[Synotic]

I wasn't able to find anything so I figured I'd post a thread. I'm selling a computer so I'd like to, when the buyer turns on the computer bring them to the standard setup screen where they can enter their info and whatnot. This is with Jaguar because those are the discs that come with it, but I also want to make sure that if he puts in a Panther disk right away that that works as well... Thanks

[proton]

Get the software restore discs for your machine, that'll let you restore it to the original state it was in from Apple.

- proton

[gatorparrots]

Simply remove the file:
/private/var/db/.AppleSetupDone

[proton]

Originally posted by gatorparrots:
Simply remove the file:
/private/var/db/.AppleSetupDone

Of course if you do that you'll still have all your data on the hard drive. which you most likely don't want. A reformat is the only way to go when you're selling a machine.

- proton

[CharlesS]

Originally posted by proton:
Of course if you do that you'll still have all your data on the hard drive. which you most likely don't want. A reformat is the only way to go when you're selling a machine.

- proton

Zero All Data. Wipes anything you had on the drive that you don't want the customer to have, and cleans the drive up nicely for the customer's convenience, remapping any bad sectors that may be on the drive. You can then put a clean installation of OS X on the drive or restore from the Software Restore discs.