In a fit of pique I’ve decided to re-install Snow Leopard on my MacBook Pro from scratch. Once I get these things in my head, I simply have to do them. So, I simply have to do this.

I have no idea what I’m doing, but the thing is so damned slow I’m tempted to take a sledgehammer to it. So, I reckon I should give it a whirl. Back in the day, sorry the days, of my Windows usage I’d do it quite regularly. OS X has behaved itself pretty well, but I think I must’ve collected a few ghosts in the machine over the last few years, so it’s time to sort it out.

We’ll see how I get along. Right now I’m backing everything up manually to an external drive, then I’ll run SuperDuper overnight to do a ful backup and if I lose anything then I can always go back to Time Machine. Nothing like being covered.

In theory. Oh well, who care if I lose a few emails. There’s about 4548 in one mailbox that I’m damned sure I could live without. If I lose anything from iPhoto or iTunes, then I’m gonna be royally pissed off.

I’ll keep you posted.

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