How to: Restore the 2011 MacBook Air

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This is a quick tutorial outlining the process of restoring your 2011 MacBook Air. Since the MacBook Air no longer ships with system restore disks (or restore USB key), this is the only way to either restore the system or recover it from a Time Machine backup. The process I've outlined will leave you with a freshly installed copy of Apple OSX Lion.

[@unboxtherapy]

@uptramz03 Already have dude, do a search on my channel.

[@p.t2026]

This Is the best tutorial for these types of tutorials. Very clear, very informative, very succinct. Keep up the good work

[@coyotethepangolin6760]

Hi man! I know it's been 10 years, but I was factory resetting my 10-year-old macbook air today, and your tutorial was the only one that was clear enough to help me. Now I can finally retire my trusty old mac, sell it for some money and get myself a better PC. You helped out a broke student today, thank you so much 💌💌

[@ahmadA6N]

Same here.

[@chlieb]

Same

[@wjuniorhp]

same. 8 months later 😁

[@briyantanganaganayagam865]

Just watched this in 2019, crazy how far Lou and this channel has come

[@ferit983]

Warprasengan U ikr

[@ir0nm0nkey123]

I have os x mountain lion bought it from apple. I followed your instructions and it went really well on my MacBook Pro. I'm at 1hr and 30mins right now. Thanks a lot I was looking for this for a while. Thanks again.

[@kevinkaittany5941]

Extremely helpful maan. Couldn't get the Mac to boot. Short, precise and straight to the point. Keep going

[@davidsnell99]

Thanks your the only person I could actually find who did a easy video with USB drives and all that.

[@luzreyesluna]

Great video!!! Enunciates very well that's why it is easy to understand.

[@caroltube0]

Thank you SO MUCH. This is the one description that I could follow as a MAC noob, who just bought an un-erased secondhand Macbook pro.

[@abbyxmin]

omg i needed this. thank you so much! this is so helpful.

[@ashlee4512]

Thank You saved me a trip from going to Apple. I thought my new macbook was broken. I am so happy I got it working. This video is a 5 star rated.

[@Petedempsey13]

Thanks, You are the man! Very well demo and very easy to take in!

[@chinacat1252]

So freaking helpful. Thanks bunches. I used it on a 2012 Mac Air with Mountain Lion. Worked like a charm.

[@65bucksmedia]

I enjoyed your vid. Great tone of voice and very helpful. New sub. Thank you.

[@Taquitos95]

Your videos are such high quality...I wish you were good at everything so you could give tutorials on everything as well.

[@Demarco911]

just followed your steps helped a lot thanks

[@MylCeeizMINE]

You seriously ROCK!!! You have saved my sanity tonight and I can't Thankyou enough! I used this for my new mac air 11.6 (mf Nov 2012) and worked a treat!!! I tried soooo many apple support fixes and they sucked and where not relevant even when specifically referring to my model and serial. Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou!!!!!!

[@xWiggleDeezRoots]

I don't own a Mac, but I couldn't resist any video of yours. ;)

[@thatguyyouknoww7024]

Helped so much. Thank you, awesome video. Liked and subscribed.

[@619Zakd]

Great video very informative and very good voice over instructions

[@melhero17]

This video helps me A LOT.. Thanks Lou..

[@bensuster8433]

Worked like a charm. Thank you!

[@LukeKJHayward]

I have done this, is it all on to be packed up and sold now with all my details etc off the macbook. Thank you for this video. Very helpful

[@umunesam]

Thanks a lot for the explicit video. I will like your other solutions.

[@danielbrock7650]

Good job! I was lost and you saved me a LOT of time.

[@joleenvolz6313]

very helpful. have to admit at first I was scared to try it.... wasn't sure if it was a scam. Finally found directions for apple that were similar, however yours were much easier to follow. Thanks.

[@sebastianpulgar5600]

omg lou im watching your roots to grab some inspiration, regards and congrats from Venezuela lml_

[@RingoLoadagain]

Simple and informative. Thanks!

[@Theephilliestzee]

Thank you 🙏🏾 you help is still helping to this day

[@dauji6159]

Quick tip: If you don't see recovery hard disk option at the very start and only your main Mac OS, use the CMD+R method while restarting your MacBook and it will take you straight to the recovery disk. Hope it helps!

[@christyalyssa]

You’re a lifesaver!!!!

[@aliswork1834]

I still don’t see it ugh!

[@emanuelbeyene8441]

@@aliswork1834 you gotta wait like a minute

[@erincollins6059]

Doesn't work for me, doesn't even give me the screen it just starts up like normal

[@azzamsharif1245]

Yuuuuuup

[@niriwal]

you were absolutely our saviour today! clear instructions, easy to understand and extremely helpful. Thanks a lot!!!

[@TenzLekden]

Thank you very much!!! It worked on my 2009 MacBook pro for lion os x!! U got a subscriber :)

[@Goldman623]

Thanks bro helped me out!

[@sidv55]

This clip helped me. Thanks a lot. It's a good clip.

[@gregorydavis2568]

finally someone knows how to restore my air. good video

[@PROSHREDofHoustonStafford]

Worked perfect...Thanks!

[@TommerHaugland]

Thank you! I would have never figured this out on my own. Cheers!

[@MrPlatinum15]

Thanks a ton! My air is working like a beaut now!

[@andrelawrence3683]

Thank you so much I have my MacBook air 11 inch 2012 for years and I couldn't reset it, I try so much videos this is the only one that helps, the only thing is that the part that the part after option+ power I have to put commond+r as I have one one option after it power on.
Big thanks

[@justlistenOzi]

Very well presented, thank you it helped.

[@AvatarWanTV]

So I bought a MacBook Air from my friend. It turned out he still had his password lock on the start up! He also forgot his password too. Then I came across this video that helped me wipe out all the data and factory restore it. Clear, simple, easy to follow. Great video! Thanks a bunch.

[@ryanlee7416]

I am trying on my 2011 MBA. Also password.locked. no matter which method I tried, it will reboot to the password and account page. Anyone can help?

[@Markmay03]

this video help sooo much . thanks dude !

[@jakeduth]

Thank you! Useful even in 2018!

[@mben1349]

So very helpful! Thank you

[@DLSheaux]

Wow. Thx. Just sold mine and needed this!

[@MichaelTanMusic]

perfect tutorial. i wish all tutorials were as straight-to-the-point and without-skipping-steps as this one. thanks mate

[@NicholasGoudorasJr]

Thanks for the info! Great video!!!!

[@Sama-ez9hn]

Wow thanks this helped a lot 🙌🏼

[@alicia9748]

Thank you so much! This helped me a lot!

[@Luinnycorp]

Alicia does it work perfectly ?

[@Labyrinthcc123]

Thanks very much - worked for me!

[@Th3LoZ3R]

this is sooo helpful thank man!!!

[@SWAGKINGSson]

Thanks man, you're so helpful. :)

[@nuttimilk]

awesome, that seems pretty easy. thanks!

[@Borch08]

Great tutorial.

[@reylopez1704]

Thanks this help a lot

[@glennchan7906]

Very Informative. Very Helpful. I really need to restore my Mac. Thanks! I hope I won't encounter any problem when restoring later. Thanks!!!! :)) Regards from the Philippines!

[@thesexycasanova]

Very helpful, thanks a lot!

[@diananoah2465]

I can’t appreciate you enough for all you have done for me *100ETHICS* God bless you🙏

[@BaileySimrell]

Thank you so much this saved my computer!

[@jimmyk9529]

Great video! Thanks

[@rprosser281]

It worked!!! Thank you 😊

[@Laluan]

When it is booting up you can press CMD + R! This brings you right to your recovery HD!

[@NathanProvost]

THANK YOU! For anyone else that doesn't see Recovery HD as an option. This worked for me :D

[@chamindajyasinghe4548]

this did helped me a lot thanks

[@hi9580]

Just a tip: on mid-2013 macbook air you hold down command + R instead of option key

[@dauji6159]

Same on mid-2011 MacBook air too! CMD+R takes you straight to the recovery disk.

[@nguyendang3463]

Thank you for the tips on how to reset my old 2011 mac book air have a blessed day or evening when you read this

[@ATALAATSONS]

very good explanation i like it

[@SuhailAlli]

OMG THIS HELPS SOOOOO MUCH !!!!!!

[@letsgoviral777]

Haha - 2021 and I still own my MackBook Air from 2011. Thanks mate!

[@jessemrk]

Thanks for the vid. Appreciate it.

[@bigkc0]

THANK YOU!! VERY HELPFULL!!!!

[@marciocs26]

Consegui fazer tudo sem multo problema. Otimo passo a passo

[@crazycooldude589]

Thanks! Awesome and big help!

[@JonathanLomari184]

Thank you so much I had accidentally downloaded a virus and I needed to get rid of it and this video helped me so much. If you guys don't have the recovery hold command r and the power button press the power button once and hold the command r until it shows up to where u have to erase THANKS SO MUCH😎

[@conspiracy90]

Had the same problem. Don't use "power + option" to access the recovery partition. Instead, hold down "Command + R" and press the power button. Hold "Command and R" until the recovery starts. Then use disk utility to clean the drive. Mine worked. I had the "couldn't unmount disk" with option key but not with command+r combination.

[@karimsuriel9603]

Is not giving me the second option ( recovery HD) what can I do?

[@davidradcliffe7127]

Karim Suriel idk man

[@brianaandkaylee657]

facts I only have 1 option

[@annibutler1842]

@@brianaandkaylee657 did you find out how to get past this?

[@OTClems]

I would assume your macbook uses a recovery disk/USB like he talked about in the video

[@V-D.]

Command + R

[@abdoalsmoudi1]

@RelapseLGW That's cool. I just like having the customizable PC's and variability and I can get so much done with PC. I guess it's all about personal preference and if Mac is what you like, then I can't really change that.

[@osama170]

Thanks a lot. Really helped

[@greta-stinaengelbert9413]

THANK YOU!!! It went well.

[@katics]

nice video, was looking just for that.. Thx!!

[@NogradiP]

Just fixed a 50usd macbook air with this video in 2021! Thanks! :)

[@IBlueIFox]

Great video.

[@sinjax]

should post more mac HOW TO videos, really helpful

[@djmagicmike5979]

Thanks u guys saved my life

[@WholeNewLevel2018]

thanks bro so clear .....

[@Spike90]

In disk utility there is a repair permissions button that should fix this, after it repairs the disk you should be able to erase it. Hope this helps!

[@apdodger]

Thanks very much, very helpful.

[@kannangah]

Thanks man .
Good Job

[@yananefedova]

Thanks a lot! You saved me! :D

[@LazarouDave]

For anyone having problems with accessing the Recovery Partition (NOTE: You must be with range of a WiFi connection that you can access):
1. Shut down and wait about 10 seconds
2. Get 3 fingers ready over the 'Command', 'Option' and 'R' keys
3. Power the device on and immediately press those 3 keys
4. This should put you into Internet Recovery Mode, Once here, allow the Mac to complete the processes it needs.
5. Follow this tutorial as of 0:55 seconds.
Hope this helps

[@briecooper6853]

Thanks this helped a lot was starting to get really annoyed haha thanks !

[@therock8475]

LazarouDave That didn't work for The Rock! You've got some explaining to do, son.

[@therock8475]

The Rock Why haven't you responded, it's almost been a whole minute? The Rock doesn't like people wasting his time.

[@RomeroJason45]

Thank you solo much

[@johnnypark911]

The Rock you have to hold down command and R when starting up

[@sarahaljoumari]

Your video is the best

[@BigNix83]

Thank you man!

[@rodneyaltam]

Thanks for the tutorial.....it is very helpful.
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[@AishaMohd-jg8gv]

i was finding vidoes of how to change windows 7 to mac when i saw your video i liked it and help me

[@leahthomas5859]

Thanks so much - it worked 😁

[@snkk99]

Great video. Thanks

[@comeon9399]

thanks, ill try it right away!

[@Ns205]

Brilliant ! THanks mate !

[@Morjesta]

Very helpful!

[@MyGinte]

Great, thank you!

[@davidpelosi7953]

so this is what I have to do thankss buddy!!