-
All replies
-
Helpful answers
-
Mar 19, 2015 3:44 PM in response to uffalogalby OGELTHORPE,Open Disk Utility>Erase and click on the erase button. Your done.
If you are paranoid, select secure erase and wait and wait for it to finish.
Ciao.
-
Mar 19, 2015 3:47 PM in response to uffalogalby Mike Sombrio,You have a few options. Obviously the easiest is to connect an external optical drive. If you don't have one and are getting a new mac you're probably going to need one anyway. You can get a good LG drive for about $40.
If you have another mac available you can use Target Disk Mode to erase the hard drive How to use and troubleshoot FireWire target disk mode - Apple Support IF that other mac has an optical you may be able to use Remote Disk Use the CD or DVD drive from another computer with your Mac - Apple Support The main problem I see with both of those solutions is that if the other mac is newer I don't think it will be able to run the old installer dvd. But you can sell it without an OS.
The third option is to remove the hard drive and sell it without one.
-
Mar 19, 2015 3:48 PM in response to OGELTHORPEby Mike Sombrio,You cannot erase the volume that Disk Utility is running on.
-
Mar 19, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Mike Sombrioby OGELTHORPE,Mike Sombrio wrote:
You cannot erase the volume that Disk Utility is running on.
Yes, I forgot to tell the OP to use the original installation disk. Thank you for pointing out the oversight.
Ciao.
-
Mar 19, 2015 4:12 PM in response to Mike Sombrioby uffalogal,Doh! I forgot. I do have an external disk drive. (I have a Macbook Air, so I needed one.) I don't have the installation disks, but I understand I can call Applecare and get them. However, I wonder if I should bother. The Macbook acts wonky sometimes. I don't want to sell a lemon to anyone. Maybe I should just remove the HD and throw the rest in the trash?
-
Mar 19, 2015 4:18 PM in response to uffalogalby Roger Wilmut1,★HelpfulTo be brutally honest a 10-year-old Mac is of little use to anyone unless they want to try taking it to bits and messing about with it - quite apart from any wonkiness. You might be able to get a small amount of money for it but it's probably not worth the effort. If you want to trash the disk for security reasons, just take a hammer to it.
I don't know what the rules are wherever you are but many countries don't like this sort of thing being put in the ordinary trash - there are sometimes recycling facilities or places to get it thrown away properly.
If you are going to put it in the trash, please take the battery out first and find a way of disposing of it safely. Lithium is nasty stuff and you don't want it going into landfill and possibly getting into the water table. Again, some countries have places which will take old batteries and dispose of them properly.
-
Mar 19, 2015 6:58 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1by uffalogal,Thanks. I'll take my aggressions out on that drive.
And, yes, I had planned on taking it all to an electronic waste facility.