How to format mac , plz help!

[cap10]

Im selling my mac book pro, it has some sensitive info which im concerned about, how can i completely erase it from the disk. Im not very familiar with mac so plz help me with easy and effective steps. Also option of erasing without the system cds.

Sorry if this has been asked before, i tried but couldnt find it. Big thanks in advance. 🙂

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Mac 101: Preparing your old Mac for sale or recycling

If that Mac is an Intel Mac, you could get the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Upgrade DVD for 29 USD and use that to perform a clean install and choose "ZERO OUT" in the Security Options of Disk Utility.

Guide on how to use Disk Utility from the restore / installation DVD.

Format Your Hard Drive Using Disk Utility
Partition Your Hard Drive With Disk Utility

Using Disk Utility - Formatting, Partitioning, Verifying, and Repairing Disks

DiskWiping – One Pass is Enough​

Btw, if you have another Mac with Firewire and the Mac you want to sell has Firewire, you could use Target Disk Mode.

Or if you have neither the money for the Upgrade DVD nor another Mac nor Firewire, you could just create a new admin account via System Preferences > Accounts and then login to that new account, delete the old account and then use Disk Utility to "ERASE FREE SPACE" and choosing ZERO OUT as method.


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