davecool Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Okay, so my wife just installed every Apple update with Software Update. "I thought that's what I was supposed to do." Ugh! This box was perfect and now it's screwed. Re-installing the OS seems the best choice (rather than picking and choosing extensions, etc.) Can I just re-install overtop or do I need to wipe the drive? Is there a way to do this and keep the existing user accounts (without needing to recreate them)? Thanks for any advice. David Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/70431-the-wife-killed-my-hackintosh-grrr/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T. Firefly Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 reformat is the best way sorry Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/70431-the-wife-killed-my-hackintosh-grrr/#findComment-499853 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Hi DaveCool: Format and re-install would be the best option. However, if you have backup of the Users folder, you can use Apple's Migration Assistant to get your profile back. --danyel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/70431-the-wife-killed-my-hackintosh-grrr/#findComment-499874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigxcpu Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 archive and install is the best option. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/70431-the-wife-killed-my-hackintosh-grrr/#findComment-499888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecool Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 I did exactly what I didn't want to do. I just restored files from a backup. I wanted to do it the right way -- a clean install -- but I didn't want the headaches of re-installing _everything_ which would have taken a few days. I loaded up from the JaS 10.4.8 Installer DVD, opened the terminal, plugged in my external USB hard drive backup, and painstakingly replaced every file in the System folder that had a modification date of the day my wife did the updates (the terminal is not fun when used this way). It took a few hours of one-by-oneing it, but the computer is back running normally. It takes a bit longer to boot now, but otherwise it's back to running. There are no error messages when I look in the console. The machine is now a 10.4.9/10 split -- I wonder if that's eventually going to bite me. If anything, it's given me an opportunity to make sure all of our user data is backed up. Eventually I might just wipe it and do a clean re-install and then put our user data back in. Of course, that will wait for when I have more free time. Thanks to everyone who responded to my original post. David Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/70431-the-wife-killed-my-hackintosh-grrr/#findComment-504688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted November 13, 2007 Share Posted November 13, 2007 In the future, think CopyCatX, SuperDuper, CCC. It will give you a lot of piece of mind and save you a ton of time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/70431-the-wife-killed-my-hackintosh-grrr/#findComment-504696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffton Beach Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Sorry to necro post, but this isn't a problem for me, and can easily be prevented. 1: run as a limited user. When elevating privileges instead of typing your own password for sudo, you su to a user who does have sudo priveleges then sudo from there. Installing something in system Apps dir requires you to type the admins name and password instead of just your password. System updates can't be done without knowing the admin's password. It's not that much harder to do than running as a user with sudo privileges, and prevents anyone from running system update without your knowledge. 2: use the EFI patch. Unless an edited kext needed for your hardware is replaced you can survive a system upgrade in fine shape (this assumes you aren't using SSE2 or AMD). If a kext is replaced it's a simple matter opf restoring it, if you've kept a backup of every edited kext you installed (just a good idea) I do both, 2 for the convenience and 1 for the simple security. I'd highly recommend 1, 2 is pretty nice as well. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/70431-the-wife-killed-my-hackintosh-grrr/#findComment-518506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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