Tags: volumen

It is nice to start anew because computer OSes accumulate cruft. I prefer to do this with my home systems once every 3 to 4 years: erase the hard drive, install the current OS from scratch, restoring only what I need from a Time Machine backup. At the end of the next cycle, the hardware refresh is usually the norm for me. That’s about 8 years on the same hardware. When macOS 27 Golden Gate releases, I will factory reset my Mac Studio, which will then be about 4 years old.

• iMac 24” (2007): recycled ~8 years later.
• iMac 27” (2015): still operational at 10+ years, but retired.
• Mac Studio (2022): ~4 years in, planned factory reset when Golden Gate releases; primary machine.
• MacBook Neo (2026-03-14): 6 months old, secondary device.