tslowik

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Q: Restoring a macbook pro 15 inch early 2011 model to factory settings

I need to restore a macbook pro 15 inch early 2011 model to factory settings. How do I go about doing this. It has OS X 10.8.4 on it

Posted on Oct 7, 2015 6:43 AM

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Q: Restoring a macbook pro 15 inch early 2011 model to factory settings

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by lllaass,

lllaass Oct 7, 2015 6:51 AM in response to tslowik
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Oct 7, 2015 6:51 AM in response to tslowik

What to do before selling or giving away your Mac

Also if you the original install disk and did not update the EFI firmware
Computers that can be upgraded to use OS X Internet Recovery - Apple Support
Yu can install the original install DVD and boot from it and format the drive and install from disk.
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by Koltmama,

Koltmama Oct 7, 2015 3:33 PM in response to tslowik
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Oct 7, 2015 3:33 PM in response to tslowik

Hold power command and S , you can also look it up on YouTube which helps me a lot
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by lllaass,

lllaass Oct 7, 2015 3:37 PM in response to Koltmama
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Oct 7, 2015 3:37 PM in response to Koltmama

Koltmama just what do expect the poster to accomplish by booting the single user mode?
How to start up your Mac in single-user or verbose mode - Apple Support
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