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Instructions for wiping Macbook for Tradein not working

When preparing Macbook for trade in, I go into Disk Utility and select Macintosh HD or Macintosh HD - Data "Delete" and the "-" sign and the "Erase" button are all greyed out and unavailable. I am logged in as the admin

Any suggestions?

MacBook Air

Posted on Mar 25, 2020 3:49 PM

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Posted on Mar 25, 2020 4:24 PM

You have to boot into Recovery mode...


CMD+r keys on startup

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Instructions for wiping Macbook for Tradein not working

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