Selling my 2013 Air, how to factory reset?

[solsearchin]

Can someone help me out? Do I do the CMD + R then erase the full harddrive? What happens after that? That's what I can't figure out. I'm not sure if I need to load mavericks on a USB or if it reloads the system itself, any help would be appreciated.

 

[0983275]

Usually it's like this erase the partition > reinstall OS X (from the cmd + R menu)

It's how I've done it

 

[Weaselboy]

Can someone help me out? Do I do the CMD + R then erase the full harddrive? What happens after that? That's what I can't figure out. I'm not sure if I need to load mavericks on a USB or if it reloads the system itself, any help would be appreciated.

Give this a look.

Just command-r boot to recovery and erase Macintosh HD with Disk Util then quit Disk Util and click reinstall OS X. When the install is done you will get a setup screen. When that happens just power down and you are done.

 

[solsearchin]

Thanks! That was the most helpful. I tried google but kept getting mixed answers. Cheers

Give this a look.

Just command-r boot to recovery and erase Macintosh HD with Disk Util then quit Disk Util and click reinstall OS X. When the install is done you will get a setup screen. When that happens just power down and you are done.