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Erase my hard drive on a 2006 iBook g4 Mac osx10.6.8

Can I figure out a way to erase my hard drive if I don't have the password?

I can get to the preferences/account tab but it asks for a PW..any backdoor way to erase everything?

Thanks for you help.



Posted on Jan 20, 2021 8:48 AM

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Posted on Jan 20, 2021 8:53 AM

To erase the hard drive on your Mac you have to boot from an external drive, typically the OSX installer optical disc that was provided with the computer. Use Disk Utility. If it still asks for a password it is a firmware password, not an Apple ID one or user account one.

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Jan 20, 2021 8:53 AM in response to Sue2004

To erase the hard drive on your Mac you have to boot from an external drive, typically the OSX installer optical disc that was provided with the computer. Use Disk Utility. If it still asks for a password it is a firmware password, not an Apple ID one or user account one.

Erase my hard drive on a 2006 iBook g4 Mac osx10.6.8

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