Sold my iMac - How do I clean it down for the new user?

[Rookie1986]

Hey,

I've sold my iMac (going to be getting a MBP ) and I want to clean it down ready for the new user (now doing this on a PC is easy) but I have no idea where to start with an iMac. Is there something in the options? Should I just manually remove EVERYTHING? Any ideas or help would be appreciated

Thanks,
Rookie

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Mac 101: Preparing your old Mac for sale or recycling

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Links to guides on how to use Disk Utility, the application Mac OS X provides for managing internal and external HDD/SSDs and its formats.

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

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

which includes:

• Format, Erase, or Reformat a Drive
• Erase or Reformat a Partition
• Add a Partition
• Deleting and Resizing Partitions
• Disk Formats

and some more guides
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DiskWiping – One Pass is Enough​

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[charlieegan3]

I thought you meant clean with a cloth

I would do a clean install of OSX

 

[Rookie1986]

Ok, you both say to install from my OSX disk.... but I downloaded Lion its not on disk....???

Rookie

Ok, I've possibly come up with a work around, I'm downloading OSX Lion again via the App store, once its done I should be able to create a boot disk from the installer (see a guide on the net). Would this work as a solution to my question??