Before you sell, give away, or recycle your Mac, you should erase it first. You should also erase any used Mac you buy before you do anything else with it.
Comments: 4 Responses to “How To Erase and Reset Your Mac”
Joyce Siemens
1 month ago
I have an old computer that I want to recycle, but I don't know how to erase it. It is a macOS High Sierra Version
10.13.6 I went to Apple and couldn't find that information. My daughter transferred all the files off it and put them on the new 24-inch green Mac I bought last July. Please help me know how to do it, or where on the Apple site to find that information. Thanks so much.
Joyce: I show that in this video. See at around 4:00.
Ronald Lind
1 month ago
How to erase data on a Mac that no longer boots? I have old Mac’s, including portables that I can no longer start but the hard drives still contain data.
How can I disable these hard drives?
Ronald: No easy way. If these models can do Target Disk mode, and you happen to have the right cables to connect it to your current Mac, you can try bringing it up as a hard drive and using Disk Utility to erase. Do these old Macs boot into recovery mode? If so, you could try that too.
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I have an old computer that I want to recycle, but I don't know how to erase it. It is a macOS High Sierra Version
10.13.6 I went to Apple and couldn't find that information. My daughter transferred all the files off it and put them on the new 24-inch green Mac I bought last July. Please help me know how to do it, or where on the Apple site to find that information. Thanks so much.
Joyce: I show that in this video. See at around 4:00.
How to erase data on a Mac that no longer boots? I have old Mac’s, including portables that I can no longer start but the hard drives still contain data.
How can I disable these hard drives?
Ronald: No easy way. If these models can do Target Disk mode, and you happen to have the right cables to connect it to your current Mac, you can try bringing it up as a hard drive and using Disk Utility to erase. Do these old Macs boot into recovery mode? If so, you could try that too.