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What should I do before selling my MacBook Pro?

I want to sell or give away this Mac. I have never installed the operating system on a Mac (I have lots of windows pc's). How do I do it?



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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 23, 2025 1:50 PM

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Posted on Jan 23, 2025 1:54 PM

TMCline wrote:

I want to sell or give away this Mac. I have never installed the operating system on a Mac (I have lots of windows pc's). How do I do it?


Follow these instructions: What to do before you sell, give away, trade in, or recycle your Mac - Apple Support


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