Q: Will the Genius bar restore 2 MacBook pros for me?
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Jan 28, 2015 1:50 AMby Drew Reece,You could use DBAN if you are able to create a CD & boot into Linux.
Disk Utility will burn the iso onto a bootable CD.
It would mean that the HD's would have no installed OS which will effect the price but since you do not have the installer disks you can't really avoid that.
You could erase your user account (after making a new one), but that will leave all your apps behind & may also leave traces of your personal data in system files etc (like logs, caches etc). It is also against the terms of the licence to sell a Mac without the disks to reinstall the OS X, so don't do that. Instead you could install Ubuntu or any other free OS if you want the buyer to see it in a working state.
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Jan 28, 2015 5:25 AMby OGELTHORPE,That depends upon the age of the MBPs. If they are considered Vintage or Obsolete, they come under these provisions:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT1752
The simplest approach to your situation is to Run Disk Utility>Erase which will delete all of the information off of the HDD. You then sell the MBPs without the install disks.
Ciao.
