depends what your installing though; leopard has erase and install, whereas snowleopard doesn't.
ash Website: http://www.ashleycox.co.uk Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ashleycox2 Blog160: http://www.blog160.com On 22/03/2011 21:46, Travis Siegel wrote:
All correct, but the other option is just to tell the installer to install new, (or whatever they call it) not preserving user accounts and information. That will accomplish the same thing, and you won't have to perform the extra step of erasing the disk yourself.On Mar 22, 2011, at 12:08 PM, ashley wrote:Here's the basics: 1. insert the mac OSX install dvd.2. restart holding down the letter C when you here the chime, keep it down till the cd reads and starts working3. After 2-3 minutes, you should be able to launch VO with cmd F5. 4. press enter to select english on the language screen5. In the installer, go into the menu bar, over to utilities, and select disk utility 6. In disk utility, find ht etable of disks and select the mac harddrive, selecting the first level (will say something like, for example, 120GB WD...)7. Navigate and select the erase tab.8. Select "security options" near the bottom of the window, select your option in there. 9. Make sure the format is mac OS extended journaled, and click erase. Depending on your security option, it could take some time.10. quit disk utility, and proceed through the installer as normal.11. when the mac restarts, you will here the welcome video. If you don't want to setup an account for the person you're selling it too, press cmd+Q and then click the shutdown button to shut it down. you can use vo for this part. The next time it's booted, the welcome video will play again and the user can create the account as normalHTH! Website: http://www.ashleycox.co.uk Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ashleycox2 Blog160: http://www.blog160.com On 22/03/2011 09:54, Linnette Whalen wrote:Hello Group,I have a three year old black Macbook that I am selling. I would like to take it back to it's original state before passing it on. I have the original software. It came with Leopard and I upgraded to Snow Leopard. Would appreciate any useful direction.Linnette>Click on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverUsers can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverUsers can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Webinterface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverUsers can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
