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Yet another... Clean Install? Thread
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Oct 25, 2007, 06:35 PM
 
Taking a poll here, who thinks that I would benefit speed wise from doing a clean install of Leopard, considering the following:

My current Tiger install has been from an eMac to an iMac G5 to a Mac Book back to the eMac to a 17" iMac to a 20" iMac back to the 17" and back to the 20" (don't ask.)

Is there a good chance that I've accumulated enough useless crap to slow down my system noticeably? I have noticed it slower lately, but I don't know if it's from that.
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Oct 25, 2007, 06:38 PM
 
If you have noticed it being slower, then a clean install might benefit your system, but it's usually voodoo. Since you've moved between ppc and intel though, it's possible you have some Rosetta apps that could be running intel - reinstalling them might help.
     
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Oct 26, 2007, 03:22 PM
 
bump. need more opinions
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Oct 26, 2007, 03:36 PM
 
Maybe you're not getting more opinions because there are so many other threads on this?
     
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Oct 26, 2007, 03:38 PM
 
Is it too cliché to say: Just do it?
     
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Oct 26, 2007, 03:46 PM
 
Haha. Peeb, so far no one has asked about a drive that's been through that many computers. And I want to know before I cause myself the pain of a clean install. Ugh.
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You Can Do It!
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