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Erase Hard Drive

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I have a macbook pro that is running version 10.10.5 (Yosemite). I would like to erase the hard drive I have, and have the hard drive boot up as if though it was the first time being used by a new user. I have read the instructions Apple has given me, but when I go to disk utility it will not allow me to erase the hard drive. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Aug 6, 2018 8:42 PM

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kaz-k

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Posted on Aug 6, 2018 9:04 PM

If you want to erase boot drive, you need to boot in Recovery mode, then format drive with Disk Utility.

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