How to Erase and Factory Reset your Mac!
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
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2:40 Where wiping and restore your mac starts.
muchos gracias
thank you
Totally.
Thanks, 90% video about making backup, wtf
Thank you, good gosh.......
Video starts at 2:43 guys
Stereohearts R&B thx lol
Thansk bro
we also want to know how to back it up lol
@Justin Bill scam!
Not all heros wear capes.
My Mac was slowing down + I found this after other complicated videos
Gets right to the point + very informative 10/10
Thank you
Excellent help! The steps for erasing a Mac hard disk are simple and clear, everything worked fine without any problem. Cleaned the machine and installed the latest OS smoothly. Many thanx. Apple fan for ever!
For those living in the future, AFPS = Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Thank you!
thank you! lol
Thank you. I got stuck until I read your comment.
just installing Mojave now :)
1Thank you
2:40 is the part about resetting it after how to backup for those who are just here to reset like myself :)
Remember to choose Disk Utility, select the internal drive, and choose Erase and security options and a number of passes you are willing to deal with.
If you have a nude photo of a celebrity, or any type of digital signing certificate or anything you don't want people to ever see, you need to do the secure erase.
Nude photo made me chuckle haha! :) Good advice too! :D
Needs up upvotes
What’s command and R keys?
Ambigous Barrel does it have to be connected to the wifi for it to work?
thank you!! did this on my 120gb mac when 98gb of it was “system storage” that you cant really get rid of without paying for a third party cleaning software, or resetting it to factory settings. i was scared it would delete the files that were really important so i put them on an external hard drive
now i have 106gb available so now only 12.6gb is system storage. feeling great!
Worked! Very grateful.
It did fail on the first attempt, but that was because I hadn't logged out of OSX.
Tip: Make sure you log out of OSX before attempting this!
My wife said I should tell you "thank you for your helpful video"... So Thank you for your helpful video!
You're welcome :)
in case 'command + r' doesn't work, try hold 'control + r', hope this helps!
great video!
I followed your instructions exactly, but when I try to reinstall the operating system I just get an error message. Now my computer is completely unusable. Do you have any advice to remedy this?
@Nicole The same is happening with me, did you get any solution for it?
Apple 🍏 makes it harder than it should be. Thanks for the details.
Very important!!! you need to be connected to the internet in order to reinstall the macOS!
Thanks a lot! I was searching for this answer!
Because I got confused if reinstalling means re-downloading and installing or just reinstalling from the recovery
me too thank god i didnt do it t'l i got connected
Haris Sajid Wd
Thanks. This guy is a fool to not mention that.
not necessarily, if from icloud then ofc but not if its from a backup drive. also you can use a bootable installer of the latest mac os (a usb) that way you wouldn't require internet for while resetting/Erasing the computer. I found out how to do this by simply searching how and following the instructions really helpful when updating a few macs at once to the latest OS
lol im just resetting to make my computer look clean again, i do it every once in a while.
lol im doing this for school
same lol
Same here my computer is so slowww
xD me too
If u reset ur mac alot it can get damaged
Your video saved my life- thank you!
This presentation was VERY helpful. I have a 12 year old MacBook Pro and was unable to wipe the hard drive until I found your guidance. I had installed a solid state drive, so the name of my hard drive was different, and I had to guess at what I needed to delete. I trust I did it correctly. My main concern was to delete my personal information from the hard drive. Thank you for providing an OUTSTANDING presentation.
love how the title of this video is "How to Erase and Factory Reset your Mac!" yet 3 quarters of the vid is showing how to back up.
BREEZEFORE 🤣🤣
So the video starts at 2:40 then, lol.
Yeah foreal ahahaha dude is an idiot
@@huluplus2813 backing up stuff you need is really important lol. he's only trying to help out, no way near an idiot. :)
this is what it means my erasing the computer, Throwing all your storage in your USB and there
Great how to video. Short and sweet!! So many people yammer on about themselves or stuff we just don't need - or want - to hear. This guy is thorough and to the point. Worked for me.
I am currently running MacOS Mojave on my computer, and am having some crashing issues so I would like to do a factory reset. I would like to reinstall Mojave and not Big Sur; will my Mac automatically try to get a newer operating system, or will it reinstall the last version it had on it?
ThankU so much!!!
I saw a lot of videos and none of them helps me and yours did
Thanks so Much!!!!
Extremely helpful! Did this on my macbook pro 2017 that had MULTIPLE panic screens in a day. Your video totally saved my mac! Thank you 🙏
This was a great video, especially for a gen-x person like me, who prefers the good old '87 Macintosh. Thanks again!
You literally made me ruin my mac and now it wont even install OS X, thanks bro
SAME FFS
@@feratsimko8085 Actually the worst thing, I have no idea what to do about it and I cant even use it now
Derek Foytek me neither man, I'll go to an apple store tmw, send me ur insta if u want maybe i'll be able
to help
Send a message to tomphack on Instagram now to help you .he unlocked mine within few minutes
Hi there. Do you know why my “erase” button in the disk utility may be greyed out? I can’t find any way to erase the computer
Thank you. Very thorough!
hey hows it going
This Appleinsider needs to play back his guide to himself.
Only then, will he realise how the whole essay needs re-jigging, as well as slowing down
He needs to use questions at strategic intervals. A question does 2 things: it states a fact, and it gives a reason for the statement simultaneously. Evidently, this guy has never been a lecturer.
A complete waste of his time & mine also.
okay david hall like who tf are you calm down my guy
Mathpoo
Hi I’m a big fan. I got to say this is the most random place to run into you!
I used zoom once, my networking has never been the same. I'm reseting my laptop because of this.
Same. It made some system changes. No bueno.
Unending appreciation my friend! Very kind of you to share.
i hired their services to get my job done and they prove it to me that they're the best, that was last week
I have a trojan virus and this helped a dozen thanks a lot!
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I'm selling my Macbook Air and literally had no idea how to factory reset. This video was super informative, and super easy to follow along to. The mac reset perfectly! Great video dude.
Could you just guide me through cause i have watched so many videos and the command r thing isn’t working for me :(
@@archikarekar2120 My curser stuck when Disk Utility was selected. I can't select Macintosh HD... now what!?
@@easy56wedge listen my laptop didn’t even work for more than 1 month after that and then I had to give it to repair. I recommend you to go to a shop that repairs apple products and get it done (if you have a warranty that’s a plus point for you, otherwise you will have to pay)
Thank you. My Air had APFS. I had to look that up. You could add that to your information.
Thank you for this video! We actualy bought a very old Mac. me and my daughter are sending it back and I didn't know how to get my account removed. Again, thank you.
What if I don’t see “ Mac OS extended journal”?? Please help
Bro thanks I got like about 1100 viruses on my Mac and now they're gone you're such a life saver
1100 viruses on a MAC!?
Tyler XM how the fuck did you achieve that
If the command r does not work try command option r - this worked for mine.
*dylentools on Îñstägrăm* successfully UNLOCKED my macbook pro he's awesome 🥰
Thank you. Take care and stay safe.
Thanks so much at first I was confused at what keys to press to Reset/erase my Mac! Did everything will 10/10 guide for Mac users
I rewinded and paused this video so much😂 but hey I worked! Thank you
You & me the same. I wanted to make sure I was following the instructions step by step.
May God continue to bless you as you help others!
Thank you *100ETHICS*
Great video, thank you.
fantastic, thanks, more detail than any other restore vid or article i've seen
when i press command R, it goes right back to desktop. no utility page.
Is this true
I think he missed a command key
Try option+command+r
Sometimes it’s cmd + s
same i press cmd r and nothing happens
You need WiFi to install macOS, that’s if you’re on a 2011 Mac
Thanks, this worked just fine for MacOS 13 Beta
you have a voice that is easy on the ears... you should do more how to vids... thanks for the vids!
Omg thank goodness I found this vid. Couldn’t find 1 article that included all the details.
Dawn I wish I watched your video instead of the other one which lost me the Macintosh HD and now I'm desperately trying to troubleshoot
Thanks mate, this was great.
Brilliant! Worked on Early-2014 MacBook Air, 11-inch
Thanks dog. Commenting to boost your engagement
Thanks for this.
Amazing video! Thanks for creating it!
After done erasing, when i tried to redownload MacOS sierra, it doesnt let me, error code comes up - AMD-Action:downloadproduct:SP
What does that mean?
...one should avoid Reinstall Mac OS, as Apple will 'force' you to install a newer version! (for obvious reasons, this should be avoided too)
Most of times you cannot reinstall the OS it came from factory (if it's 2 versions old)!
Hence the errors, which I also got :(
you need to be connection to the internett
It’s not working for me either and I’m connected to the internet
Get a PC no more having to do what apple wants you to do.
@@rvcasa how did you fix it ?
2:44 from then on is all I need
This saved my life
Does this actually wipe the drive, i.e. overwrite the disk multiple times, or just remove the indices to any data?
My Mac hasn’t been working right for the past year due to finder basically breaking and this finally helped me fix it. Thanks
do it works when u restore from time machine my finder had done broke too
Most straight forward video ever, gives me more informations I needed. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Fast but brilliant explenation!
Gets to what the title says at 2:40..
Beforehand is backing up data and permissions on itunes.. which I would assume is reset with a factory reset? Maybe not..
Very informative. Thanks. Just got rid of my 2010 and took the new 2018 mac.
Sofia Barrientos
Command R does not work for me ... any advise? My computer is now on MacOS Catalina ... it’s a MacBook Pro 2014 ... please help :)
Sofia Barrientos you have to press N hold for the whole time while your computer restating
Sunny Lin what about late 2008 MacBook ? Command r don’t work for me
hold command r and the power button
You have to first restart you laptop and then hold down "Command + R"
Simply shutting it down will not work
Sunny Lin thank you!
I'll just say, I transferred everything, already. Even though I have not signed out, I'm going to clear the disk on my old system. Signing out of iTunes, iMessage, iCloud are all unnecessary.
Thanks so much, very helpful!
Literally the easiest video to follow and instructions step by step out there for this particular situation. This is better than the Apple document I was sent over LOL
It end up saying thos item is yemporaily unavailable
press and hold "command and R" that's it folks
Great video !
New owner? with the shit that apple releases now, i'm wiping my old mac to have a normal machine i can do some work on...
I'm wiping it to install windows via boot camp. I miss Windows so much
when I hold command and R key on my MacBook Pro it's not taking me to disk utility instead it's taking me to internet recovery
Bright Badon me too, have you figured it out?
This saved me!! Thank you so muchhh!!
Great video but I 2:45 you forget to mention to turn off the Mac so o figure out myself and my Mac is now like new 💪 thanks.
Thank you so much! It took me about 30 mins but I did it, super easy 👍🏽
Thank bejesus that I found this video the past year I’ve had to deal with some pretty crappy stuff happening with my computer so I’ve been meaning to reset it forever and this helped greatly 👍🏻
thanks very useful method
great explanation
Command + R did not bring up anything for me, any suggestions?
as soon as you let go of the power button immediately press command + R at the same time and then a globe should pop up
Seem this issue with bluetooth keyboards
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Just plug in your wireless keyboard with the normal iPhone charger
Extremely helpful. Thank you.
Is it okay if I can't get into my apple ID and can't disable "Find my mac" or sign out of the iCloud apps? Can I go ahead and reset the mac anyhow? Thanks a lot!!
hi urgent question, if my macbook is backed up to icloud if i wipe my mac will it wipe everything or when i sign back into icloud will it all come back?
The command and R didn’t work for me
Update: Nevermind. It took a few tries but it worked eventually.
Hold them down and turn on the computer and continue to hold the command and r till you see a pop up
@Amie manneh for older MacBooks you have to hold the power button until it turns off and then hold COMMAND + R and then press the power button while you’re still holding command R
You have to press restart first then hold down the command and R button. I had to figure that part out.
Cici Bracken that still didn’t work for me :/
Super super helpful 👌 thanks for the straight forward steps!
When you want to get the directions to wipe and have to watch a 2 minute video about backing it up
COMAND + R did not restart my Mac, you have to restart it likd you normally would and once it starts to restart THEN you hold COMAND+R
Thanks for the thorough video!
This was the perfect amount of info, thank you
Thanks! Didn’t get the command R part from written tutorials so this was helpful!
love the video thanks for your help
so apparently El Capitan isnt supported anymore so i cant reinstall os ): wish that would've been mentioned no matter how old this vid is
Why this is not working with Mojave? I finished erase hard drive but can't reinstall mac os
make sure you are connected to a WIFI
I wish you had said "Skip to 2:40" at the beginning :) Would have saved a lot of time :)
agreed and thanks. i was actually scrolling on the comment section for the actual starting time
Thank you!!
Great informative video
Thanks! Very helpful!
Thanks a lot..worked perfectly 🙂
The Sierra update fucked up my computer
Same I have a Mac air 2011 and it keeps glitching omg
SAME THING FOR ME RIGHT AFTER I UPDATED MY MAC ITS BEEN SLOWER AND LAGGY!
Is downgrading a solution and possible ? What are my options now ?
Vineet Avasthi downgrading is an option.
when i updated to mac os high sierra it restarted and there was just a black screen thats it
Can’t even get to Mack OS utility page computer turns off before loading
My laptop had a virus and had to wipe it thanks for helping me!
I did this on a school computer, and I’m stuck on the log in screen. Pls help!
Lool
Reece James how is that funny
Lmaoofaoo mans a savage LOL
When I click erase there’s still 56gb worth of “other volumes” that doesn’t get erased...
thanks you saved my life !
very useful. Thx