How to Reset an Apple iMac to Factory Settings

You might require resetting your iMac for a variation of reasons.

Perhaps you are getting ready to sell it, or give it away as a present. In fact you require resetting your iMac for selling just in case some particular data is still on the computer.

The last thing you want is a stranger having that confusing fan fiction saved to your desktop or, even bad, your passwords and credit card data.

Or maybe something is wrong with your computer and it requires to be reset. But you don’t want to go to the Apple store for them to reset it, not when you can do it for free at home.

Resetting it is an easy set of steps that you can do yourself. You don’t even have to call the Apple Customer Care provider for assist on this one.

These instructions work for versions earlier than OS X Lion. For OS X Lion or later, you can use your Mac’s Recovery System to reset your computer.

Before you do this, remind what Factory Settings requires. The hard drive will be erased fully clean, so make assured you have everything you need to keep backed up on either flash drives or online.

This includes images, videos, word documents, and computer programs that you downloaded and installed. All of it will be gone when the computer is reset and once the hard drive is cleaned, you can’t get them back.

So let’s Factory reset an iMac

The first thing you need to do is restart your Mac while holding down the command and R keys until the Apple logo comes.
2. After this a window should comes saying “OS X Utilities”.
3. Click the Disk Utility icon and then click continue. Click on your startup disk from the sidebar and then click the Erase tab.
4. Make assured Mac OS Extended is selected in the format popup menu.
5. Click the Erase button.
6. Then click the Desk Utility menu and select Quit.
And you’re done! It is really that simple.

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