How do I restore my factory settings on my macbook pro without a disk?
The other answer (ending with "i am a genius") is for creating a new admin account if you can't log in to your original account. Useful, but not what you asked. You also mentioned the type of computer, which is nice... but useless. We really need the OS version. My answer is for OS 10.7 or later. Even though I don't think you need to erase, here is how to do it.... – Restart while holding command and R keys for 45 seconds. – Go past the language choice. – Select "Disk Utility". – Select "Macintosh HD" at left. – Select the "Erase" tab and click "Erase". – When that's done, quit Disk Utility and select "Reinstall Mac OS X". What makes you think erasing the drive is needed? The only reason to erase a drive is to repair errors in the file system that cannot be repaired using Disk Utility. Yes, I know 90% of the PC geeks out there love to erase to get rid of "hidden dust bunnies and gremlins", but your Mac system doesn't suffer from that. You can remove all Login Items (that might cause slow performance) in the System Preferences > Users & Groups. All your stuff (downloads, settings, browser history, bookmarks, documents, music, movies, photos) is in your home folder, unless you went far out of your way to save some stuff outside of it. The simple way to remove "yourself" is to create a new admin account and delete the original. Then you don't risk the pitfalls of the "Restore" process. – System Preferences > Users & Groups. – Click the padlock icon if it is closed, and type your password. – Click the + sign and create a new account, change the "New Account" drop list to "Administrator". – When that's done, quit System Preferences. (If it asks about "Automatic login", agree to turn it off.) – Log out or restart, and log in as the new account. – System Preferences > Users & Groups. – Click the padlock icon if it is closed, and type your password. – Select the original account, and click the - sign to delete it. – Choose whatever you wish for the next step. Saving in a disk image allows you to make that backup. If the new account is some name you don't relish, such as "test", you can create a new "Jasmine" account after deleting the old one and then log into it. Keep the "test" account as a troubleshooting aid. <0-0>
How can i reset my macbook pro to its factory settings?
For OS 10.7.... -- Restart holding command (⌘) and the R key for 45 seconds. -- Coose "Disk Utility". -- Erase. -- Quit Disk Utility. -- Choose "Reinstall Mac OS X". For OS 10.6.8 or earlier.... You cannot add any apps or any OS to an empty HDD without some DVD or other HDD that has that stuff on it. You can't get software out of thin air. You can create a new user and delete the old user. That's as close as you will get. so.... [All typing commands that follow require strict adherence to the exact spelling. This includes noticing where there is a space between characters and where there is no space.] Boot to single-user mode (hold ⌘ and the S key for 45 seconds at startup). Type: /sbin/mount -uw / Press Return. {Nothing appears to happen, no problem.} Type: rm /var/db/.applesetupdone Press Return. Type: reboot Press Return. {Now stuff appears to happen.} Setup Assistant appears. Create a new account, but be sure to choose a different short name than that of the original [[short name is the name of the user account folder]]. Then open System Preferences > Accounts. Select the old account, and delete it (the - sign).