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I am wanting to restore my mackbook OS X V. 10.6.8 to factory settings. Years ago I was dumb enough to enable filevault. I have enough disk space to turn it off, but it won't when I try. Can I still restore my macbook to factory settings? I do still have the startup disks that came with the computer
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Try booting off the DVD, then go to Disk Utility/File/Turn off encryption.
Try booting off the DVD, then go to Disk Utility/File/Turn off encryption.
I also have another question. I also have an iMac desktop that used to belong to my father. He put in a new hard drive about five years ago. Can I restore it to factory settings even though it has a new hard drive
You should be able to. A new hard drive isn't a limiting factor.
I thought it wouldn't be an issue to do that, but I wasn't totally sure if the HD was a factor or not. I didn't want to go into it not knowing if it would screw everything up to where i could use the computer anymore. And everything, as far as, the files and software he has on this computer with the exception of a few files I don't need. My only problem now is to find the disks that came with the computer..
Contact Apple Support and have the serial number of your computer available. They will send you new original disks for a small fee.
restoring macbook to factory settings
