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I bought a macbook air from someone and attempted to erase the hard drive and now I cannot find the hard drive in the disk utility. It only shows OS X Base System

I bought a macbook air from someone and attempted to erase the hard drive and now I cannot find the hard drive in the disk utility. It only shows OS X Base System. Can anyone help?


Posted on Sep 15, 2020 3:11 PM

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Posted on Sep 15, 2020 4:35 PM

How to erase a disk for Mac - Apple Support explains what you need to do.


Begin with Step 1 under How to erase your disk.

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I bought a macbook air from someone and attempted to erase the hard drive and now I cannot find the hard drive in the disk utility. It only shows OS X Base System

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