# Will clean install of macOS break Hook Links?

**URL:** <https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/will-clean-install-of-macos-break-hook-links/2900>\
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**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/will-clean-install-of-macos-break-hook-links/2900 "2021-03-04T02:03:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![stanleymcmahan](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@stanleymcmahan](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/stanleymcmahan)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/will-clean-install-of-macos-break-hook-links/2900/1 "2021-03-04T02:03:18Z")

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Greetings fellow Hook users,

I am having trouble understanding how Hook does what it does and wonder where the links between elements are stored? Will the links be broken if I do a clean install of macOS?

Maybe the links are stored somehow in the files themselves?

I do keep my data in the cloud so when I do a reinstall, the data doesn’t get moved around.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge about this.

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**Author:** ![LucB](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/user_avatar/discourse.hookproductivity.com/lucb/32/2228_2.png) [@LucB](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/LucB)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/will-clean-install-of-macos-break-hook-links/2900/2 "2021-03-04T05:28:05Z")

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Welcome to the Hook Productivity Forum , @stanleymcmahan .

Here’s a document which might answer your questions: [How to Backup and Restore Hook Data – Hook](https://hookproductivity.com/help/more/how-to-backup-and-restore-hook-data).

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**Author:** ![stanleymcmahan](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@stanleymcmahan](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/u/stanleymcmahan)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.hookproductivity.com/t/will-clean-install-of-macos-break-hook-links/2900/3 "2021-03-04T07:45:28Z")

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Thanks so much! I’ll get right on that!

Much appreciated,

Stan

Stanley McMahan  
Blossom, Texas