jarrod
jarrod

I’m starting a “nuke and pave” (erase and restore to factory settings and set up as new) of my Mac mini. Wish me luck. 🤞

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jarrod
jarrod

@jarrod Goodbye, little buddy. I thank your soul for the many years of service.

A screenshot of my Mac’s desktop before erasing it back to factory settings. ‘Transfer or Reset’ pane open in System Settings, and Drafts open to this very text file.

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jarrod
jarrod

@jarrod Hello, new friend! I’m looking forward to some new adventures with you.

A fresh, default macOS Ventura desktop with a Time Machine drive named “TARDIS” in the corner.

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jarrod
jarrod

@pimoore Same M1 Mac mini machine. I just erased it’s soul and started fresh from default settings. 😱

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peterw
peterw

@jarrod will be interested to see if you think starting fresh helped performance.

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jarrod
jarrod

@meandering just a few hours in (and not everything set up yet) and I feel like I notice a difference.

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jarrod
jarrod

@pimoore 😆 I would accept a placebo at this point.

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