How to erase all content from my mac air

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Apple What to do before selling or giving away your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5189?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Also See Thomas Reed's How to Prepare your Mac for sale

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    Hi! I'd like to ask how to erase all content and settings if your iphone was stolen? Please help.

    Were you signed in to iCloud?
    Did you have Find My iPhone enabled in the iCloud settings?
    If so sign in to iCloud.com > Find My iPhone > Devices & select your iPhone
    Otherwise, you are out of luck.

  • HT201274 how to erase all content and settings

    how to erase all content and settings

    Ummm..Really?  Read the first line in the article that you referenced above when posting your question.

  • How to erase all content and settings when ipad requests password

    How to erase all content and settings when ipad requests password?

    gomike! wrote:
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    It should be the same AppleID and password you use to log in here.
    I haven't installed Find my iPhone app on the phone?
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    I bought a iPod touch 4g from my friend and I erased all content from the iPod and the screen went black, to the apple sign, then to a white screen and stayed like that, what do I do?

    Did you try to connect in recovery mode and restore? iPhone and iPod touch: Unable to restore

  • How to erase all content and settings when I forgot my password

    How do I erase all content and settings on my iPhone 3Gs when I dont remember my Apple ID password and I haven't installed Find my iPhone app on the phone? Thanks!

    gomike! wrote:
    when I dont remember my Apple ID password
    It should be the same AppleID and password you use to log in here.
    I haven't installed Find my iPhone app on the phone?
    Installing the app will simply allow you to locate a different iDevice.
    You don’t need to use it to locate the iPhone in your hands. If it’s not in your hands, you cannot use the app on that device...

  • How to erase all content ?

    Hi, I have just bought a nice 32GB 3GS and would like to give my 3G to my daughter. I would like to erase all content before giving to her, to make it like new. This 3G iPhone is factory unlocked (Australia) so how should I proceed ? Thank you !

    http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPod_touch_3.1_UserGuide.pdf

  • Why does it say its going to erase my iphone from my account when i try to erase all content from my phone?

    I am trying to factory reset my Iphone5 by clicking settings>General>Reset>Erase all Content and Settings. After this is displays a window saying Password Required enter your Apple ID password to erase this IPhone and remove it from your account. I don't want to erase the phone from my account I just want to erase what's on it so old notifications will stop showing up.

    The message means that you will be deleting your iCloud account from the device, and therefore removing it from Find My iPhone.  Erasing all content and settings completely erases your phone, including all your accounts and settings.  If you then set up your phone and sign back into your iCloud account, enabling Find My iPhone again (or restore your backup), it will then be associated with your account again.

  • Is there a way to erase all content from a 1st generation nano without connecting to my pc?

    Is there a way to erase all content on a 1st generation nano without connecting to my pc?

    No, you need to connect it to a computer running iTunes to manage the iPod's content (or erase it).

  • How to Erase all Content and Settings and keeping IOS 7.06?

    I'd like to participate the iPhone 5 Sleep/Wake Button Replacement Program, however than I'll have to Erase all Content and Settings and I'm afraid I'll loose IOS 7.06.

    If this is anything like standard warranty service, the unit you get back will be totally refurbished, which also means having it updated to the latest iOS release. The caveat in the program description hints this:
    Note: If your iPhone 5 has any damage such as a cracked screen which impairs the replacement of the sleep/wake button, that issue will need to be resolved prior to the sleep/wake button replacement. In some cases, there may be a cost associated with the repair.
    Also important to ask, does your phone have a faulty button in order to qualify for the repair?  They also clearly state:
    Apple will replace the sleep/wake button mechanism, free of charge, on iPhone 5 models that exhibit this issue and have a qualifying serial number.

  • How can I transfer pictures from my mac air to my iphone?

    How can I transfer my photos from my Mac Air to my iphone?

    Hello Whitslanding,
    The article linked below details how to use iTunes to sync your photos to your iPhone.
    iTunes: Syncing photos
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236
    Cheers,
    Allen

  • How to erase and start over on mac air

    How to erase and start over on mac air

    Click here and follow the instructions. If the computer originally shipped with Mac OS X 10.6.8 or earlier, when you reach step 5, connect its original thumbdrive, restart with the C or Option key held down, use the Disk Utility to erase the internal drive, and install a fresh OS.
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  • How to erase all content in MacBook Pro?

    I need to erase all data and content in my MacBook. How can I do this?

    1. Backup your data first.
    2. Make sure that you have your Apple ID and Password.
    2. Erase and Reinstall:   OS X Lion: Erase and reinstall Mac OS X

  • Erased all content from iPhone

    Hi All experts out there - Over the weekend I deleted my wife's old iPhone from FindmyIphone - Well that's what I thought, turns out it was both her old and new phones. That would have been fine, we had most of our contacts, calendars, reminders and notes to the icloud, but not her photo's - we recently had a baby which she has now lost all. They were not in Photo steam, they were only in camera roll, are they all lost, also why does these photo's not go into Photo stream automatically or even every 24 hours?? It effectively made the phone think it was brand new, with not even language selected?
    Need your thoughts please!!

    She needs to sync her phone to HER account on HER computer with HER iTunes library. Syncing with YOUR iTunes library does exactly what you described. By design.

  • How to 'Erase all Content and Settings' on iPad - When it says 'Incorrect Password or Apple ID', although Apple ID is correct on all other accounts

    Trying to delete all data and settings off iPad - when it says to type in password, it is then saying it is incorrect although the password is working fine on all other devices.

    The answer is here...
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2765287&tstart=0
    Thanks to Allan Sampson who has taken time to give me a detailled answer

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