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The erase button is not available. It is grayed out, so I can’t erase my iMac’s hard drive.

I am trying to erase the hard drive on my iMac that I am trading in; however, the erase button is not available. It is grayed out. How do I proceed from here?


iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 30, 2020 8:10 AM

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Posted on Dec 30, 2020 8:20 AM

FWIW, you have to be in Recovery Mode to erase an internal drive.

About macOS Recovery on Intel-based Mac computers - Apple Support

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The erase button is not available. It is grayed out, so I can’t erase my iMac’s hard drive.

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