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How to Restore Reset a iMac to Factory Settings ║ macOS Mojave
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This is a video on how to perform a hard reset factory restore on a iMac running Mac OS Mojave. I show you 2 methods to reset your Apple iMac to factory settings.
Steps
1. Power off the iMac
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 iMac will power off, so just power it back on.
6. Congrats if you got this far your iMac 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.
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Disclosure: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows us to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for the support!
Steps
1. Power off the iMac
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 iMac will power off, so just power it back on.
6. Congrats if you got this far your iMac 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.
Instagram - instagram.com/serg.tech/
Things I use in this video
- Camera: amzn.to/2DuPJbV
- Microphone: amzn.to/2DWnDTV
- Lighting Kit: amzn.to/2DqOKoI
- Video Editor: kqzyfj.com/click-8541081-11245643
Disclosure: This video and description contains affiliate links, which means that if you click on one of the product links, I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows us to continue to make videos like this. Thank you for the support!
About this tutorial
Serg Tech published this 6:37 video tutorial on November 11, 2019. It has been watched 1,113,398 times on YouTube.
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- Serg Tech
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- 6:37
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- November 11, 2019
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