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Erase HD on Mac Air

I am trying to erase hard drive but keep getting operation failed message. I type in name, select format, and scheme.

Posted on Sep 21, 2019 4:43 AM

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Posted on Sep 21, 2019 10:36 AM

Hi,

If you want to format the internal SSD of MacBook Air, you need to start up from Recovery mode.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904



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Erase HD on Mac Air

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