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How do I delete everything on my MacBook Air to factory setting?

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Posted on Sep 23, 2022 02:24 PM

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Posted on Sep 23, 2022 02:28 PM

Click here and follow the instructions. If the computer originally shipped with Mac OS X 10.6.8 or earlier, when you reach step 7, connect its original thumbdrive, restart with the Option key held down, use the Disk Utility to erase the internal drive, and install a fresh OS.

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Click here and follow the instructions. If the computer originally shipped with Mac OS X 10.6.8 or earlier, when you reach step 7, connect its original thumbdrive, restart with the Option key held down, use the Disk Utility to erase the internal drive, and install a fresh OS.

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