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Resetting G4 Mac
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brian16008
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Jan 21, 2007, 07:36 AM
 
Having recently bought a new Mac, I want to sell my old G4. What do I need to do to reset everything, so that the new owner gets the computer fresh, and my user profile, files and private information are deleted. So far, I have securely deleted as much as I can, but I'm fairly sure that some of my files and private data will still be lurking somewhere in my Mac. It's OS 10.3.9, but I also have OS9.2, so I want to cover that too.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Brian
     
kick52
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Jan 21, 2007, 08:59 AM
 
get the install disk, and boot from it. (put in drive, hold C key on startup)

then use disk utility on there to wipe the drive using one of the secure options, and then reinstall the OS on there.
     
   
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