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"Welcome to Macintosh" first run on new computer...run again? - katkramer - 05-12-2008
I had so much fun opening my MacBook this afternoon...it ran the pretty intro presentation, then asked me to register...
I wanted to show my boyfriend, and ex-Dell programmer, how much fun it is to open a new Mac (he's converting, by the way, and has sworn off both Dell & M$).
Is there any way to re-run the first script that runs on a Mac...again?
Heck, I could do it every day and play like I'm getting a new computer every day.
: )
Re: "Welcome to Macintosh" first run on new computer...run again? - jonny - 05-12-2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6QcJJjeeFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbOLGs855gQ&NR=1
Re: "Welcome to Macintosh" first run on new computer...run again? - Black Landlord - 05-12-2008
Sure, just do a clean install of the OS.
Re: "Welcome to Macintosh" first run on new computer...run again? - RAMd®d - 05-12-2008
The Welcome mov can be found and run over and over.
The rest of the setup- I don't think so.
There was a link or post here to macosxhints.com about where to find the mov. on your HD. I can't think of any keywords, and I'm not at a Mac to look that up.
Try this... - RAMd®d - 05-12-2008
* Go into the "/System/Library/CoreServices" folder and control-click on "Setup Assistant". Click on "Show Package Contents".
* In the package, go into the "Contents" folder and then the "Resources" folder. Control-click on "TransitionSection.bundle" and click on "Show Package Contents".
* Again, go into the "Contents" folder and then the "Resources" folder.
* You'll find the "intro-sound.mp3" and "intro.mov" files there.
Re: "Welcome to Macintosh" first run on new computer...run again? - StingMe - 05-13-2008
If you don't mind getting rid of your user account and all data you can reset everything back to factory condition pretty easily (works with Panther and Tiger; don't know about Leopard):
To remove account "test" and restore boot to "Welcome" screen:
Boot w/ command-s
/sbin/fsck -yf
/sbin/mount -uw /
rm -rf /Users/test /var/db/netinfo/local.nidb /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
reboot
pay attention to those spaces!
For a little explanation of the commands see:
http://blog.smalldog.com/article/597/the-geeky-way-to-remove-users-in-os-x