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Erase Mac

I had the black screen of death. I held the power button for 10 seconds. Then immediately pressed and held command +R to get to the Mac OS Recovery.


The screen says “this volume has no admin users to authenticate. “ With no other options.


At the top there is an option to erase Mac. Does this completely erase the Mac? Do I have to reinstall any important programs?

Posted on Nov 15, 2021 7:08 PM

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Posted on Nov 16, 2021 10:00 AM

In answer to your question, if you select the option to erase, then everything will be erased. Yes, you will then have to reinstall everything. I hope you have everything safely backed-up.

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