I have a 2009 iMac. I want to sell it, but I cannot format and install using the recovery Command-R. Is there a way to purchase El Capitan and format my drive so a purchaser gets a clean install

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I have a 2009 iMac. I want to sell it, but I cannot format and install using the recovery Command-R. Is there a way to purchase El Capitan and format my drive so a purchaser gets a clean install

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Mar 26, 2021 7:00 PM

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Niel

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Mar 26, 2021 7:06 PM in response to baluscher

That method cannot be used to prepare a 2009 Mac for sale. Install from a physical disk, or click here, download Sierra or earlier(El Capitan for an early 2009 model), and make an install thumbdrive from it.

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I have a 2009 iMac. I want to sell it, but I cannot format and install using the recovery Command-R. Is there a way to purchase El Capitan and format my drive so a purchaser gets a clean install

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