How to reformat Imac OS10.7
I just bought a new Imac, after did the migration from my old computer found out a lot of error, like fontbook not activated..... so just wanna reformat the Imac to Migrate again
Restart, holding down the CMD+R keys, and launch Disk Utility, wipe the HD, and reinstall Lion. Details in Recovery/ and About Lion Recovery. On first boot, use the Setup Assistant to do the migration. See Pondini's Setup New Mac guide.
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How do you reformat a MacBook Pro (OS X 10.7.3) 2011s Hard drive? I already backed up all the files I wanted to save. But since I have the new Macbook pro 2011 (only a few months since I got it) it didn't come with an installation disc, but instead already came with all the applications. I'm wondering how to reformat the hard drive so it wipes out everything and I can start fresh and what would happen to all the applications?Well Lion has a Lion Recovery Partition on the drive you can access by holding command r and booting, there you can erase the Lion OS X partition completely (all files and programs) and reinstall Lion or simply reinstall Lion if there is a issue with it (no programs or files are touched in this second procedure)
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https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
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disk utility can't repair the Macintosh HD, asking toback up all files as possible? and how to reformat the disk?
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There is no way to know up front whether you are facing a major Hardware failure or a minor software glitch, or something in between. Often you are forced to work from the drive you no longer trust. I continue to recommend you do this work from a different, fully functioning Mac OS X booted from a different drive.
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upgrade to mavericks, if you can - Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mavericks.
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hi im geezar how to reformat a macbookpro .???? without using a disk.???
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the problem is..... "Full memmory please delete some data"
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