Things to do before selling MacBook?

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Anthony T

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jul 11, 2009

• #1

What should I make sure to do before I sell my MacBook and upgrade to the new MBP?

 

NewMacbookPlz

macrumors 68040

• Jul 11, 2009

• #2

Pop the factory OS X disc in, run disc utility, format the drive (I'd do the multi-pass method, I'm paranoid like that), and re-install the OS fresh, so the new owner gets the factory Welcome screen.

 

celticpride678

Guest

• Jul 11, 2009

• #3

1. Reinstall Mac OS X
2. Clean everything
3. Fix anything that is broken

 

MacDawg

Moderator emeritus

• Jul 11, 2009

• #4

After you transfer/back up your data, etc, you will probably want to reformat the drive on your old Mac and reinstall the OS that came with it from the Restore DVDs

You can do a security pass on the drive from Disk Utility

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

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Anthony T

macrumors 65816

Original poster

• Jul 12, 2009

• #5

If I don't have an external hard drive, can I back up my photos and stuff to DVDs?

 

isaaclimdc

macrumors 6502

• Jul 12, 2009

• #6

Yeah I'd do the Security Multi-Pass wipe to be very sure. You can definitely backup to DVDs.

 

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krimsen

macrumors member

• Jul 12, 2009

• #7

remember to de-authorize the computer for your iTunes account