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What drives do I erase on my MacBook Air?

Hi. I am trading in a MacBook Air (early 2015). I received the trade-in kit with a sheet telling me to erase my hard drive (it's an SSD). It just talks about it as if it's one drive. It then says to reinstall MacOS.


I just want to make sure I'm doing this right. The Disk Utility shows two internal drives - Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD-Data. It also shows a disk image for macOS Base System. Am I supposed to erase all 3 of those? If not, which one or ones do I erase?


Thanks!

Posted on Sep 18, 2020 7:41 AM

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Posted on Sep 18, 2020 8:20 AM

What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac - Apple Support


Specifically, to erase the drive start in recovery mode:


How to erase a disk for Mac - Apple Support

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