Hello Fellow WAMUGGERS, All good, reset the MacBook Pro to Factory Settings today. Enjoy your weekend. Kind Regards Tony Francis BODDINGTON W.A.
> On 8 Dec 2023, at 5:02 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Guy’s > I have a 2008 Mac Book Pro that I want to return to factory settings, as I am > giving it away as a gift. > The MacBook Pro is operating Yosemite 10.10.5. > I have tried researching on line but the more you read the more confusing it > becomes, so I return to WAMUG for the security and sound advice. > Thanks guy’s > Tony Francis > Boddington > WA. > >> On 14 Oct 2023, at 1:52 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you to the members that replied. I saved myself some grief. >> >> Kind Regards >> >> Tony Francis >> >> BODDINGTON >> >> W. A. >> >>>> On 12 Oct 2023, at 20:58, Daniel Kerr via WAMUG <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Tony >>> >>> Yes, as Tim mentioned, you don’t want to delete those, or you will lose it. >>> Recents is just a “ghost image” of where all your files are stored >>> currently in other places on the computers. So if you delete them, you’re >>> technically deleting the originals. >>> Easiest way to not see them, is to change what you see when you click on >>> Finder. >>> >>> To do that, go to Finder. >>> Then go to the Finder menu and click on Preferences. (Or Settings in >>> Ventura and above). >>> Then click on General. >>> Under “New Finder windows show” - you can then change “Recent” to say >>> “Documents” or your user directory (eg “Tony" or whatever your user account >>> is called). >>> Then close that window. >>> >>> Now, when you click on Finder (“the little smiley person on the left of the >>> Dock”), you’ll get taken to the folder you selected above. >>> I tend to have mine just open to my User directory, as then I can go to all >>> my main folders from there - Desktop, Documents, etc. >>> >>> Hope that helps. >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Daniel >>> >>> --- >>> Daniel Kerr >>> MacWizardry >>> >>> p : 0414 795 960 >>> e : <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> >>> w : <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >>> >>> >>> **For everything Apple** >>> >>> NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and >>> as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of >>> MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of >>> warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any >>> information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, >>> that permission by the author be requested. >>> >>>>> On 12 Oct 2023, at 5:06 pm, Anthony (Tony) Francis via WAMUG >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Guy’s >>>> Just a question, when opening the FINDER it opens with RECENT, can I just >>>> delete all of the recent activity? Or will I lose the original files? >>>> >>>> I know that I should know the answer but I’m just making sure. >>>> >>>> Thanks all >>>> >>>> Kind Regards >>>> >>>> Tony Francis >>>> >>>> BODDINGTON >>>> >>>> W.A. >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
