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Reset to factory settings without USB?

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Fontane

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Feb 3, 2011
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Just listed my Late-2010 for sale on Craigslist. I'm out of town for the holiday and in a major city where Craigslist is actually useful (CL is no good for the small city I live in). However, listing my MBA on CL was a spur of the moment decision and my USB key with the OS is at home (three hours away).

I bought the machine with Snow Leopard, have since upgraded to Lion, but understand that I cannot transfer that Lion license...so I'd like to reset to Snow Leopard.

Is there a way to reset my machine to factory settings without the USB or should I pull my listing on CL?
 
You cannot reset back to Snow Leopard without a Snow Leopard install CD or USB drive.
 
Fontane said:
Just listed my Late-2010 for sale on Craigslist. I'm out of town for the holiday and in a major city where Craigslist is actually useful (CL is no good for the small city I live in). However, listing my MBA on CL was a spur of the moment decision and my USB key with the OS is at home (three hours away).

I bought the machine with Snow Leopard, have since upgraded to Lion, but understand that I cannot transfer that Lion license...so I'd like to reset to Snow Leopard.

Is there a way to reset my machine to factory settings without the USB or should I pull my listing on CL?
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do not care about that, even with SL DVD you won't be able to get rid of hidden partition with Lion recovery tool - so new user will be able to reinstall lion if he wish... I believe apple does not care, nor should you...
 
majkom said:
do not care about that, even with SL DVD you won't be able to get rid of hidden partition with Lion recovery tool - so new user will be able to reinstall lion if he wish... I believe apple does not care, nor should you...
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But wouldn't the Lion registration be in my name and linked to my Apple store account?
 
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