Mac Mini :: Reformatting With Wireless Keyboard? (Alternate Ways)
Nov 5, 2010
Trying to reformat my mac mini. I'm a designer and haven't reformat for some time now. I'm fairly new to Mac, I got Original Disc's. I need to reformat but I have no hard-wire keyboard. I know/heard/tried doing the "hold down C" and "option" but I'm assuming its not working because I have a wireless keyboard?
Question: Is there an alternative way in doing a Hard/Complete/Erase reformat when having a wireless keyboard. What options do I have? I have also tried going over to Utility and erase section but the options to select or rename and type, is "un-selectable"? Is this normal?
MY SYSTEM:
Mac Mini - 2.26 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory - 2gb
Mac OS X - 10.6.4
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