Clean install and restore apps etc ?

[ZeeDD]

Hi guys,

I'm sorry to ask something like that, but I really don't know how to do that...

I would like to do a clean install of Mavericks on my MBA mid 2013. No problem with that part of the process.

My question is: After that clean install, is there a way to restore all apps, settings, etc... from my actual Mavericks install, to that fresh and clean install ? I don't want to re-download all my apps etc...

I have a time machine backup, but I don't know if I can do that kind of thing with TM, or if I need to use migration assistant or another software ?

Thanks a lot for the help !

Franck

 

[pastrychef]

After your clean install, you can use Migration Assistant to restore from your Time Machine.

 

[Bruno09]

restore all apps, settings, etc... from my actual Mavericks install

After your clean install, you can use Migration Assistant to restore from your Time Machine.

If you do so, the install is no longer "clean"...

A "clean" install is : installing the OS, then installing the apps, then importing your data, and no importing your settings.

 

[ZeeDD]

If you do so, the install is no longer "clean"...

A "clean" install is : installing the OS, then installing the apps, then importing your data, and no importing your settings.

Ok, to be more clear: I would like to do a "selective" app install. I mean to just installing some apps that I want to keep, and not installing others that I never use. Not restoring all the system like a TM restore.

Hope that I'm clear...

 

[navodwickra]

Ok, to be more clear: I would like to do a "selective" app install. I mean to just installing some apps that I want to keep, and not installing others that I never use. Not restoring all the system like a TM restore.

Hope that I'm clear...

You can do that via migration assistant. Use a time machine backup to do that. I never restore the system settings though. You can select the apps you want to restore.

 

[pastrychef]

Yep. Use Migration Assistant and your Time Machine.

 

[ZeeDD]

Thanks guys !

 

[Weaselboy]

Ok, to be more clear: I would like to do a "selective" app install. I mean to just installing some apps that I want to keep, and not installing others that I never use. Not restoring all the system like a TM restore.

Hope that I'm clear...

You cannot selectively move apps in with Migration Assistant. There is a checkbox for Applications, and that's it. So it is all or nothing as far as apps in Migration Assistant.

 

[Broph]

You cannot selectively move apps in with Migration Assistant. There is a checkbox for Applications, and that's it. So it is all or nothing as far as apps in Migration Assistant.

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Sorry to hijack this a bit, but I have a similar question…

My plan would be to do a clean install, and then selectively restore applications I wanted from my old downloads folder from Time Machine, to my new downloads folder. I would then install them (as all the installers are in the downloads folder). I wouldn't have any troubles with this, right?

 

[Weaselboy]

Sorry to hijack this a bit, but I have a similar question…

My plan would be to do a clean install, and then selectively restore applications I wanted from my old downloads folder from Time Machine, to my new downloads folder. I would then install them (as all the installers are in the downloads folder). I wouldn't have any troubles with this, right?

Yes, that would work fine. Just manually copy the installer from the TM backup to the drive then run the installer.

 

[pastrychef]

Sorry to hijack this a bit, but I have a similar question…

My plan would be to do a clean install, and then selectively restore applications I wanted from my old downloads folder from Time Machine, to my new downloads folder. I would then install them (as all the installers are in the downloads folder). I wouldn't have any troubles with this, right?

I don't see any reason why you would have any trouble.

 

[drambuie]

Ok, to be more clear: I would like to do a "selective" app install. I mean to just installing some apps that I want to keep, and not installing others that I never use. Not restoring all the system like a TM restore.

Hope that I'm clear...

Would it be easier to delete all the unwanted apps, etc. from your existing installation, then do another TM backup?

 

[vistadude]

It would be even easier to delete the unwanted apps and just upgrade instead of clean install.

Would it be easier to delete all the unwanted apps, etc. from your existing installation, then do another TM backup?