I'm looking to erase Macbook Air 2012 Catalina 10.15.7

I'm looking to erase my Macbook Air 2012 Catalina 10.15.7.

I get an error when I click on erase under APPLE SSD SM256E Media.

This is the error when I click on erase APPLE SSD SM256E Media.

No erase option under Container disk1. (Tbh, I'm not an expert I don't know what container disk1 is.)

No erase button under Mac HD.

No erase button under Mac HD - Data.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 29, 2023 8:22 PM

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WheelieNick

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Nov 30, 2023 1:56 AM in response to JPADhari

Is the macbook booted? You might want to boot into macOS recovery (CMD+R on startup) and run disk utility from there to see if you can erase it that way

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