downloads the files it needs to do the reinstall.
Ralph,
I messed up the "this solved my question" label.
I don't know if you can correct it plz. And put your reply as the correct one.
Thanks
No, the system only allows the original poster to award points...the important thing is that you got your question answered.
how can I reinstall the Mac OS X from scratch?
