I'm giving my MacBook Air to my grandson - how do I delete all my personal stuff (I'm technically challenged!)

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What is a really simple way to delete all my personal stuff from my MacBook Air before giving it to my grandson?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Nov 19, 2012 5:26 PM

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In System Preferences create a new user i.e. "Grandson" and give him Administrator rights

Log off yourself

Log in as Grandson.

Go to System Preferences and delete user "Yourself".

Please tick option to remove home folder.

This willtake a while.

TZ

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