How to Reset your Mac Before Selling it

[@PatriceHeadington]

This is exactly what I need, Thank You! My Nephew is inheriting my Macbook Pro since he’s being homeschooled this year. I cannot leave any evidence of my nefarious doings for him to discover later. :). JK

[@pufish3176]

Lol😹

[@e.herrerajr.8641]

I'm doing the same for my daughter! There can't be any trace at all!! LOL

[@cutekitty008]

I’m giving mine to my mom, she doesn’t need to see anything

[@Jae-Bella]

*he can help* ⬆️✅

[@Jae-Bella]

*he did mine* ⬆️🙂

[@bahadaofficial]

What if the disk you formatted doesn’t appear as an option (there is no disk option) on that last window?

[@nancyyu7]

Thank you so much for the video, I didn't hold the Command + R long enough and keep trying to go to the rest mode until I see your video.

[@Robuilds_]

This was extremely helpful, thank you!

[@pamelapiccione6190]

The online Apple Support may as well be in ancient Aramaic. You’ve done an outstanding job of fitting it into a digestible undertaking. Huge thanks!

[@CK-st3rl]

Very easy and helpful!! This worked for me :)

[@QUiNTiNBANKS]

Best video ever. Thank you so much

[@andrewmaksimovich2432]

Perfect video, really helped me properly reset the Mac before I sell it to someone. Well explained

[@sbailry1648]

Very detailed and straight to the point. Many thanks.

[@normancoutts]

Perfect for what I needed and worked a treat, thank you.

[@ousmandeomande755]

Thank you so much for your wonderful video.. I really appreciate it

[@samanthaperez4796]

Thank you ! I was about to pay $100 to reset 🤐 much appreciated

[@Huehhh]

Very helpful after searching for hours

[@Hannahagboola_]

Exactly what I needed! Thank you - clearly explained.

[@Panthera100]

Selling my Macbook Air 2015 for 600$ today and buying a Macbook Pro 2018. Thank you so much!!!!

[@Salih.EduBlock]

Thanks. Just cleaned my old Pro. Time for a new home.

[@davidmcmurphy1120]

Excellent video straight to the point and easily done. Bravo!

[@irak0304]

Numero uno!!! Mantaffff... Millions thanks.

[@lauramenzies3986]

THANK YOUUUUU!!! this video is AMAZING! I got in after soo long, was worried I’d have to take it to some tech shop and pay to much, but nope this great guy found the solution 😊

[@blakecusick595]

Thank you! Straight to the point! Sold my MacBook Air today 👍🏽

[@carolebersole4025]

FANTASTIC You Tube tutorial!! Thank you, thank you!

[@marthao5005]

I think this worked!! Thanks! The apple website is not helpful AT ALL. But ur video made it happen! Thanks 😊

[@Khadolkacha]

Love from me. Successfully reset with your explanation.

[@johnnycee888]

Excellent Instructions. Thank-you so much.

[@mutesah]

What a brilliant explanation

[@roddyross5531]

Awesome tutorial! Steady pace, well informed, no deviating from the subject. I like!

[@micsnz]

Why would we need to sign out of everything? The hard drive will be wiped anyway. Any reason why?

[@olivr_wtf]

apple is a very annoying company. they in fact keep your crendentials at a partition you cannot delete and even associates the hardware information with it. you cannot just wipe it, it retains the old find my or icloud emails of the previous user and will require their password to continue

[@ffudon]

This just worked a treat on my old 2016 MacBook - thankyou

[@dsvill958]

very easy tutorial and very useful. thank you so much for sharing...

[@nerdsserverevengecolder..212]

What about the Bluetooth keyboard that won’t stay connected during the restart into recovery?

[@Hellcathoneeeyy]

Thank you for the easy to follow instructions!

[@19091066]

Been checking how to erases data on iMac I am selling, as have updated to a new one, this was the most clear and informative I have found. Didn't realise about iCloud and iTunes . Thank you Will make a start on doing that

[@tonytfuntek3262]

Thank you, you made it too easy.

[@MeMe-bt4nv]

Amazing finally I found professional tutorial!!! Thank you 😊

[@mtaopare]

Very easy instructions. Thank you. 😮

[@Basha_3eraqi]

excuse me sir ,sorry for ask I have IMAC G5 model A1058, after turning on my mac and pressing command+R I don't getting what u get for factory reset, can u help me plz sir

[@davidjd123]

command Key is the Alt key if you are using windows keyboard btw

[@SetTheExample36]

No it’s not it’s the window key

[@hhawki3]

Excellent and precise instructions that cannot be misunderstood! Thanks.

[@VirginiaLavictoire]

Thank you! Quick easy to the point. Worked for me 👍

[@Journey_On1]

Thank you. 🙏🏼 I was lost on how to prep my computer for trade in. This was much more simple and helpful.

[@karimuddin2221]

Thank you, Perfect instructions.

[@sirprinceandrewfit1049]

Thanks so much for this. You’re the only one I was able to understand and helped me do it. Awesome video. I appreciated it.

[@BrianRowsell]

Thank you SIR!

[@DonLucioVoreno]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you 🙏. God bless you ‼️

[@OriannaLilyRose-eu8kn]

Thank you, I have a question, what do I do, after hitting reinstall OS X, it prompts me to log into my icloud. I want to reset the computer and get to that welcome screen but am stuck here. Thanks for such a nice video, if anyone has any tips please let me know

[@kieran0000]

Thank you very much, you saved my imac !

[@KristinaMarino-r6p]

This was a huge help!!!!

[@bridgetd3643]

Very helpful and clear. Thank you!

[@KeltonTitan]

Thank you! Too many videos and articles show how to as if my Mac is a newer model. This saved me 🙏🏻

[@jennifer.santos.]

Thank you! This is really helpful because the tutorials I found on the web did not help. I was able to follow your clear steps instead.

[@72nivo]

Thanks Nackers ✊🏼

[@geddylifeson5136]

Thank you dude! Very straightforward

[@lenimbery7038]

Lovely. None of the screens looked quite like yours and I managed to wipe my hard drive without any operating system left so it’s bricked now

[@florianreinarz6796]

You have explained it perfectly. Thanks

[@RhaneAndreaYap]

Why is my mac not reinstalling it keep saying "The recovery server could not be contacted". I'm using macbook pro high sierra

[@jocelynvillavicencio2283]

mine says the same thing and i did it like multiple times

[@noonan1107]

Thank you! Extremely helpful step by step , easy to follow. Perfect! 👍

[@rauten6588]

Great job explaining. Thank you. I have a 2016 MacBook Pro with Big Sur. After I format the drive and then select “Reinstall MacOS”, will it install Big Sur or the latest MacOS Monterey. Thank you for your time.

[@santoshchhatkuli]

Why is it necessary to logout first, after all u r formatting disk?

[@NawazMarjan-ct2kp]

Tried to format my IMAC 2012 and yes it worked. Thanks alot

[@GamerBoy-zu5pd]

I never knew people were using macs as a daily driver. Windows ...the best my brother.

[@alecdolman598]

Perfect - thank you!

[@eddysel10]

Excellent instruction video. I followed this video step by step to reset my MBP. Just one noted, the computer has to be connected to the internet when you have to install the o/s, otherwise you will get some kind of errors.

[@itzelahb593]

Thank you for your comment I was struggling until I came up with your comment

[@leosepul]

I can't do the last step I keep getting the message "the recovery server could not be contacted" What do I do? And yes I am connected to the Internet. :(

[@slamfreepoetry1845]

Same here, any luck?

[@davidfry5824]

You’re the best Dude!!! I love your ability to share in instructions that are easy to follow!!

[@jcastro767]

BEST OF THE BEST THANKS SO MUCH !!

[@tellyintokyo]

Great advice. I recently bought an Apple “Certified Refurbished” MacBook Pro but it still retained the previous owner’s user info. Good thing I am an honest person. But that stuff obviously had to go for any other reason so it would not interfere with my system. Now I plan to erase my mini to convert it into a server. Unless you all know something I don’t know I have to hardwire connect to a keyboard to to complete task. But I don’t plan to sell any Mac for a very long time.

[@daniellucatero-jimenez.1440]

Just got a used mac from my sister & she couldn’t figure out how to reset it. I assumed it was just like windows where you could reset it from the computer but i was wrong. Apple is fancy like that lol. Thank you!

[@mehedisharif8632]

Thank you so much for this video ❤

[@gladysmendez6300]

this was so helpful thank you so much

[@joelane4670]

I did the reset OK, but when I go to reinstall, it says there’s nothing to reinstall. I tried it two or three times. Any advice?. The only thing that comes up now is top left. Reinstall shut off no drop-down menus. Nothing basically a brand new Mac that I reset. Thanks hopefully you can help. I couldn’t proceed because it’s not reinstalling anything. Basically, it just won’t not let me reinstall Mac OS again.

[@davidjosephjohn8599]

Once I am at the welcome screen how do I shutdown? is there a command hotkey? Well done. Liked and subbed

[@mrockstar4christ]

This video is amazing! Thanks alot!

[@johannareyes5205]

Im slow asf this was the best how to video I have ever seen and understood and actually did right !!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@JohnPokocky]

Thank you for this video. I ordered MBP 16” M3 Max . I get it tomorrow (Jan 8 2024). To be used for Lightroom, Photoshop, Final Cut. Looking forward to this Mac Book coming from MBP 2018 by. More than I need but I’m happy to grow with this MBP. M3 Max chip with 14-core CPU, 30-core GPU and 16-core Neural Engine • 36GB unified memory • 1TB SSD storage • 16-inch Liquid Retina XDR display

[@smiltis]

Thank you. Doing this, As I recently quit my job, And I need to return The pc clean.

[@genehauser9217]

Very straight forward and well explained…..thanks for posting. Mac OS Big Sur takes soooo long to reinstall.

[@ImranKhanMandokhel-i3g]

Excellent video

[@kululv]

hello, my 2008 mac ignores the command R and just starts back up. What shall I do? thanks

[@-dave3577]

Press command R and option.

[@jay3589]

This is a great video!!! But make sure u have a internet connection in order to reinstall macos

[@anahitapourya2374]

Thank you for this video But for me in 4th step the Hard drive doesn’t appear there to be chosen and I don’t know what to do Plz help 🙏🏻

[@711Arigna]

Thank you and it's a great help

[@bdkane721]

Excellent tutorial video, thanks so much! This helped me out when I recently bought a new iMac and had to recycle the old Mac

[@ayannilogan8415]

Thank you so much for your help

[@showbuster]

video starts at minute 2:40 guys

[@TheKurtLyon]

Great little tutorial. Very helpful.

[@bobbyhartanto3210]

When re installing, will it install le latest mac os (big sur) or the version that latest installed on that macintosh machine?

[@mandyburton9798]

I was wondering that too as selling mine in a couple of weeks. It’s currently on Mojave but wondered if it would load Big Sur.

[@bwillie6274]

Absolutely amazing tutorial very well done thank you sir

[@jackbleeker6586]

🍎 Your the Best, talked at a speed I could follow & not all those steps which you accomplish Factory ReSet Quick, Simple & Easy 👍👏 thank You, jacK

[@bobrosberg55]

Great video, like the previous comment, exactly what I need. Very well explained and I will follow your instructions slowly and carefully. Thank you so much!

[@winnergalaxy5216]

Yo tnx brother this make sense 💯

[@mickdeburgo5836]

A great video thanks. Worked perfect for me.

[@manuelvitale7718]

Yess I did it, thanks!!

[@juanvasquez4584]

Perfect!!! Thank you!!! 🙏🏼

[@jkjcord762]

Thanks man!!! Great

[@itsalyy72]

It did not work bc when i wanted to reinstall macOS it says that the installer information on the recovery server is damaged so my format couldnt continue 😔

[@gjonesii]

Thanks so much for such a clear and concise video.

[@louiseesterhuizen]

Awesome content thanks so much! Best video I’ve seen and 100% more helpful than Apple support 👏🏻

[@rafosoghomonyan4985]

Thank you verry much man❤

[@shermanfarhad8831]

Amazing tutorial; Incredibly helpful; Thank you very much!

[@gregrichardson2070]

All good, but the only thing missing is how do you close down from the last Welcome page. All I see is a continue button, not a Shut Down button, so that when the new owner starts the apple, the welcome screen is the actual start screen ? Thanks in advance.