I am donating my old MacBook. Need to know how to erase my personal info. Don't need to back up.

My MacBook is Mac OS X version 10.4.11. I am donating it to a charity and need to know how to erase all my personal information.

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http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=MacBook5,2
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I'm in the same boat. I have an older 13" black MacBook and bought a new 13" MacBook Pro. Your outline isnt' what I experience, yet it's similar to the Apple Article at
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1820
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monique13 wrote:
from what i have heard this is a common problem. at first my sound occassionally didnt work but now the sound icon in my tool bar at top of screen has gone and there are no settings to get it back. my sound has completely stopped working
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