Totally Erasing an iMac

Peggy,

Follow the steps listed in: What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac - Apple Support

Hello, I'm not sure if I should be answering this but thought I might shed some light on what I did.

I came here to ask so technical questions out of the norm and found your subject and thought, what the heck.

I have a late 2012 iMac 27" that had 8GB of memory and a 1TB HD.

A lag in the iMac led to an authorized dealer looking at it and finding a bad 4GB memory chip.

It was pretty straight forward to replace myself and very inexpensive to upgrade.

But I was hesitant because it was 6 years old, the HD was full and thought the logic board needed to be newer.

After so simple research, I found the logic board wasn't to old and did not require changing, but still the HD issue to address.

I found a third party that offered an all-in-one HD upgrade package that well exceeded my HD needs & very affordable.

I was cautious, worried that I'd mess it up.

It was so easy and had it done in 45 min I was very happy with the results of my upgraded iMac.

Since you "Q:" was unanswered, I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in

Regards

If you search the web for;

"Recycle Your used imacs"

It appears they make it a painless process and give you a $$$ for the device.

If you are still looking to recycle it, would it be in poor taste to offer it a new home for a compensation that worked for you?