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erase and erase it. Here is a screenshot. http://www.chasms.com/osxlion/diskutil.htm FYI, you cannot erase the hard drive you are booted from. You would need to boot from an external drive or another partition in order to erase your drive. Reply of 1 how to erase internal hard d...
2. How do I force my Mac to erase a hard drive?You must select Restart from the Apple menu, then instantly hit and press Command + R. After that, pick Disk Utility in the Recovery program box, then press Proceed. Find the disk you want to delete in Disk Utility's pane, then hit...
Here’s how to erase the hard drive and factory reset them. To access your System Settings on a Mac, first, go to the top-left corner of your screen. There, you’ll see the Apple menu icon. Click it and then choose System Settings. Next, click on General in the sidebar. On the ...
Can I factory reset on macOS Ventura, Monterey, or Big Sur? Mac with macOS Ventura and Monterey can factory reset with Erase All Content and Settings option. Mac with earlier macOS versions can factory reset in Recovery Mode.
Step 6: Erase hard drive and reinstall macOS After you’ve disconnected everything and deleted all your settings, you’re ready toerase your hard drive and install a new operating system. This is the crux of a Mac factory reset. First,turn your Mac onand hold down thekeys ⌘ and Runt...
3. It will take a while for the Mac to start up in this mode. 4. You may see a screen asking you to choose a language. 5. The next screen you'll see is theRecovery Modeutility window. Step 2: Use Disk Utility to Erase Your Mac Hard Drive ...
The newest Macs ship with a Recovery partition rather than a separate external reinstall disk, and if you’ve ever rebooted a newer Mac, iMac, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro with an SSD from the Recovery partition to reformat the drive, you may have noticed that by default the “Security ...
iMac 27-inch from 2020 iMac Pro Mac Pro from 2019 If you have a Mac with a T2 chip you should be able to update it to macOS Monterey, or macOS Ventura, and use the Erase All Content and Settings option, which will be simpler than the steps would otherwise be. ...
Here, name the new drive Macintosh HD and set the format to APFS or Mac OS Extended. Then click Erase (sometimes, you'll see Erase Volume Group instead). Make sure you complete the same process for any other drives under Internal, but most people won't have any. Any external hard ...