Restore deleted Mac App Store on 10.8.2

Question

I accidentally deleted system apps like the App Store.app and the Calendar.app.

How can I restore these? I've tried the combo update like suggested for 10.6.6 systems, but that unfortunately doesn't seem to work on 10.8.

bmike · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-23 05:34:45Z

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Boot to recovery HD and reinstall Mountain Lion if you don't have those backed up to your Time Machine (or equivalent) backup.

answered Dec 23 '12 at 5:34

bmike♦
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	I hoped not having to reinstall – Erik Aigner Dec 23 '12 at 5:38
	Backups help not having to reinstall when you delete things - you could see about copying those apps from another similar OS install or hope the 10.8.3 combo update has those apps in their entirety. – bmike♦ Dec 23 '12 at 5:42
	Yes I just thought of that. I actually have a mini server running 10.8.2 as well, so I'll try just copying it over from there. – Erik Aigner Dec 23 '12 at 5:46
	Consider backing things up just in case calendar barfs. I can't see it being risky, but you never know.... – bmike♦ Dec 23 '12 at 5:48
	I usually have a TM backup but this time I just wiped the Time Capsule moments before that to run a completely fresh backup... so bad timing. – Erik Aigner Dec 23 '12 at 6:01

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