I'm doing a wipe of my data on my mac so I can start from scratch. It's running mavericks but it's originally a 10.8 Mac mini. I'm in recovery mode now.. And I'm in disk utility... But I don't know which disk to erase! Is it "500.11 GB APPLE HDD HTS545050A7E362 Media"? Or is it "Macintosh HD"? Or is it "disk1" or is it "OS X Base System"?
VERY confusing.
The first is the name of the physical hard drive Macintosh HD is the name of the volume on which the operating system is normally built. So you need to erase the Macintosh HD and install there.
The first is the name of the physical hard drive Macintosh HD is the name of the volume on which the operating system is normally built. So you need to erase the Macintosh HD and install there.
If you only have one HD in the Mini, Macintosh HD is the default name for the startup disk. You want to erase/reformat the startup disk
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Thank you both!!
You are welcome.
What disk do I erase on my Mac Mini?
