Hi, I have an old Mac that I want to erase before giving it away. The operating system is OS X Yosemite. All the instructions I can find refer to OS Monterey, but I can't download Monterey to this Mac because it says it's too old.

Question

Level 1

4 points

Hi, I have an old Mac that I want to erase before giving it away. The operating system is OS X Yosemite. All the instructions I can find refer to OS Monterey, but I can't download Monterey to this Mac because it says it's too old.

Hi, I have an old iMac (2009) that I want to erase before I give it away. The operating system is OS X Yosemite. All the instructions I can find refer to OS Monterey, but I can't download Monterey to this Mac because it says it's too old.

iMac

Posted on Feb 16, 2023 5:01 PM

Reply

Answer 1

Niel

Community+ 2025

Level 10

740,927 points

Feb 16, 2023 5:26 PM in response to lenore262

Click here and follow the instructions. Instead of step 8, insert a compatible Mac OS X install DVD, restart with the C or Option key held down, use the Disk Utility to erase the internal drive, and install a fresh OS.

(234788)

Reply

Hi, I have an old Mac that I want to erase before giving it away. The operating system is OS X Yosemite. All the instructions I can find refer to OS Monterey, but I can't download Monterey to this Mac because it says it's too old.

Similar questions