How to back up OS and application preferences on Mac OS X Lion for reinstalling?

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The title pretty much says it all. I'm happy to copy folders, or use a utility. I know a lot of preferences are kept in ~/user/Library/Application Support.

maxedison

Posted 2012-05-11T11:05:55.557

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Backup your system using Time Machine.

Then you can erase the entire disk, install Lion cleanly, and just restore e.g. user accounts, but not applications.

Daniel Beck

Posted 2012-05-11T11:05:55.557

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Interesting. I'll definitely try this next time. – maxedison – 2012-05-20T10:41:16.740