How to Erase and Factory Reset your Mac!

Want to restore or sell your Mac? AppleInsider covers the step-by-step process of backing up your files, wiping the hard drive and restoring everything on a new machine.

[Xiantez]

2:40 Where wiping and restore your mac starts.

[JoseHernandez-rtgu]

My Mac was slowing down + I found this after other complicated videos
Gets right to the point + very informative 10/10
Thank you

[DudeSome]

For those living in the future, AFPS = Mac OS Extended (Journaled)

[ambigousBarrel]

2:40 is the part about resetting it after how to backup for those who are just here to reset like myself :)

[BoeFreeman]

thank you!! did this on my 120gb mac when 98gb of it was “system storage” that you cant really get rid of without paying for a third party cleaning software, or resetting it to factory settings. i was scared it would delete the files that were really important so i put them on an external hard drive
now i have 106gb available so now only 12.6gb is system storage. feeling great!

[NickVelasco]

in case 'command + r' doesn't work, try hold 'control + r', hope this helps!

great video!

[fabiangomes]

My wife said I should tell you "thank you for your helpful video"... So Thank you for your helpful video!

[luiscarlosalejandrojaimega]

Excellent help! The steps for erasing a Mac hard disk are simple and clear, everything worked fine without any problem. Cleaned the machine and installed the latest OS smoothly. Many thanx. Apple fan for ever!

[doaa]

Very important!!! you need to be connected to the internet in order to reinstall the macOS!

[mattpann]

love how the title of this video is "How to Erase and Factory Reset your Mac!" yet 3 quarters of the vid is showing how to back up.

[DJmc]

Worked! Very grateful.
It did fail on the first attempt, but that was because I hadn't logged out of OSX.
Tip: Make sure you log out of OSX before attempting this!

[darbyneil]

Great how to video. Short and sweet!! So many people yammer on about themselves or stuff we just don't need - or want - to hear. This guy is thorough and to the point. Worked for me.

[trinityflow]

Apple 🍏 makes it harder than it should be. Thanks for the details.

[milovers]

Extremely helpful! Did this on my macbook pro 2017 that had MULTIPLE panic screens in a day. Your video totally saved my mac! Thank you 🙏

[jessykaiser]

This was a great video, especially for a gen-x person like me, who prefers the good old '87 Macintosh. Thanks again!

[pinback]

lol im just resetting to make my computer look clean again, i do it every once in a while.

[tylerxm]

Bro thanks I got like about 1100 viruses on my Mac and now they're gone you're such a life saver

[arielbaror]

ThankU so much!!!
I saw a lot of videos and none of them helps me and yours did
Thanks so Much!!!!

[jamiesimpson]

I have a trojan virus and this helped a dozen thanks a lot!

[ManeAttraction]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I'm selling my Macbook Air and literally had no idea how to factory reset. This video was super informative, and super easy to follow along to. The mac reset perfectly! Great video dude.