<strong>Just remember that once you've deleted the apps that come preinstalled, you may have trouble reinstalling them later if you change your mind.</strong><hr></blockquote>
To get back apps the Apple apps like iChat, Terminal, and DVD Player, you will have to either boot from the Install CD and reinstall everything or you'll have to use a tool like Pacifist to manually extract and install the various components you want. Neither of these are things most novice users (like switchers, perhaps) would want to mess with.
<strong>To get back apps the Apple apps like iChat, Terminal, and DVD Player, you will have to either boot from the Install CD and reinstall everything or you'll have to use a tool like Pacifist to manually extract and install the various components you want. Neither of these are things most novice users (like switchers, perhaps) would want to mess with.</strong><hr></blockquote>
That depends on the type of restore cd's he's got. See <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42929&SaveKCWindowURL=http:% 2F%2Fkbase.info.apple.com%2Fcgi-bin%2FWebObjects%2Fkbase.woa%2Fwa%2FSaveKCToHomePa ge&searchMode=Assisted&kbhost=kbase.info.apple.com &showButton=false&randomValue=100&showSurvey=false &sessionID=anonymous|160030022" target="_blank">this kbase article</a>. It looks like apple finally got smart about this.
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Just remember that once you've deleted the apps that come preinstalled, you may have trouble reinstalling them later if you change your mind.
<strong>Just remember that once you've deleted the apps that come preinstalled, you may have trouble reinstalling them later if you change your mind.</strong><hr></blockquote>
how so?
<strong>To get back apps the Apple apps like iChat, Terminal, and DVD Player, you will have to either boot from the Install CD and reinstall everything or you'll have to use a tool like Pacifist to manually extract and install the various components you want. Neither of these are things most novice users (like switchers, perhaps) would want to mess with.</strong><hr></blockquote>
That depends on the type of restore cd's he's got. See <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42929&SaveKCWindowURL=http:% 2F%2Fkbase.info.apple.com%2Fcgi-bin%2FWebObjects%2Fkbase.woa%2Fwa%2FSaveKCToHomePa ge&searchMode=Assisted&kbhost=kbase.info.apple.com &showButton=false&randomValue=100&showSurvey=false &sessionID=anonymous|160030022" target="_blank">this kbase article</a>. It looks like apple finally got smart about this.