IMac (Intel) :: How To Clear All Information
Jun 29, 2014How do I clear all information from my iMac?
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View 1 RepliesI want to buy a new MBP but I want to sell my old MBP on either ebay or craigslist. What the best way to clear the HD of all personal info? I have already had my credit card number stolen and I don't want to go through anything like that again.
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Mac Pro
My laptop has been getting a lot of ads like after after everything i click and ad comes out. how can i get rid of this? and Does Mackeeper work well?
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MacBook Air
is there a way to clear the start up items for one user, ox 10.9.3, only oner user fails out of three on iMac
View 1 Replies View RelatedIf I type this in the terminal...dscacheutil -flishcache;killall -HUP mDNSResponder
it ask for admin password but i cannot type that ...
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.3)
Every time I try to restart my computer on my Hard Drive I get this message "Startup disk could not gather enough information on the selected disk". As of right now I am running my whole computer off of a 16GB flash drive that is quickly running out of memory. How do I fix my Hard Drive without losing all 150GB worth of data. I am running off of OS X 10.6.8 and have another iMac that is working fine.
View 2 Replies View RelatedCan anyone please tell me how I can clear the cache on my iMac. When entering email address in Mail, old ones appear that I no longer use nor are they in Contacts.I had a One to One the other day, but the guy couldn't find out how to do it?!
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), iPod Touch 64GB 3rd gen, iPad (1)
Once I am done clearing the cookies more websites that I have not even gone to start loading again ! If I download Do Not Track Plus will that keep this from happening ?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I have once filled the addressbook. That was wrong. Want to start over again (with MS Outlook contacts- vcf) but do get duplicates. It seems as the addressbook is not completely empty. How do I get it completely empty.
It's a hassle anyway to get Outlook contacts (2003 version) into the iMac addressbook.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I just bought used mac ,and need to clear old info from computer
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
My iMac 24 has been acting just a tiny bit sluggish of late, seeing the pinwheel a few times. All the reading I've gone through suggests two possibilities; overloaded cache or a HDD that's starting to go south. Hmmmm. OK, so exactly how do I get to the so-called "Library Caches" and which folders do I delete. Next, is there a good diagnostic tool that will give me layman's language results that a consumer/user can understand? And lastly, if the HDD is going south and my iMac is long past warranty... can I; (A) replace the HDD myself, and (B) can I upgrade the drive size (currently 500G) to a 1TB drive? My machine currently has 4 Gigs of RAM and I guess that's all it can handle right? Wish I could upgrade that!
I did clear my safari cache and saw a decent pickup in speed.
I would like to clean out my HD and reinstall OS X 10.5.8 Leopard, but I do not have the original install discs. My plan is to buy the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard universal retail disc from an outside dealer (going for $200+) and also buy additional memory (2GB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-4200)) to help with space.
I am worried about not being able to run QuarkXPress 6.0, Extensis Suitcase X1, Microsoft Office 2008, and Adobe Creative Suite CS3 once I reformat. I do not want to upgrade to Lion because most of these programs do not work or in the case of CS3 very glitchy on Lion.
is this the best route to go? I do not want to buy leopard and the ram, until I know for sure this is the right way of proceeding.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 512 MB
iMac 24 12 RAM, Snow Leopard 10.6.8. How to clear cookies
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
Recently searched the history of my iMac to see just what was loaded into the system. What I found was that there were 3 different WI-FI networks on my iMac and I would like to know just what they belong to? One is called "Orangecat", another is "wildchild" and the last one is also "wildchild-guest". What these accounts are associated with and if they are part of the internal configuration of my iMac?
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iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
My activity monitor says I'm suing 122.43 GB of virtual memory. I'm sure that the number is much, much less. But I would still like to reset the virtual memory.
Are there any terminal commands to rest the vm?
How do I clear Caches in the start up menu?
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), iOS 5
How do you delete sites from my popular list.
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.0.x)
I am a new apple user and am having trouble learning how to use it. My first problem is how do I clear/make space on my start up disk?
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iMac
My imac wont turn on. It sounds the chime but has a clear screen with a picture of a folder with a ? in it.
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iMac
I was wondering if anyone here has the 27inch i3 iMac? From most of the posts on the forum, it seems most 27inch owners have the i5 or i7.
The reason I ask is this; I am planning on selling my mid/late 07 24inch iMac and purchasing one of the newer ones. I realise that the best value for money is the base 21.5" i3, however I do want the better graphics card.
The difference in price between the two 21" models is 256GBP here in the UK. However, the difference between the 21" and the i3 27" then becomes only 153GBP, which seems relatively small for the huge increase in screen size.
My uses can be considered quite average; my profession is not in the video/photo industry and hence I don't do anything that can be considered extremely heavy.
What are peoples' experiences with the 27" i3? Further, what are peoples' experiences with such a huge screen size in general? Is it 'too' big?
my iMac random freeze and restart, on console i not see any message about kernel panic and etc system clear install ! what's happened ?
log1 System Version: OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)
Kernel Version: Darwin 14.0.0
Boot Mode: Normal
Model: iMac15,1
RAM details...[code]....
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iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
I have to erase all my files and personal information because I give my iMac to a friend and I don't know how to do it
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iMac
I have about 10 stickies in the Dashboard with info on them. Initially all of the info disappeared (the stickies remained, but blank). I added all the info back in and this morning 7 of them are blank while 3 of them still show the info I typed in.
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If i have 2 computers registered, does it know all the information about those computers? Or just that I have 2 registered.
I just bought a new iMac and I am trying to set it up. I first tried to migrate my information from my macbook to my imac and it was taking too long. Estimated time was 46-hours. So, I quit that and continued on with the set up. I am at the registration information screen and I have filled all my information out but it won't let me continue. The continue button is stilled greyed out. How do I continue???
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iMac
An article detailing how I move selected information properly from my iMac to my upcoming MBP?
I thought it would easy to find on the Apple site but I get pages of stuff and it doesn't appear to be what I want, or worse not for Macs
Well I received my refurbished 27" i5 about two weeks ago. Since taking it out of the box it has consistently rebooted itself and sometimes even shuts down where I can't power it back up unless I remove the cord from the machine and reinsert it. I tried everything to troubleshoot, zapped PRAM, Reset SMC Controller, logged times after removing USB components, ran multiple quick and full hardware tests. Finally I gave one last attempt and wiped my drive clean and reinstalled snow leopard...Not a single one of these measures worked.
So today I finally called applecare for the first time ever. THey were extremely helpful, didn't try to walk me through troubleshooting steps since they understood that I already tried them all. They instead stated that since Im at around 28 days since ordering (may 14) that I can have it repaired or they can claim the one I got as DOA and ship me a brand new one. Once I receive the new one I ship the old one back. They also bumped up my delivery to overnight since I have been putting up with the reboots and trying to troubleshoot myself.
How do you delete all private information and iTunes accounts of iMac when wanting to sell,
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
I had an external hard drive I used for my pc with things on there I wanted to move over to my IMac. When I try to use it, the IMac wants to wipe it clean. How do I transfer the information from the external hard drive to the IMac?
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iMac