OS X Mavericks :: 10.9.5 - System Recovery Without Losing Current Programs / Apps
Dec 3, 2014
I am running OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 on an iMac 27" mid 2011. If I run OS X Recovery on my system just to wipe everything clean and start fresh. Will I also loose all my other Apps and installed software like MS Office, Adobe CS6, etc. etc.? If so, how can I do a system recovery without losing all my current apps or programs. I don't have any of the original disks.
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 27"
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I previously had Lion installed and decided to wipe my Mac and re-upgrade to Lion. So, I've both zapped the parameter RAM and erased the hard drive, then done a fairly normal install of Snow Leopard. It successfully goes through this process, using my recovery disc, I get through Apple's initial "out-of-box experience" including setting up a user account, and get to the desktop.
There are no issues to this point, no errors, etc. However, having put in the bundled apps DVD, when I run the installer, I get the error: "There were errors with the installation. The installation failed. An unknown error occurred. The installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance." I have repeatedly gotten this error. I have both done a simple reformat of my HDD and a "write zeros" option.
Also, I have tried this before and after doing any software updates. I've also used the Apple Hardware Test which says there were no problems. Disk Utility shows S.M.A.R.T. status as verified, hard drive formatting takes a normal amount of time, and there are no other symptoms of any kind. The unit is stock, and there is nothing attached except for the AC adaptor. The only thing I haven't done yet is do the Lion upgrade, but honestly I shouldn't have to do that just to reinstall the bundled apps.
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With Quickbooks, I managed to have the previously reconciled balance reappear after running several previous reconciliation reports.Â
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3), 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 16GB
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Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), late 2013, Aperture 3.5.1
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
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PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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