How to Restore Reset a Macbook Pro A1706 to Factory Settings ║OS X High Sierra

This is a video on how to perform a hard reset factory restore on a Macbook Pro A1706 running Mac OS X High Sierra.

Steps
1. Power off the Macbook
2. Power it on and hold "Command" key and "S" key at the same time.
3. Hold until the black screen with all the coding appears.
4. Type in the following
mount -uw / (hit Enter)
rm /var/db/.applesetupdone (hit Enter)
shutdown -h now (hit Enter)
5. The Macbook will power off, so just power it back on.
6. Congrats if you got this far your Macbook should have been reset.

Disclaimer - A factory data reset both hard or soft will erase all of your personal information on your device and return it to its out of the box state. You are doing this factory data wipe/reset on your device at your own risk. We are not responsible for any problems or technical difficulties caused from trying these techniques.

Things I use in this video

[oofrzvu]

This was the only video out of many that actually helped me with issues on my older Macbook Pro after wasting much valuable time with other videos that couldn't do a thing to help out with my problem. Much thanks!!! I'm up & running again which I'm truly grateful for your efforts to share such valuable information to a mac OS x noob & appreciate it. Respect, givin' you you're propers before I dip. Alright then, keep it smooth mayyne, all the way 💯

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[ladygraceize]

This Didn't WORK FOR ME AT ALL...I THINK MY MAC HATES ME....

[haticeaksu]

My sister had trouble using her laptop for the past few months, thank you so much for your help. The laptop is working perfectly fine now.

[sofianehadhoum]

MAN I LOVE YOU I TRY TO RESET DURING AT LEAST 1 HOUR YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE YOU HAVÉ GIVE ME THE ANSWER THANKS A LOT MAN

[juliantrirosecalytaroreh]

Why is my MacBook Pro 2018 command S not running? only a quick text appears but returns to entering / standby asking to enter the admin password code, why is that?

[flamez_zz]

Thanks man, this helped me a lot. I spent hours trying to figure out a easy way to restart my friends macbook, but nothing worked. And then this video helped me do it in a flash. Lots of thanks.

[dashyradent]

2024 and it WORKED LIKE A CHARM THANKYOU SO MUCH .. GOD really did his BIG one with YOU Heaven sent !!

[Photos-to-video]

I have an old 2009 Mac on High Sierra and no matter what I do I can't format it to factory and since my Dad passed away I don't have the original disks or any OS product key. I use the Command + R to get into the boot utility to reinstall it and come up with the same programs installed as were on before, it didn't reset to factory. Any tips?

[mackenziekeith]

It’s not letting me get into the programming stuff. It does for a second then goes back to turning on normally

[johnandrew]

STB SECURITY IS only one who stick to he's words, you really make my day thanks so much I really appreciate.

[chingloyola]

Thanks a lot. It really help me because i bought second hand one and the old user has still his account on the laptop. Im sick of how to remove the account

[uchennaokafor]

Command + S does not work for me. Just shows small black screen then loads to login page

[rafaelsoldatti]

Does this process require an internet connection?

[hobbynjoroge]

Doesn’t work on a MacBook Pro 2013 running on the current iOS. Please help

Thanks in advance

[kit]

I have tried first command but the error is "mount_apfs: volume could not be mounted: Permission denied
mount: / fail with 66

[janescott]

Big respect. Thanks for all this this information. And for all you hard work. (If all people will be like you world will be different!) THANKS

[destinyr]

I don’t know why but every time I would power it off and hold command and s and then powered it on it showed the black screen for a second but just powered on like normal

[snorlexxx]

After getting into that command prompt like interface and waiting for the root to pop up in the end, mine will glitch and was unable to enter the given keywords. What could be the problem? Thanks for your help!

[gatoonfiverrinquiries]

So I did everything that you said, the weird codes appeared, I typed the this that were in the description but when I turned in on again the MacBook didn't reset...it stayed normal (with my user and same files) Do you know why? Did I did something wrong?

[danielasolkots]

Worked for me but y need to log in for it to work