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How to factory reset your Mac

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How to factory reset your Mac

46,307 views June 26, 2020 7:33

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In this video, I’ll show you how to factory reset your MacBook.
Download CleanMyMac X to clean up your Mac before the reset:
bit.ly/2X7IoHo

A brief overview of the steps included in the video:
1. Back up data.
2. Deauthorize iTunes on macOS Mojave or earlier.
3. Sign out of iCloud and iMessage.
4. Erase Touch Bar data and a startup disk.

The combination you’ll need:
xartutil --erase-all

5. Erase the startup disk.
6. Reinstall your operating system.

The app mentioned in this video – CleanMyMac X by MacPaw:
bit.ly/2XH5pQB

The ultimate checklist to factory reset MacBook Pro:
bit.ly/2yEteQj


Contents:

00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Ways to back up Mac
01:08 - Clean up your Mac
01:50 - How to back up your Mac
02:43 - Deauthorize system-related services
03:15 - How to deauthorize iTunes
03:39 - How to deauthorize Books
03:53 - Sign out of iCloud
04:15 - Deauthorize iMessage
04:35 - Erase Touch Bar data
05:17 - Erase the startup disk
06:57 - Reinstall your macOS

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CleanMyMac published this 7:33 video tutorial on June 26, 2020. It has been watched 46,307 times on YouTube.

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