- Prepare mac mini for sale remove password archive#
- Prepare mac mini for sale remove password upgrade#
- Prepare mac mini for sale remove password full#
Prepare mac mini for sale remove password full#
If a SSD, then create a small file and use the Finder to duplicate it until Acivity Monitor shows a nearly full boot drive (minus other partitions you've created like BootCamp, delete those also first). For more complete, do the reset here combined with the secure erase methods.Ĭreate a new Admin account on the machine and delete the other ones. Technically the machine is still yours since you didn't restore the previous OS X version by erasing the drive, the next owner could have problems updating OS X or may do criminal behavior then the cops are at your door. If it's a hard drive, then use Disk Utility to zero or 3x-7x secure erase the FREE space on your drive. It's not government approved secure erase, but hopefully should overwrite your personal files. Once that's completed trash and empty trash all those duplicated files, then duplicate the process again with another small file, filling the drive near full again. Or consider doing the total reinstall.Ĭreate a new Admin account on the machine and delete the other ones. If there is spend some more time on step 2. Gives option to delete account data as well Note this way will clear machine but is probably the best way if you have highly sensitive data on machine. Delete you old admin and other accounts on machine.Make sure there are no personal data outside of your user account.clear user account of personal date (just to be safe and to understand whats on there).
Prepare mac mini for sale remove password archive#
Move any personal data on machine to your archive or new machine.There might be better ways to do this, but seeing that I agree with you that restoring to factory defaults will cause problems/extra work with OS upgrades, I would recommend the following way:
I didn't use this machine for personal use so there's not much that should be recoverable. I'm not too worried about personal information being left behind. Short of a full restore, what's the best way to remove my user account and/or otherwise prepare the MacBook for sale?
Prepare mac mini for sale remove password upgrade#
I've found methods online to restore a MacBook to 'factory defaults', but it's my understanding that this would also remove the OS upgrade (please correct me if there's a way to do this without downgrading the OS). I've removed all of the development apps I've installed, and verified that the computer isn't authorized for my iTunes account. I no longer have any use for this machine and am ready to sell it to someone else. The previous owner had upgraded the machine to OS X, but didn't give me any discs with the computer. These days, because SSDs have been an option for Macs for almost a decade, it's very likely that you have, or will soon have, a Mac for sale.Ī couple years ago I purchased an older MacBook from Craigslist to do some iOS development.
Some third-party apps limit the number of Macs on which you can use them, so for those follow the developer’s instructions to de-authorize your Mac so you can use that slot for your new Mac.
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