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Need help preparing my MacBook for recycling

My Macbook battery is dead and it will not charge at all when I plug it in. I want to recycle the MacBook but there is no way to erase the data. What should I do to protect myself and my linked data?

Earlier Mac models

Posted on Sep 5, 2023 4:24 AM

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Sep 5, 2023 5:55 AM in response to ku4hx

It's early 2015. Already tried the battery replacement and charger swap and it still won't charge. The guy said it is probably a problem with the motherboard.


As for Apple's solution, it says nothing about prepping a laptop that won't turn on at all, so the preparation steps are impossible to do. I was just wondering if there is anything else short of hitting it with a sledgehammer to prevent any possibility data theft.


Thanks so much for your response. I appreciate it. :)

Need help preparing my MacBook for recycling

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