When you sell or donate a Mac or give it to a family member, it’s best to make a clean break: wipe the puppy clean, reinstall the latest version of OS X, and hand off a system that you’re not worried ...

It is necessary to clear all the business data on your iMac's hard drive if you intend to donate, reuse or dispose of the computer. Reinstalling OS X Mountain Lion is an effective method of erasing ...

Thomas Koons received what we hope is the "final answer" on the question as to why Apple recommends erasing your drive if you want to reinstall Mac OS X 10.1 after installing the Security Update (see ...

Learn how to clean install macOS Tahoe 26 on your Mac. Step-by-step guide to back up, create a bootable installer, erase your ...

Two recent Apple KB articles of note: 106605: Mac OS X 10.1: Do Not Reinstall After Using the Mac OS X Update 10.1.1 states: "You should not reinstall Mac OS X 10.1 ...

If you ever need to restore the entire contents of an OS X Lion startup drive, or just perform a reinstall of the OS, you’ll find that there are numerous ways to accomplish these tasks. In fact, there ...

Prior to the release of Windows 8 and 10, after you formatted a hard drive, all data on that drive would be lost, including the operating system, programs, personal files and more. To get the machine ...

There are easier and safer methods for erasing hard drives - including SSDs - than 10 years ago. Windows has two easy methods and Mac OS X has another. They are built into the operating system and are ...