Wipe Hard Drive And Reinstall Mac Os X

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When Mac OS is running slow, it's better to reinstall the system again instead of carefully cleaning up files; if you want to donate Mac hard drive, or give it to family members using Windows system, you can wipe it and format the hard drive to NTFS or FAT32 in Windows disk manager.

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Macrorit Data Wiper is able to wipe Mac Hard Drive with HFS plus file system clean, after wiped in data Wiper, the hard drive can be used without worrying about leakage on old data.

The following instructions do triple duty: Of course they’re what you do to install OS X for the first time on a Mac or a freshly formatted hard or solid-state disk. But they’re also what you do if something really bad happens to the copy of OS X that you boot your Mac from, or if the version of OS X on your Mac is earlier than 10.10 El. Dec 26, 2017 We’ve shown you how to securely wipe a hard drive with your Mac, and doing so in Recovery Mode isn’t really different from doing so within macOS. To get started, click the Disk Utility option. Depending on how you started Recovery Mode, you may be presented with the option to start Disk Utility right away, as seen above. Wipe and Reinstall macOS Step One: Boot into Mac Recovery. So macOS Recovery is one of the most clutch tools that Apple has created. It’s so smart they’ve made it pretty much built-in to all Macs. The utilities allow you to; restore from Time Machine, reinstall macOS, and repair or erase hard drives. A clean install of OS X Mavericks allows you to start fresh, either by erasing all of the data on your startup drive and then installing OS X. The new guide to install or reinstall OS X from USB flash drive. Are so many things you can do with past OS X — like Lion, Mavericks. If you are looking to install the latest free operating system. Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive. OS X Mavericks- Erase and reinstall OS X. OS X Mountain Lion- Erase and reinstall OS X. OS X Lion- Erase and reinstall Mac OS X. Note: You will need an active Internet connection.

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Before wiping Mac hard drive, it's advised to backup important files. Here're the steps to erase everything and reinstall Mac OS X:

  1. Restart Mac;
  2. Press CMD key + R at the same time, and hold them for a while when the gray window shows up options;
  3. Click on 'Disk Utility', and click 'Continue';
  4. Choose the disk listed on the left side, and click 'Erase' Tab;
  5. If you're going to reinstall Mac OS, just leave the settings as default, and click 'Erase' to continue;
  6. After erased, click Reinstall OS X, for example, to continue.

Now we have this OS reinstalled, it runs smooth as it were. Everything on the disk has been wiped, it's a clean Mac now, and it's safe to donate or share it with others.

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What if Mac won't boot, CMD+R can't work either? There's another way to wipe Mac hard drive clean and factory setting it in Windows system, not to format or delete volume in Windows Disk Management, but wipe this disk in third party disk manager, Macrorit Data Wiper.

Steps to wipe Mac Hard Drive in Macrorit Data Wiper

  1. Plug in this hard drive, and boot Windows;
  2. Run Macrorit Data Wiper (Click here to download portable edition);
  3. In the main window, the Mac hard drive is loaded into the disk map, we first click 'Entire Drive', and select on overwrite method from the five available security list; click 'Wipe Now';
  4. Confirm and type 'wipe' in the dialog box, and click 'start' to wipe.

Format HFS plus to FAT32 or NTFS

Mac Hard Drive's file system is HFS plus in the recent released OS, which cannot be recognized by Windows, so we need to format this disk after wiped in Data Wiper to make is useful in Windows 10. Since the disk is now clean, no file system, no EFI partition in it, its factory settings, so we need to initialize this disk and create partition on it.

HFS plus is also known as HFS +, HFS Extended, Mac OS Extended, is a file system developed by Apple Inc., not apply to Windows OS.

Steps to format Mac Hard Drive to NTFS or FAT32 in Windows 10:

  1. Download Macrorit Partition Expert install package or Portable package;
  2. Install it and Run, or run it from portable edition zip file without installation;
  3. Right-click on Mac Hard Drive (now it's clean), and select 'Initialize' to continue;
  4. Choose Partitioning scheme from MBR or GPT; and click OK;
  5. Now this disk turns into unallocated space, click on it, and 'Create Volume';
  6. Choose NTFS or FAT32 in file system column, define cluster size, assign drive letter, and give drive label to this volume; and click OK after resize this volume;

In a word, Macrorit Data Wiper is to wipe disk to its original status, factory reset it, you are able to use format it to any file system in any operating system before using.

Moving to a new Mac? Before taking these steps, you can use Migration Assistant to move your files from the old Mac to your new Mac.

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Create a backup

Make sure that you have a current backup of your important files. Learn how to back up your Mac.

Sign out of iTunes in macOS Mojave or earlier

If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, open iTunes. From the menu bar at the top of the screen or iTunes window, choose Account > Authorizations > Deauthorize This Computer. Then enter your Apple ID and password and click Deauthorize.

Learn more about deauthorizing computers used with your iTunes account.

Sign out of iCloud

If you're using macOS Catalina or later, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Apple ID. Select Overview in the sidebar, then click Sign Out.

If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click iCloud, then click Sign Out.

You will be asked whether to keep a copy of your iCloud data on this Mac. You can click Keep a Copy, because you're erasing your Mac later. Your iCloud data remains in iCloud and on any other devices that are signed in to iCloud with your Apple ID.

Sign out of iMessage

If you're using OS X Mountain Lion or later, open the Messages app, then choose Messages > Preferences from the menu bar. Click iMessage, then click Sign Out.

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Reset NVRAM

Shut down your Mac, then turn it on and immediately press and hold these four keys together: Option, Command, P, and R. Release the keys after about 20 seconds. This clears user settings from memory and restores certain security features that might have been altered.

Learn more about resetting NVRAM or PRAM.

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Optional: Unpair Bluetooth devices that you’re keeping

If your Mac is paired with a Bluetooth keyboard, mouse, trackpad, or other Bluetooth device that you plan to keep, you can unpair it. This optional step prevents accidental input when the Mac and device have separate owners but remain in Bluetooth range of each other.

If you're unpairing Bluetooth input devices from a desktop computer such as an iMac, Mac mini, or Mac Pro, you must plug in a USB keyboard and mouse to complete the remaining steps in this article.

To unpair a Bluetooth device, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Bluetooth. Move your pointer over the device that you want to unpair, then click the remove (x) button next to the device name.

Erase your hard drive and reinstall macOS

The best way to restore your Mac to factory settings is to erase your hard drive and reinstall macOS.

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After macOS installation is complete, the Mac restarts to a setup assistant that asks you to choose a country or region. To leave the Mac in an out-of-box state, don't continue setup. Instead, press Command-Q to shut down the Mac. When the new owner turns on the Mac, the setup assistant guides them through the setup process.

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No matter the model or condition, we can turn your device into something good for you and good for the planet: Learn how to trade in or recycle your Mac with Apple Trade In.