erase and restore hard drive

when running the disk utility to erase hard drive, may I assume that all personal data is gone and only the OS remains to use for restore from backup?


MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Nov 16, 2021 06:29 AM

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Posted on Nov 16, 2021 06:34 AM

Da-6iene8 wrote:

when running the disk utility to erase hard drive, may I assume that all personal data is gone and only the OS remains to use for restore from backup?


"...while maintaining the operating system currently installed."


Yes you can read more—

ref: Erase all content and settings on Mac - Apple Support


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Nov 16, 2021 06:34 AM in response to Da-6iene8

Da-6iene8 wrote:

when running the disk utility to erase hard drive, may I assume that all personal data is gone and only the OS remains to use for restore from backup?


"...while maintaining the operating system currently installed."


Yes you can read more—

ref: Erase all content and settings on Mac - Apple Support


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