MacBook :: Erase And Reinstall To It's Original Settings?
May 17, 2012How do I erase and reinstall my Macbook to it's original settings?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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OS X :: Erase Original Settings If Restore Mac To Factory Settings?
Jul 8, 2010I've purchased my Mac book from a friend. It still has his name and password on which he cannot remember. Am i correct in assuming that if I restore it to the origianl factory settings then it will erase his settings. Also will i need anything erlse with the start up like serial numbers, auth codes etc?
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Jun 24, 2012i am trying to erase all content and or restore my mac lion to its original settings.. i just sold it, i have already copied my information on an external hard drive....idont know what i did wrong...have a locked screen, with a picture of a lock on it with a password box below it and an arrow next to it..
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), lion
MacBook :: Erase Old Data And Start Anew Without Original Startup Disks?
Jun 25, 2012I was given this macbook by my boyfriend and wanted to erase all his data and stuff. I have the mac boxed set for snow leopard for this macbook but I am not sure where to begin, how to start from scratch.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
MacBook Pro :: Erase / Reinstall OS X - Will Win 7 Partition Also Get Deleted?
Jun 15, 2012I want to erase and re-install OSX but I have a partition of Windows 7, will the installation delete the partition of Windows as well?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MacBook Air :: How To Erase All Data And Reinstall Maverick
Aug 30, 2014How do I erase all data and reinstall Maverick?
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Erase / Reinstall 10.7.4 On MacBook Pro With Locked Symbol?
May 26, 2012How do I erase and reinstall macbook pro 10.7.4? Turn on and hold option key is only showing a locked symbol and password I don't remember
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Mar 13, 2012My MB Air is not booting (I get the ever gray Apple logo screen with the spinning wheel, and nothing happens) Following instructions I found online, I tried the disk utility repair disk and permissions and, apparently, there's nothing wrong. Still, the system won't boot!Â
I'm now trying to reinstall Mac OS X Lion, but the system requires about 0.5 GB of additional free disk space to install!Â
Is there anyway I can access the OS terminal screen (command line interface), so I may delete a few files, creating additional disk space?Â
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3), OS reinstall
MacBook Pro :: Reset It To Original Settings?
Mar 23, 2012I am not using my macbook pro and would like to give it to a grandson; but I need to get rid of all my information before sending.
Info:MacBookPro, iOS 5.1
MacBook Air :: Restoring The Original Settings?
Apr 30, 2012Restoring the original settings?How do i do this?
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Pro :: Restore To Original Settings?
May 17, 2012how do you restore your macbook to original settings?
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Apple TV, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook :: How To Reset To Original Factory Settings
May 17, 2012How do I reset a Macbook to the original factory settings?
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MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
EMac :: How To Erase All Data Without Original Install CD
Mar 26, 2012I need deleting my personal info from my EMac but I've lost my original install cd. What are the steps to deleting this info without the cd, or how do I get a copy of the install cd? OBS, eMac (USB 2.0)
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Mac OS X (10.3.x), eMac power pc G4
MacBook Pro :: Restore Lion To Original Factory Settings?
Apr 5, 2012Early 2011 15" MBP with Lion (purchased new July 22, 2012). I had a two year old MBP running Snow Leopard then upgraded to Lion. The computer got flooded. I took out the hard drive and put it in a portable hard drive case and used it to restore my new MBP running Lion. It seemed to go very smooth and very easy. I am not a very knowledgable computer person, I use the computer for Photoshop, iTunes and email and just barely know not to turn it off with the on/off button! I keep noticing that I have two of many things in the computer, like library, multiple systems and multiple hard drives. I also get conflicting amounts of free hard drive space. I feel that I mistakenly copied too much stuff. I have backed up my files onto a fire wire hard drive. I want to "push a button" and have the computer go back to the way it was the day I bought it. This time, I will take the time and move the files and programs manually (there are not that many). I am affraid a typical restore from Time Machine will only bring back the problems I am trying to get away from.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Air :: Can Reset Laptop To The Original Factory Settings
Jun 26, 2012Is there any way you can reset your MacBook Air to the original settings you first recieved it in? I've noticed I have way to much junk to go through and try to delete it all and when I try to delete something it does the poof thing it's supposed to, but later I notice it has not been deleted. I've tried restarting my computer, and completely turning it off for 24 hours then seeing it its gone, but it never deletes.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.2), i only have one computer account
MacBook :: How To Reset OS X 10.5.8 System To Original Factory Settings Without Discs
Jun 17, 2014I am giving my old macbook to a friend's son and want to restore to factory settings. I don't have the discs and there is no Apple Store where I live.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
OS X :: Erase / Reinstall HD For BootCamp
Jan 14, 2011I have a 2007 Blackbook with Snow Leopard installed. I tried to install Bootcamp but it said that I had to do an erase + reinstall first. I booted my mac up from the OS X disc, got past the language menu, then got a pop up stating "MAC OS X Cannot Be Installed." I can't click on Disk Utility or anything else on the menu bar. How else can I erase my HD?
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Nov 5, 2010Unable to complete OS X 10.4 reinstall, second DVD not recognized.
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May 9, 2012I cannot understand why I am unable to reinstall my Mac OS X installation disk 1 after performing a 7 pass erase. I kept the installation disk in the computer because iMac would not allow me to eject it. Plus I needed the installation disk in my computer to perform the erase in Disk Utility. did I erase the entire installation disk?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Mac Pro :: Reinstall The Original CPU And Sell The PowerMac?
Mar 30, 2008I'm selling my PowerMac, which was upgraded with an aftermarket CPU. I've decided to reinstall the original CPU and sell the PowerMac and upgrade separately.
I noticed that Apple didn't use thermal paste between the CPU and heat sink, and I was wondering if I should do the same or go and buy a tube of Arctic Silver.
OS X :: Reinstall Original Leopard Disc
Oct 16, 2009I have got my first mac (imac) so sorry if this is a really simple question. I recently upgraded to Snow Leopard but I am having bits of trouble with printing. As I have not yet got much data on my Mac I am thinking of going back to my original installation that came with the imac. I have backed up my data I want keep photos, music etc; onto DVD. When I put the installation disc in what is the best option to pick ? I do appreciate that I will have to re-install photoshop and other apps; I have installed. Will I have to re-configure my internet again? Basically I want to re-install the operating system I am also thinking of buying Superdupper any thoughts on this product.
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Jul 2, 2012I recently upgraded the internal disc in my MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. I had a 320GB and put it a Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB. I didn't have the install disc and used the restore option in disk utility to copy files to the new drive before inserting it. It now works, but it's slow to load-up. How do I reinstall my OS, to optimise it? I've lost my original install disc and have since upgraded to Lion 10.7.4Â BTW - my new drive also has some strange noises and I'd like to replace this with a new one ASAP.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Intel Mac :: How To Completely Erase Everything And Reinstall Lion
Mar 6, 2012I have this iMac, and now I mostly use my macbook pro. So what I want to do to this one is delete everything (of course I will back up what I need) and then reinstall Lion, so first it can be faster. And second imac run bootcamp on it so I can play some PC Games.
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Apr 16, 2012Today I took my MacBook to the apple store for an erase and reinstall due to about 20gb of space was missing on my HD. My latest backup was done the day before I went back to Apple to reinstall Lion. After I restored my data from the backup, the address book app and the app store app are both missing. My address book data is on iCloud so I'm not that concerned about the data but I would like to get the app back on my MacBook.Â
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
MacBook Air :: How To Reinstall Lion OS X After Restoring To Faculty Settings
May 1, 2012My dad bought this Mac which had already installed lion OS X, but I jus restored it to faculty settings and whenever I try to install the OS it takes forever to do something and just ends up telling me to try again.
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MacBook Air
OS X :: Using Terminal To Erase Hard Disk Because Can't Boot From Dvd To Reinstall Tiger
Aug 4, 2007i know that diskutil has alot of commands and im not sure how to use them, i would specifically want to know how to use eraseDisk properly. Or is there any other way to clean install tiger without using darwin? I know eraseDisk gives me a format to use but i never get it right for some reason. diskutil eraseDisk "Journaled HFS+" MacintoshHD bootable /dev/disk0 -- this works i got it right now but it gives me this error: could not unmount disk for zeroing
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Aug 25, 2014I recently did a complete erase of my hard drive and re-installed Mavericks. I chose to start clean rather than use any Time Machine back-ups. I used the same external hard drive for my new Time Machine back-ups. Now I cannot open any back-ups/items prior to the re-install via Time Machine. They are listed along the right hand sidebar in Time Machine (star wars view) but will not open when clicked on.Â
Some files I can access if I go to the actual backup folder - ex a Pages doc BUT ff I try to open the iPhoto library from the back-up folders stored on the external drive, I get the following error message -
I cannot open the iPhoto "package" to access individual photos from these back-ups.Â
So - how can I get Time Machine to allow access to the pre-install back-ups??Â
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
OS X :: Restore To Original Factory Settings?
Aug 29, 2009Running Leopard 10.5.7. Failing attempts to upgrade to SN. Other forums are saying "Use System Restore Disks" I don't have "System Restore Disks" I have 2 disks that came with the computer called "Mac OS X" not called "System Restore". Do I just pop Disk 1 of 2 in the CD/DVD and hold down C whilst rebooting?
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Apr 5, 2010I'd like to restore a Mac to its original settings as if it was store-bought where the person who buys it gets to enter their own info (name, address, etc), gets greeted with the welcome video, etc.? I tried Mroogle, but only suggestions I found was to drag stuff to Trash, which doesn't sound like what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Apr 10, 2012I would like to clear my Mail app from all email accounts and delete permanently from my computer any messages stored in it.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
