reinstall OS X mavericks online.

[Josef Telmet]

Hi there!

I have a macbook pro running OS X mavericks 10.9.2. I purchased it before 4 months. Well, I'm a newbie on mac computers.

I have some problems with the most pre-installed apps of my mac. They don't open! They appeared for a second in dock and then, they disappear. The console app says : "unable to load nib file: MainMenu, exiting".

So, I want to have these apps back again. (some of them are very useful to me, as calendar, iMessage FaceTime, maps etc etc)

I don't have any backup (from time machine or other app).

So, I have seen from here (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14193) that if I want to reinstall these apps (such as quicktime,FaceTime, iMessage mail or calendar) I have to reinstall mavericks.

I'm posting for a few questions I have, because I'm a little bit of afraid to do a reinstallation.

1.Is this online re-installation works fine?
2. Is the re-installation "formats" my Macintosh HD?
3. Am I gonna lose my third party applications? (e.g. adobe photoshop or VLC or Skype or Ableton Live) ?
4. In the support of apple for the reinstallation it says : "Use the built-in recovery disk to reinstall OS X while keeping your files and user settings intact". Is this means that I will have exactly the same third-party apps and settings like I have it right now?
and how can I use the built-in recovery disk? where is it?

Thank you in advance...

 

[Kaveman]

1.Is this online re-installation works fine?

Yes, if you have a good strong internet connection.

2. Is the re-installation "formats" my Macintosh HD?

Only if you choose that option.

3. Am I gonna lose my third party applications? (e.g. adobe photoshop or VLC or Skype or Ableton Live) ?

Only if you choose that option.

4. In the support of apple for the reinstallation it says : "Use the built-in recovery disk to reinstall OS X while keeping your files and user settings intact". Is this means that I will have exactly the same third-party apps and settings like I have it right now?

Yes

Restart your Mac while holding down the "R" or Option key and choose it manually .

 

[Josef Telmet]

Thank you for your reply!

Well, the only thing I want is to run the pre-installed apps that comes with my mac.
So, as you tell me the steps I must follow is :

No format macHD - No lose of any third-party app - and recover disk for re-install.

Am I right? Is it important to make a recovery disk to keep all my files and third-party apps?
The recovery disk it can be a usb flash drive?

Thank you again

 

[Kaveman]

No there is no "recovery disk" as its all far to large.
the Recovery Partition should already be there on your drive, why try and make another?

You should use a TimeCapsule or External Drive and TimeMachine which is built into OSX. Then you would'nt have this problem at all...

 

[Josef Telmet]

Ok my friend!
I made the re-instalation and all works perfectly.
No recovery disk made and nothing from my apps, files and settings is lost.

Now, I should start time machine. ;-)

Thank you for your help.

 

[Kaveman]

Excellent!
TimeMachine is a great system.