Customising Yosemite install on new Macbook Pro?

[Kaiser Phoenix]

Hi guys, I just recently bought a new Retina 15inch MBP (Couldnt wait for skylake...) and I have to admit I have been out of the game a while. I recall I used to be able to customise my OS install like removing irrelevant drivers and language packs, can I still do this? I tried going into recovery mode but it seems I can only just install it and cant change anything.

Thank you in advance.

 

[snaky69]

Hi guys, I just recently bought a new Retina 15inch MBP (Couldnt wait for skylake...) and I have to admit I have been out of the game a while. I recall I used to be able to customise my OS install like removing irrelevant drivers and language packs, can I still do this? I tried going into recovery mode but it seems I can only just install it and cant change anything.

Thank you in advance.

What for?

AFAIK none exist for Yosemite, unless monolingual's developper updated his app.

 

[Kaiser Phoenix]

What for?

AFAIK none exist for Yosemite, unless monolingual's developper updated his app.

Thank you for your reply, I just wanted to check if I could cut out unnecessary stuff out form the default installtion! As you can see Ive been out of the game along time !!

 

[snaky69]

Thank you for your reply, I just wanted to check if I could cut out unnecessary stuff out form the default installtion! As you can see Ive been out of the game along time !!

Take my post with a grain of salt, I haven't really researched this in a while either.

Like I said, there used to be an app called Monolingual that could do this after the fact without going through setup. But I do not think it supports anything past 10.9.

 

[CoastalOR]

Hi guys, I just recently bought a new Retina 15inch MBP (Couldnt wait for skylake...) and I have to admit I have been out of the game a while. I recall I used to be able to customise my OS install like removing irrelevant drivers and language packs, can I still do this? I tried going into recovery mode but it seems I can only just install it and cant change anything.
Thank you in advance.

Just a caution note: Make sure you have a good, verified backup before trying any customizing. Just in case the OS gets damaged if an important file is removed. A bootable clone on an external drive might be best so you get back up quickly by booting to the external drive (BTW that is a good way to test for a good backup). My suggestion is for just in case the OS in your MBP will not start up after removing some files.

I'm sorry, but I also do not know how to remove unnecessary files like the old days (OS 9). Hopefully someone else can respond that has experience with your question.

 

[Kaiser Phoenix]

Thank you guys because before when you do a fresh install, even back in the days of Leopard etc you can remove loads of stuff like languages, printer drivers, etc BEFORE you did the install. Like it was a checklist of stuff that you can choose. Now it seems like you just install it or not, nothing to configure....