Design & Illustration Development Music & Audio Photography 3D & Motion Graphics Game Development Computer Skills Crafts & DIY Business Search Tuts+ Tutorials Courses Premium Jobs Blog Categories Software & Tools Series How to Format Your Mac's Hard Drive By Johnny Winter, 16 Sep 2013 Tweet 0 0 Unlike personal computers that run Microsoft Windows, it should not be necessary to completely reformat the hard drive, once a year, to reinstall the operating system. You will find that OS X is very stable in comparison, it defragments its hard drive on an ongoing basis and it does not get bogged down with additional software in the way that a Windows machine does. There may be occasions, however, when you want to reformat your Mac's hard drive. In this tutorial, I will show you how to reformat the hard drive in your Mac and reinstall OS X for that factory fresh finish. The Reasons for Reformatting There may be times that you do wish to start again, from scratch. It may be that it is cathartic to get rid of a load of applications and just install the ones that you really need, or it may be that you are selling the machine – or passing it on – and you want to revert the machine to factory settings. By doing this, you ensure that none of your personal data remains and the recipient is in receipt of a Mac with an operating system that is as fresh as when it first left the factory. Backup, Backup, Backup Your Data! I can not emphasise this strongly enough. Backup your data before proceeding. The instructions that I will give, in this tutorial, will have catastrophic consequences if you have data that you need to keep and do not backup first. Computer Skills 6 Like
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Unlike personal computers that run Microsoft Windows, it should not be necessary to completely
reformat the hard drive, once a year, to reinstall the operating system. You will find that OS X is
very stable in comparison, it defragments its hard drive on an ongoing basis and it does not get
bogged down with additional software in the way that a Windows machine does.
There may be occasions, however, when you want to reformat your Mac's hard drive. In this
tutorial, I will show you how to reformat the hard drive in your Mac and reinstall OS X for that factory
fresh finish.
The Reasons for Reformatting
There may be times that you do wish to start again, from scratch. It may be that it is cathartic to get
rid of a load of applications and just install the ones that you really need, or it may be that you are
selling the machine – or passing it on – and you want to revert the machine to factory settings.
By doing this, you ensure that none of your personal data remains and the recipient is in receipt of
a Mac with an operating system that is as fresh as when it first left the factory.
Backup, Backup, Backup Your Data!
I can not emphasise this strongly enough. Backup your data before proceeding. The instructions
that I will give, in this tutorial, will have catastrophic consequences if you have data that you need to