Heres how to add, remove, and prioritize wifi on your mac. When using an imac computer for any length of time, it tends to gather unnecessary programs, files and other junk that slows it down or makes it hard to maintain. How to reboot an apple imac to its factory settings. How do i remove data from my old mac before passing it along. Click the erase button at the top of the disk utility window. Then proceed to highlight your computers hard drive. There are a ton of reasons why you may need to reformat your mac its slowing down, too many unneeded files to delete manually, major technical issues or maybe youre just selling it on for an. Performing a factory reset on your macbook or mac can solve many macos problems, and is essential if youre selling. Macs hold their value very well, and it often makes sense to sell yours to help pay for the new model you are lusting after. To remove cookies by hand, chose your browser from the three sets below and follow the steps.
See troubleshooting for more information on which format to select. If you have macos mojave or earlier, choose apple menu. One uses the builtin recovery partition and the other. Below, we explain how to completely wipe your macbook or imac and reset it to a likenew state. Products affected imac, imac 17inch, late 2006 cd, imac 17inch, late 2006, imac 20inch late 2006, imac 20inch, early 2008, imac 20inch, early 2009, imac 20. One solution involves erasing the hard drive and reinstalling the operating system through the system. I inserted my leopard disc to run a hardware test but holding d.
How to erase a early 2008 imac hard drive apple community. A format of the hard drive will erase all data on the hard drive and remove it from your imac, macbook pro or mac mini. I want to erase the hard drive before i offer it up for sale as parts or just recycling. The manual way to uninstall office 2008 from mac is latertaking and timeconsuming. If your mac is using apfs, select apfs from the format list. Unfortunately, this removal tool only works for windows system, such as windows 7, windows 88. My imac froze up tonight, and upon restarting it there are a number of yellow vertical line segments throughout the display, and it will not boot completely into the os. Do you take out the hard drive or ssd and smash it. How to erase delete all information files and reinstall os x in mac. Hi, so i want to restore my imac so it was just like it was when i got it. When you delete a file on a mechanical drive, its not really goneat least, not physically. Wiping your mac will erase everything, including your operating system, so keeping a backup on an external hard drive or dvd is a good idea.
How to manually eject a disc from imac music by kevin macleod disclaimer. Set the format to mac os extended journaled in the format dropdown menu. Thinking of giving an old hard drive to a friend, or taking it to be recycled. Restoring an imac is very easy in fact, if its not too old device, even if no restoration disk. Remove the following 12 screws securing the front bezel to the rear case. Wait for the macos utilities screen to appear, then click disk utility.
How to force eject a disc from your mac cult of mac. Heres how to reset a mac, whether its an imac, mac mini or macbook. How to reformat mac os x without a recovery disc or drive mac. On my 24 imac, i only needed to disconnect the first lcd cable before removing the lcds torx screws, then i was able to pivot the lcd up 90 degrees. The imac features two methods to wipe all hard drives and reinstall the operating system. How to wipe your mac and reinstall macos from scratch.
Insert your ram sodimm into the top slot, noting the orientation of the keyed sodimm. You can also pinch closed with your thumb and three fingers on your trackpad if you dont see the app in launchpad, type its name in the search field at the top of the screen. I wantneed to restore my imac but i didnt get any discs with it. After you insert it, press the dimm up into the slot with your thumbs. Erasing a drive, how filevault 2 encryption can play into it, and outofdate recovery drive partitions. User manual service source service source user manual important information manual user manual user manual user manual user manual. Step by step guide manual how to wipe computer clean and reinstall os x macbook pro, imac, macbook air, macbook, macbook retina display. Wait for the process to complete, and then click quit. Below, we explain how to completely wipe your macbook or imac and reset it to a likenew. Choose your macs system drive, usually named macintosh hd, then click erase.
Did you get a cddvd stuck in your macbook, and all you could find when searching the net for tips on how to get it out were articles on how to get cds and dvds out of computers with. Learn about the type of random access memory ram and video memory vram in your imac. Learn how to connect to hdmi, get help with external display issues, and more. When you sell or donate a mac or give it to a family member, its best to make a clean break. Things to consider your imac will continue to run os x as well as any applications that were open when it entered target display mode. System preferences, click icloud, and then sign out. However, if you decide to clean up the cache manually, check out a comprehensive guide on how to clear cache on a mac. How do i remove data from my old mac before passing it. Click on the time machine icon on the menu bar and select enter time machine. How to securely erase your mac hard drive before selling it. My early 2008 imac s graphics module has died for the third and last time.
You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears. How to remove or install memory imac late 2009 and later. A step by step guide to how to wipe a mac clean backblaze. This video shows you a method of removing discs from an intel imac when the normal eject operations fails to work. Its the black apple icon in the upperleft corner of the screen. Also tried a external display adaptor but nothing comes up on external. Go to macintosh hd library application support microsoft and delete the following folders. User manuals, apple desktop operating guides and service manuals. To unpair your bluetooth devices, choose apple menu system preferences, then click bluetooth. Go to macintosh hd applications and delete the microsoft office 2008 folder. The spinning segment just stops and the computer does nothing.
To uninstall microsoft office on mac, you can either remove them manually or use a thirdparty uninstaller utility. Installing or replacing memory summary learn how to remove or install memory in your imac computer. Steps to uninstall office 2008 microsoft community. Thats why you need omni remover a professional office for mac 2008 uninstaller program made to get things done in 123 click. Find out the type of memory your imac uses and how to install additional memory. How to wipe your mac memory and reset to default settings. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4. How to add or remove a wireless network on your mac. How to factory reset your imac without a cd it still works. Thanks for watching hope this helps make sure to subscribe. How to manually remove microsoft office 2008 macstrategy. Hover the pointer over the device that you want to unpair, then click the remove x button next to the devices name.
How to reset a macbook or any mac computer laptop mag. Choose icloud in the side panel and turn off find my mac. You dont need to remove the cover as i have done here, its just to show you what. How to erase your macs hard drive the right way macworld. I just pulled the trigger on ordering a new imac, a nice new 21. My early 2008 imac 2004 is now not displaying anything. If i put the snow leopard cd in and reinstall it, will it wipe everything and i mean everything from my computer as it is now, and have no traces of the stuff i have on. Launchpad offers a convenient way to delete apps that were downloaded from the app store to open launchpad, click it in the dock or open it from your applications folder. How to wipe clean an imac so it is like brand new again. Appleinsider covers the stepbystep process of backing up your files, wiping the hard drive and restoring everything on a new machine. The originalmid2007, early 2008, early 2009 and mid2009 aluminum imac models all aluminum imacs with a 20inch or 24inch display each have a 3 gbs sata connector for a 3. Go to macintosh hd applications and delete the solver application. How to erase a early 2008 imac hard drive when the screen is dead. But with the graphics module dead it will not boot up, therefore no display.
How to remove a cd rom disk that is stuck in a slot loading apples imac or macbook computers. Remove the memory slot cover using the phillips screwdriver. If you want to completely uninstall ms office from mac, jump to part 3 to learn about fonepaw macmaster uninstaller. How to reboot an apple imac to its factory settings your. Then select overview in the side panel and click sign out. Using the t8 starhead screwdriver for the rest of the job, remove the case screws. Scroll through your backups and find the one you want to delete. How to reinstall macos from macos recovery apple support. You dont want any personal information left on your mac when you give it away or sell it. Learn where the power button is on your imac, and get help with issues during startup or shutdown. Heres our guide for how to reset a macbook, or any mac computer, which can solve any of those issues. Here are the detailed steps on how to remove office for mac 2008 with omni remover 2. The jreshow receives free products to create these videos from companies, startups, and distributers all around the world. If you have no restoration disk, it is possible to restore your mac over the internet.