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My Disk Utility won’t make available the option to erase the Macintosh HD.

I’m trying to factory reset my IMac

Posted on Jan 4, 2021 6:08 PM

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Posted on Jan 4, 2021 6:12 PM

You cannot erase the OS while you are booted feom it. You need to do that while in recovery mode. If you are selling the Mac, follow all of these instructions


https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201065

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My Disk Utility won’t make available the option to erase the Macintosh HD.

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