How do I factory reset my MacBook Air with USB?

How do I factory reset my MacBook Air with USB?

How to Factory Reset a Mac Using Recovery Mode

1. Restart your Mac.
2. Then press and hold the Command + R keys until you see the Apple logo appear.
3. Next, select Disk Utility.
4. Then select Continue.
5. In the Disk Utility window, click View.
6. Then select Show All Devices.
7. Select the drive you want to erase.
8. Then click Erase.

How do you force a factory reset on a MacBook Air?

How to reset a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro

1. Hold down the Command and R keys on the keyboard and turn on the Mac.
2. Select your language and continue.
3. Choose Disk Utility and click Continue.
4. Choose your startup disk (named Macintosh HD by default) from the sidebar and click the Erase button.

How do you turn on a MacBook Air 2011?

Press the Shift+Control+Option keys at the left side of the keyboard and the Power button, and hold them all down. Release all four buttons at the same time, and then press the Power button to turn the Mac on.

How do I restore my MacBook Air to factory settings 2010?

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1. Restart your Mac.
2. Select Disk Utility and click Continue.
3. Select your startup disk on the left and click the Erase tab.
4. Choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) from the Format menu, enter a name, and then click Erase.
5. Select Reinstall OS X, click Continue, and then follow the instructions on your screen.

How do I reset my MacBook Air to factory settings?

Insert the disc into the optical drive and restart the computer. After the chime press and hold down the ” C ” key. Release the key when you see a small spinning gear appear below the dark gray Apple logo. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button.

How to fix the keyboard on a MacBook Air?

1 Shut down your MacBook Air. 2 Press the Shift, Control and Option keys on the left side on your keyboard and the Power buttons at the same time. 3 Turn on your MacBook Air. More

What to do if your MacBook Air has no recovery partition?

Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time. Release the keys. After resetting the NVRAM, attempt to start the MBA normally.

When did the MacBook Air come with recovery?

Your original post indicated “Macbook Air 2011.” Macbook Airs, until mid/late-2011, came with OS 10.6 and did not come with recovery partitions. Only after August 2011 did they begin to ship with Lion, which did come with a recovery partirion.