I erased my hard drive, for sale, and attempted to installed macOS, but it did not find my hard drive. What can I do?

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I erased my hard drive, for sale, and attempted to installed macOS, but it did not find my hard drive. What can I do?

I erased my hard drive so that I could either sell or give my iMac away. I followed Apple's directions. I attempted to re-installed macOS, but it did not find my hard drive. Why and what can I do?

iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021, 2 ports)

Posted on Nov 12, 2022 7:20 AM

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a brody

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Nov 13, 2022 6:03 AM in response to FEC_JFC

Go to Disk Utility on command-R boot, and go to View menu -> Show All Volumes.

From there select the top most volume in the list, and then hit erase, choosing APFS if available or HFS Extended if not.

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FEC_JFC Author

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Nov 24, 2022 7:23 AM in response to FEC_JFC

Thanks, I at last got to go back to my iMac and do as you suggested and it work perfectly. Thanks for your help.

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I erased my hard drive, for sale, and attempted to installed macOS, but it did not find my hard drive. What can I do?

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