Hi Paul, Didn’t you receive my response yesterday regarding your challenge? Do you live in the UK? If yes, I could give you a ring to help a little.
Andrew > On Feb 26, 2018, at 6:52 PM, Paul Hopewell <hopew...@hopewell.org.uk> wrote: > > Hello, > I am preparing a 2008 iMac for disposal. It is running Mac OS 10.11.6. It has > a. 319 GB hard disk. I need to reformat that disk to get rid of all private > data and then re-install Mac OS. I have to use wifi to connect the iMac to > the internet. > I found the Apple info on this rather confusing. > I tried pressing option-command-r during startup and got to the recovery > utility via the internet. That ddid not seem to offer a way to erase my hard > disk other than via disk utility. IF I use disk utility to erase the hard > disk then will recovery utility still run? Note that I do not seem to have a > recovery partition on my hard disk. > > Could I instead just delete the contents of my Library, Documents, Music, and > Pictures folders and then re-install Mac OS from the App Store? If I delete > the contents of the Library folder will Mac OS still run? > > What is the easiest way to prepare my Mac for disposal using VoiceOver? > > Many thanks…. > > Paul Hopewell > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
