How do I completely restore my Mac air

How do I completely restore my Mac Air?

Boot from the Reinstall Drive (USB thumb drive) that came with your MBA.
(Restart and when you hear the startup sound, hold down the C key until the gray pinwheel appears)
When the OS X window appears, select your language.
On the next screen, select Utilities from the Menu Bar.
To restore to an earlier point in time from a Time Machine backup, select Restore System from Backup
To make your machine look like it did when new, select Disk Utility, then select the system drive and click the Erase button.
This will reformat the drive and you can then reinstall the OS from the main menu.

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    joefromthehill wrote:
    If I use FireWire target disk mode to copy the entire hard drive to another external drive can I then erase the damaged hard drive, reinstall Lion with it's handy recovery function and copy everything back as it was?
    Maybe.  But you'd be better off to make a "bootable clone," via CarbonCopyCloner, SuperDuper, or the Restore tab of Disk Utility.  Then you can start up from the clone (hold the Option key while starting and select it from the display you'll get after a few moments), and make sure everything's there (at least as well as on your internal HD).
    I'd then strongly recommend also making a second backup, on a separate HD, "just in case" something goes wrong with the first one before you get this fixed.  That doesn't happen often, but it does happen.
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    I have an iMac (using Time Machine) which contains much of what is on the damaged MacBook Pro but the laptop has music and photos that only exist there... So can I restore the laptop from the iMac's Time Machine backups?
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    But try to fix the problem first;  if that doesn't work, try the "clone" method.  If it works, you won't lose the stuff on the MBP.
    I guess I don't need to remind you, once this is sorted out, to make regular backups of the MBP, do I?

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    how to increase font in a mac air??

           Try a different screen resolution.
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    Malware is constantly changing to get around the defenses against it. The instructions in this comment are valid as of now, as far as I know. They won't necessarily be valid in the future. Anyone finding this comment a few days or more after it was posted should look for more recent discussions or start a new one.
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    From the Safari menu bar, select
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    Reset the home page and default search engine in all the browsers, if it was changed.
    This trojan is distributed on illegal websites that traffic in pirated content. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect much worse to happen in the future.
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    how can i sync music from mac air to zen creative mp3 player

    iTunes will only sync with Apple devices.  You may find when you plug in your player it appears on hte desktop as another drive.  You can drag files from iTunes to that drive.  You may need to then place them in a special folder but all this is something for you to research since players differ.  We use a Sansa Clip and a RCA player with our iTunes library and that how we do it.
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  • How can I get my new mac air to recognize my old iPod nano?

    My new mac air does not recognize my old ipod nano.  How can I fix this?

    Hi nainmom,
    Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
    I recommend starting with these steps if your iPod nano is not recognized by your Mac:
    iPod not recognized in iTunes and Mac desktop
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1410
    Best,
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  • How to uninstall antivirus program on Mac Air please

    Hi I have Mac Air OS X 10.9.4 and wanted to download McAfee antivirus program which requires removing my now defunct Sophos Antivirus.  I have removed all Sophos files (per my computer) into the trash but still am told McAfee cannot download because there is still an old incompatible antivirus program.  Please help.  I am now unprotected.  There is a Sophos "logo" in the tool bar but I don't know how to remove it...and it will not function when opened.  Thanks much!

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  • After a complete restore of Mac from a Time Machine volume, I don't want a full backup the next time Time Machine backs up.

    After performing a complete restore of my Mac from a Time Machine volume, Time Machine wants to perform a full backup the next time it backs up.This is normal: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1338
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    I have a new Mac Air and started the migration assistant.  It stopped at some point and the Mac Air locked up...the cursor moves but I can't get anything to happen on the screen.  I would like to undo what has been done so far on the migration assistant as well as unlock the Mac Air.  How do I do this?

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  • How to format hard drive with mac air for use on mac and pc

    I'm new to MAC and can't make much sence of what has been said to do in other questions. All I want to be able to do is use my 500gb My Passport hard drive on my MAC and other PC's. I have saved all the data that I want to keep on another hard drive so can re-format the hard drive if needed. I want to do all the set up on my MAC AIR.
    Please help,
    Cheers Hutch

    Reading assignment:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT
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  • How to pick up 3g on mac air

    what can I do to pick up internet with 3G on mac air when wifi not available?

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  • How can I completely Restore my Macbook Pro W/Retina Display?

    I want to restore my Macbook Pro to its factory settings because I feel like its been going too slow, BUT I want to keep the pictures and some Documents. Is there any way I can do that? Restore my mac but make sure the pictures and documents i need dont get deleted?

    Either move the stuff you want to keep to an external drive or do a full backup first. If you go the full backup route you can restore just documents (which would include pictures) via Migration Assistant.

  • How to uninstall quick search from mac air

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    Check for Safari extensions in the menu Safari - Preferences - Extensions. Uninstall any you don't want. Check your home page and search preferences on the main Preferences screen.
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    http://AdwareMedic.com
    Matt

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