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Q: How to completely erase my OS X 10.10 macbook air and reinstall it?

as i am new to mac kindly let me know how to erase everything on macbook air os x 10.10

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 20, 2014 2:09 PM

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Q: How to completely erase my OS X 10.10 macbook air and reinstall it?

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  • by Niel,

    Niel Niel Oct 20, 2014 2:11 PM in response to vatsaldnaik
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    Oct 20, 2014 2:11 PM in response to vatsaldnaik

    Follow the instructions in the article you asked this question from. If your computer shipped with Mac OS X 10.6.8 or earlier and you’d like that OS installed afterwards, go through the first four steps, connect its original thumbdrive, and restart with the Option key held down.

     

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