Additionally, the article will provide information on when you should reinstall macOS Monterey.
If you are selling or trading your Mac, however, see the tip below or the next section.
Here are the steps to reinstall the Mac’s operating system without erasing all your data.
Enter Recovery Mode by holding down the power button on M1-based Macs until the menu appears.
On Intel-based Macs, press the power button and holdCommand+Runtil the Apple logo appears.
How Do I Do a Clean Install of macOS Monterey?
To do this, launch the Recovery Mode menu on your Mac.
Reinstalling an operating system takes a considerable amount of time.
Don’t start this procedure unless you have plenty of time set aside.
On Intel-based Macs, press the power button and holdCommand+Runtil the Apple logo appears.
To enter Recovery Mode on M1-based Macs, hold the power button until the menu appears.
Once in Recovery Mode, selectDisk Utility.
ClickEraseand pick the hard disk with your operating system installed.
This will erase all data from the hard drive, including the operating system.
When Should You Reinstall macOS Monterey?
There are several reasons why you may want to reinstall macOS Monterey.
The first, and most obvious reason is to remove any possibly corrupted files.
Sometimes, when installing updates, files can become corrupted.
If this happens, you may need to reinstall macOS Monterey to resolve those problems.
To do so, download the installer from Apple, and then place it in your Applications folder.
This method also lets you roll back your Mac to older versions of macOS.
You should expect it to take around 45 minutes at most.
