You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

internet reinstall OS10 High Sierra on iMac 2010

want to give old iMac 2010 to nephew.


how best to clean and install OS10 high Sierra. Have high speed internet.



iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Nov 6, 2024 12:32 PM

Reply
2 replies

Nov 6, 2024 5:15 PM in response to j6oh9nny

To best prepare the iMac: What to do before you sell, give away, trade in, or recycle your Mac - Apple Support.


You'll probably have issues reinstalling macOS High Sierra from the recovery server. If you do, create a bootable installer: Create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support. Download the macOS installer from here: How to download and install macOS - Apple Support.


Important: I highly recommend that you create the bootable installer on the iMac 2010 before you restore it to factory settings. Otherwise you'll need to find another Mac to do it and that Mac has to be old enough to download macOS High Sierra.

internet reinstall OS10 High Sierra on iMac 2010

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.