How to Reformat MacBook Pro If your MacBook Pro slows down due to age or too many applications, speed things up by reformating the laptop. This action wipes a MacBook Pro and returns it to factory settings. Reformatting is a good idea if you plan to sell or give or away your Mac...
If you have a bootable clone of the internal drive on an external drive, boot from that, open Disc Utility, select the internal drive, and reformat it. Or, put your computer into Target Disk Mode, connect it to another FireWire-equipped Mac, and when its hard drive appears on the Host...
such as software issues, can be remedied, others are less easily fixed. If your Mac has severe hardware damage, you’ll likely want to recycle it (rather than sell or reuse it).
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Part 1: Things you should do if you before you erase a Macbook Part 2: How to reset Macbook Pro to factory settings without password Things you should do before you erase a Macbook Before you erase your Mac, make sure your Mac is currently connected to the internet and plug in the ...
If you are selling your MacBook or Mac,trading it in, or just passing it on to friends or family, you would be wise to wipe the Mac and restore it to factory settings first. This is partly so that your data stays safe, but it will also avoid any issues at a later date ...
To make a bootable installer, from which you can reinstall the older macOS, you will need a memory stick with at least 15GB space but we’d recommend more. You’ll need to reformat that drive and prepare it in Disk Utility and then use Terminal to input the createinstallmedia command for...
Sometimes, formatting issues on the external hard drive does not allow the Mac to write or modify it. But be careful when repairing; if you want to reformat the hard disk, it will cause data loss. Click this page to learn how to fix external hard drive read only error without formatting...
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click on the lowest option on the Internal tree (usually called Mac HD). On the right, you should see “Type.” If the built-in disk came APFS-formatted, you should not reformat it as Journaled. Most older computers will be Journaled, while most modern laptops that come with solid-state...