How do you do a master reset on your macbook pro os x

i want to to reset my macbook pro back to the factory condtions how do i do that

Restoring Your Computer to Its Factory Settings
When you restore your computer to its factory settings, everything on your computer
(your user accounts, network settings, and all of your files and folders) is deleted. Before
you restore, back up any files you want to keep by copying them to another disk.
Write down your network settings from Network preferences to make it easier to get
connected again after reinstalling Mac OS X.
1 Make sure you’re connected to the Internet by using an Ethernet or Wi-Fi network.
2 In the Mac OS X Utilities pane, select Disk Utility and click Continue.
3 Select the disk in the list on the left, and then click the Erase tab.
4 Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) from the Format pop-up menu, type a name for
the disk, and then click Erase.
5 After the disk is erased, choose Disk Utility > Quit Disk Utility.
6 In the Mac OS X Utilities pane, select Reinstall Mac OS X and click Continue.
7 To reinstall Mac OS X and your applications, follow the instructions in the Mac OS X
Installer
After restoring Mac OS X and your Apple applications, you can selectively restore your
other data and applications from a Time Machine backup.

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