How to format macbook air?

How to format macbook air Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 to factory settings without any restore?

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    How to connect MacBook Air OS 10.8.2 to wireless HP Officejet all in one 4630 e printer

    Greetings loschach,
    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
    I understand that you would like to set up wireless printing with your Mac running Mountain Lion. To complete this task, please read over and work through the instructions located in the attached article. 
    OS X Mountain Lion: Set up a printer to print wirelessly
    Cheers,
    Joe

  • How come my macbook air has so little space. I deleted everything that I don't need and everything that has the most space I'm told NOT to delete. Everything I find is in either KB or very low MB.

    How come my macbook air has so little space. I deleted everything that I don't need and everything that has the most space I'm told NOT to delete. Everything I find is in either KB or very low MB.

    Check what is in your SSD/ storage on your macbook  Apple Icon >   about this mac > more info >  STORAGE tab on top
    recommend handy useful APPS such as :
    Disk Expert
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/disk-expert/id488920185?mt=12
    Disk Map
    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/disk-map/id715464874?mt=12
    dont need them, but theyre very useful.
    also the best is DAISY DISK
    https://itunes.apple.com/app/daisydisk/id411643860?mt=12&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
    See here for answer about the OTHER which is taking up space:
    http://pondini.org/TM/30.html
    and here:
    http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
    See Kappys excellent note on the rest of “other” files taking up your space:
    What is "Other" and What Can I Do About It?
    see here:
    Your Solid State Drive and having enough space inside your Macbook Air & Pro
    Solid State Drive usage premise, or the “more space / upgrade SSD” question
    There have been questions posed and positions taken by many people who are trying to use their Macbook Air or Pro’s solid state drive (SSD) as a mass media storage device, for either pictures, videos, massive music collections or all three combined; but this should not be the working premise of a ‘limited’ SSD and its use.
    In which, it’s the case of those users with either 128GB, 256GB, or even 512GB of internal SSD space, that have or are running “out of space”, that questions are raised. The immediate premise of some users can sometimes be “(how to / if) upgrading my SSD” when in fact in nearly all instances another approach is the logical and sensible one that needs to be looked into and exercised.
    Any Macbook containing a SSD should be idealized as a ‘working platform’ notebook containing all your applications, documents, and weekly or bi-weekly necessary files. All collections of media files such as pictures, music, and videos, unless directly needed should be kept off the notebook and on an external hard drive or likewise. While the ‘working platform’ premise is also the case with larger internal conventional hard drives of 1TB+, its implementation isn't as critical except in terms of data protection.
    Realistically, you should at most coordinate roughly 20 to 25% of your total SSD space to all audio-video personal use media (picture / music / video collections), leaving the remaining amount on an external HD.
    Nobody should consider any notebook a data storage device at any time under any circumstance, rather a data creation, sending, and manipulation device; and in the case of a SSD, this is more important for purposes of having sufficient working space on the SSD and reducing SSD ‘bloat’ in which cases someone is wrongly attempting to use the SSD space as a large media storage nexus.
    The rare exception to the collective usage and premise of SSD use in which a much larger SSD is truly needed are for those in video and photography professions that require both the extremely fast speeds of the SSD and the onboard storage for large and or many video and photography files. However this also falls under the premise of a ‘working platform’ for such peoples rather than the intent of many who are using the SSD as passive and static data storage for media files very infrequently needed or accessed.
    All on-notebook data collections should be logically approached as to necessity, and evaluated as to whether it is active or passive data that likely doesn’t need to be on the notebook, allocations of space-percentages to as-needed work and use, apportioning space for your entertainment media, and questioning whether it should it be on the notebook for more than short-term consumption.
    Considerations should be made in the mind of any user in differentiating the necessary system data (System hub) comprising the Mac OSX, applications, necessary documents that both must and should be on your internal SSD, and that of the users personal data (Data hub) comprising created files, pictures, music, videos, PDF files, data created or being created and otherwise, that likely unless being used soon or often should be parked on an external hard drive for consumption, or temporarily loading onto the internal SSD.
    You both can and should purchase whichever SSD size you need or see fit, but even in the case of the largest of SSD, unless use-considerations are made, and SSD spaces are allocated as should be the case indicated above, one can easily and immediately run into this quandary of “needing more internal SSD space”, in which instance a different approach in usage must then be implemented.
    However it is almost always the case, that such large media files are wanted to be stored internally rather than actually needed, in which case the external HD is both prudent as well as necessary. Additionally costs per MB are infinitely less on an external HD than an internal SSD in any consideration of data expansion needs.
    A Professional Example
    In the case of a Macbook Air or Macbook Pro Retina with ‘limited’ storage on the SSD, this distinction becomes more important in that in an ever rapidly increasing file-size world, you keep vital large media files, pics, video, PDF collections, music off your SSD and archived on external storage, for sake of the necessary room for your system to have free space to operate, store future applications and general workspace. 
    You should also never be put in the position of considering “deleting things” on your Macbook SSD in order to ‘make space’. This is especially what your external HD is for.
    Professionals who create and import very large amounts of data have almost no change in the available space on their notebooks internal SSD because they are constantly archiving data to arrays of external or networked HD.
    Or in the case of the consumer this means you keep folders for large imported or created data and you ritually offload and archive this data for safekeeping, not only to safeguard the data in case your Macbook has a SSD crash, or gets stolen, but importantly in keeping the ‘breathing room’ open for your notebook to operate, expand, create files, add applications, for your APPS to create temp files, and for general operation.
    Slim USB3 1TB external hard drive
    External Hard Drives
    External hard drives are both extremely cheap and regardless of the size of your internal SSD (or even internal hard drive if the case), you need an external hard drive with your SSD equipped Macbook for several reasons:
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    2. Redundancy for important data.
    3. Necessitated ideal space for large media files for collections of pictures, videos, and music etc.
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    External hard drives are a foregone necessity for purchase with any Macbook for at the very least Time Machine backups, data redundancies, and ideally for large media storage.

  • Formating MacBook Air, Problem with Microsoft Office

    So last year I bought a MacBook Air 11" 120GB
    now I live in Madrid and it was out of space so I decided to Format it.
    This I thought  was easy used time machine to create a back up.... created a seperate folder with what I wanted in my laptop (pictures, music, movies, copied everything that said office on it) did the restart comand R... erased disc..... started from scratch... everything worked.... Except Office....
    I no longer have the key or the discs.... So I restored using Time machine... and the computer works great... it just dosent have any room on the disk....
    IS THERE A WAY TO format the disc and then install office (2011) without the discs and key???
    ONE more thing... might as well get it out of the way.... my sister just bought her first mac... she had been using my iphoto for some time to download her pictures... how can i export her pictures to her new macbook without losing the information that is atached to them... like location time etc...
    p.s. english is not my first language sorry for spelling...

    Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
      1. See Lion/Mountain Lion's Storage Display.
      2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
      3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
      4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
      5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
      6. See The Storage Display.
    You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
    You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
    Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

  • Anyone know how to determine Macbook Air screen tech? Causing migraines

    Hi There,
    Last year, I expereinced a lot of mild migraines which I've traced back to a new Macbook Air.
    At first I had no idea of the cause (diet, stress etc) but have noticed that my eyes feel uncomfortable looking at the screen of my Macbook Air (I don't have this issue with my Dell monitor).
    My eyes don't hurt per se, but I can detect a sublte jittering with the screen - which can turn into a migraine.
    After doing a bit of research, it seems like most (but not all) LCD and LED LCD displays use something called pulse-width modulation to control brightness but after calling Apple support, they told me my MBA doesn't use this technology.
    Does anyone know how to determine the underlaying technology in Apple displays so I can research the cauase of my headaches? I found a good Ukranian website (in english) that explained pulse-width modulation but it didn't really talk about other technologies.
    Any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.
    Cheers
    Ben

    What version of OS X are you using? If Yosemite, you need to update to 10.10.1 or higher.
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  • How to connect Macbook air to tv via airplay ?

    How do I connect my Macbook Air to tv via Apple TV and airplay ?

    Hello wayneharlow
    You should see an AirPlay button in the Menu Bar in the upper right hand corner near the Date and Time. If you do not see it, then you may need to turn it on to show up there, then it is a matter of selecting the Apple TV from that drop down menu. Check out the article below for more information and troubleshooting if needed.
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5404
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  • How to unlock MacBook Air System Pim Code

    I have a big problem for my MacBook Air (A1370) System Lock Pim Code. How to unlock System Pim Code for MacBook Air (A1370) ?

    You have to take the computer to the Apple store along with ownership documents like invoice.
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  • How to use macbook air as ereader

    I'm interested in a new Macbook Air. I'd like to know how to use it as an ereader.

    I would use the Kindle app for Mac.  If you use iBooks on an iPad or iPhone, this is not a good solution but until Apple provides iBooks for Mac, there is no good solution. 
    There may be a way to download an iBook, convert it to PDF and upload it to the Mac, it sounds complicated.

  • How update my macbook air from OS X 10.5.8 to newest OS

    how I can update my MacBook Air from OS X 10.5.8 to newer OS avalaible

    You can't directly upgrade from 10.5 - call Apple and purchase 10.6. Back up your computer and install 10.6. I'm not sure what version of 10.6 you'll get - you may need to download an update to 10.6 before you can upgrade to 10.8 because the App Store wasn't part of the original 10.6 - it came with the 10.6.8 update if I remember properly. Once you've upgraded to 10.6 and have the App store you can upgrade to 10.8.

  • How fast is Macbook Air 11 inch wifi?

    Hi
    I have a Macbook air 11 inch 2015 and Asus ac87u router.
    I alway getting 867mbps when i connected to the router, I thought AC could go up to 1gbps+.
    How fast can the macbook air go?
    Thanks

    1Gbps is a theoretical speed - you aren’t going to get that speed and what you are getting is among the fastest I’ve seen. There are several things that bring you below the theoretical speed which includes inference, congestion, how far you are from the router, the number of connections to the router, and network ‘housekeeping’.

  • How to restore macbook air

    My Macbook Air starts up and freezes on the Apple logo with the loading spiral and wont do anything else from there.
    Is there a way that I can completely restore the macbook air - there's nothing important on it that I need.
    Thanks,
    Andy

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    If possible backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive.
    Boot to the Recovery HD:
    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
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  • How to erase Macbook Air without disc or cd

    I am trying to erase my macbook air and i dont know how.

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  • How to buy MacBook Air in Germany?

    I am studying at a German University, and I need to buy a Macbook Air. But I don't have a credit card, I only have a Maestro card, how can I pay?

    since we're all users here in this forum, it will be hard to give you the right answer.
    why don't you got to the apple store in Hamburg or Frankfurt in person if those cities are close to you.
    maybe they can help you with your issues.
    good luck

  • How to mirror MacBook Air display to iMac?

    Essentially, I want to use my iMac as an external monitor for my MacBook Air. I want to be able to use my laptop keyboard to type on my iMac.
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    Apple has a very useful way of using the display of one compatible computer as an extra monitor for another compatible computer - such as using your iMac as a display for your MacBook Air. This is called Target Display Mode.
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    Best,
    Brett L 

  • How to set MacBook air up as mobile device to sync a portion of music from iTunes?

    In itunes, I would like to set my MacBook air up as if it was a portable device. I have lots of music on a desktop pc and would like my MacBook to sync a portion of it. That way, when I'm out and about, I have my latest music with me. Does anyone know how I could do this? I apologise if this is the wrong forum.

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