
Sometimes, when bad things happen to your Mac, you’ll have to do the dirty deed and reset it. Fortunately, all it takes to restore your Mac or MacBook to factory settings are a few easy steps. You should be able to preserve your most valuable documents and photos, so don’t worry.
Consider looking at the Time Machine app before attempting to reset your MacBook. Initially, you require an independent backup disk, which might be any external hard drive or USB drive (ideally, one with a larger capacity than the internal drive of your Mac). Utilize Launchpad to look for Time Machine. To add a backup disk, follow the steps displayed on the screen. Once that’s finished, you should click the tiny clock symbol in the upper right corner of your Mac. If there is a “Back up now” option, select it. You should be able to see the last time Time Machine backed up your device.
You should launch the Migration Assistant if you’re trying to move to a different Mac and don’t have an external drive. Open Settings and put “Transfer or Reset” into the search bar on the more current macOS versions—Ventura or later.
The tab with the Migration Assistant’s settings and the “Erase All Content and Settings” button will appear. If you are able, transfer all of your crucial files, preferences, and applications to a different Mac using the Migration Assistant. Sadly, you are unable to move files from a Mac computer to a Windows computer using this program. To transfer all of your data, you just need to follow the steps after connecting to another Mac that is close by.
However, you must first open the Erase Assistant if you really want to reset the Mac. You will be prompted to enter your Mac’s administrator password after choosing Erase All Content and Settings (however, there is an alternative method that requires navigating the macOS tools to reset your MacBook without a password). A popup labeled “Erase All Content & Settings” will then appear, alerting you to all the various details the Mac intends to remove. In order to back up your data, the Mac may prompt you to use Time Machine.
If not, you will still need to enter your admin password and sign out of any associated Apple ID before seeing a window with a large red button that says “Erase all Content and Settings.” This may require you to authenticate with any connected device using 2FA.
When you hit that, your screen will turn black and reset. A progress bar indicating the status of the reset may appear. After that’s finished, you’ll need to connect to the WiFi and any WiFi accessories by following the standard procedure. After that’s finished, you may click the Restart arrow to bring up the screen just like when you first set up your Mac.
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