I have this computer which I will be lending to my friend for a year or two that I think came with leopard. I have snow leopard here and I want to install it before passing it over to her. what is the easiest solution to giving her the computer in factory settings with snow leopard on it?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7), All Mac OS X
I would like to wipe my MacBook Core 2 Duo, currently running 10.5.8 I just recieved the Snow Leopard 10.6 disk, before I upgrade, I want to wipe this laptop completely as if it were new. Will this be an option during the install of 10.6 or do I have to go about it another way? Here is the catch, I recently moved, and misplaced the CD's the MacBook originally came with. So all I have is the computer and the Snow Leopard 10.6 cd.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
A friend of mine wants to restore his Macbook Pro running SL but he doesn't have any disk anymore. I don't have any disk either but I was able to do a clean install by using Internet Lion Recovery aand an external hard drive.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I upgraded my Mac from Leopard to Snow and want to do a complete reinstall erasing all data on it and restoring it back to factory settings.
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI'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.
View 12 Replies View Relatedi lost my start up discs and im thinking of selling my mac to get a macbook pro. would it be possible to buy the latest software and wipe the computer with the software or do i have to get the disks for my software that came with my computer. btw hi this is my first post
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'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?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am selling my 2 year old iMac. It came installed with Leopard 10.5, and I have the original DVD's. I recently (about a month ago), upgraded it to Snow Leopard. I was looking at this site: [URL] To get some ideas on how I can completely reset the system, to almost a factory install. Would I have to follow the steps to a full system install of Leopard, and then install Snow Leopard upgrade? Or can I use the Snow Leopard disk, to directly install that version as the clean install? At the end of the process, I would love to leave the system as "new" as possible.
View 3 Replies View Relatedis there a way to restore a mac to factory settings, what i mean is there a way to make it like when u bought t, only what it comes with and ilife?
View 1 Replies View RelatedRunning 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?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a PowerBook G4 that is about 3 1/2 years old - my first Mac ever, I got it for college. However, now that it has been so many years I feel like I want to restore it to factory settings, essentially I want to make it like I just opened it up from the box. It still runs fine, maybe a little slow. But mostly I think she's just bogged down from years of classes, music, applications, etc. The problem? Like an idiot, I don't have my start-up disk anymore. I thought maybe I should purchase the upgrade to Leopard for after I wipe it, but I'm not sure how to even do that. Also, $130 is kind of pricey but if I have to purchase a new Tiger start-up disk (if that's even possible) the cost difference might be worth it.
So I guess what I'm asking for is advice about what is the best course to take. Getting a new Tiger disk seems like it might be hard, but I don't know if my PowerBook is new enough to support Leopard. Would it be worth it to find a professional (mind you I live in a small Michigan town that doesn't even have a Best Buy, and the nearest Apple store is in Lansing)? I apologize if I sound so much like a novice that it makes your head explode.
I have just bought a new MacBook Pro. When I got it I connected my time machine to remove my photos and music. My question is how do I restore my mac to its original settings, because there is too many things I don't want on it from my time machine? And my laptop did not come with the Lion installer disc. What should i do?
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MacBook Pro
I have the latest imac and I was wondering how to reset to factory settings, was it suppose to come with a DVD? If I need the DVD where would I go to get one ? The closest apple store is over three hours away.
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I want to restore my iMac to its original settings but it won't let me used My Snow Leopard disc to do so.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I want to restore my macbook to factory settings. I have both install discs (1 and 2) but when I insert disc 1 nothing happens and the machine spits it back out again.
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MacBook (13-inch Late 2007), Mac OS X (10.5.8)
How do I restore my Macbook Pro to Factory settings. I bought it from a store, and did not receive a disk with it.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Im trying to restore my MBP to factory settings but when I restart the language setting wont appear, and when i hold option the install disk shows up but i click the install disk and still nothing, it boots normally how can i fix this?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have an original (2007) MacBook Pro that I want to sell.Before I sell it, I'd like to erase everything that I have in the MBP and restore it to factory settings. I don't have my Leopard discs, they are in storage.
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MacBook Pro 15, Mac OS X (10.6), 2.16GHz, 2G Ram, 120GB Serial ATA Drive, 2-GRaids FW800s, FCP6
I want to restore to factory settings and start all over with the migration...nothing moved from my old mac to new one the right way and not all of my stuff transfered so i just want to start over.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI need to reset it to factory settings as it has all of her information on there.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
I want to restore factory settings in a REALLY old iMac - we're talking the blueberry one with the huge protruding butt - but I no longer have the set-up/systems disks
View 5 Replies View RelatedI just bought a MBP 13" from my friend. It has OSX Lion pre-installed on it so theirs no boot disc. I read the instructions online about rebooting but I didn't do it correctly. What I wanna do it get it back to as if the computer was being turned on for the 1st time. I changed the user name to my name, but when I go to the Air Drop section in Finder, his name still pops in that area. I wanna make it so that everything is under my name. Basically, the login user has my name on it. Air Drop has his name and when you go to USER folder, his name is there too. Want to get it so all of it is under my name.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI tried the disk but it said it doesn't work on my version.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I am selling my macbook pro to purchase a new one soon, and I need to erase all my data and restore it to factory settings?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI would like to reset my iMac to the state that it was in when it was first turned on. How can I do this?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
Mac Mini 1.1 Core Duo 1.66Ghz desktop computer that I purchased in 2006ish. I have had several problems with this computer and would like to sell it but would like to restore it to factory settings to try to restart with it as well as deleting everything on it.What do I need for this and how can I do it?
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Mac mini (Late 2006)
I am looking to restore the factory settings on my imac (late 2009) and also my macbook air. Is somebody able to give me a step by step guide, or point me to a link, that would give me the detailed info ? I want to make sure that all my passwords, details, files, etc are all deleted from the machines and then restored to factory settings?
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Mac OS X (10.7.4)
i need to reset my macbook to its factory settings without using the OS disc because i do not have one..
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