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I want to give my old MacBook Air to a different user. How do I delete all my files?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.7
Follow the instructions here: What to do before you sell, give away, trade in, or recycle your Mac - Apple Support
Follow the instructions here: What to do before you sell, give away, trade in, or recycle your Mac - Apple Support
Click here and follow the instructions. If the computer originally shipped with 10.6.8 or earlier, use a Mac OS X install DVD instead of the recovery system.
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Thanks. It worked.
How do I decommission my MacBook Air
