How clean programs without a fresh install?

atp160 · atp160 #1 (**permalink**)

05-04-2010, 01:50 AM

I have a MacBook Air that I am selling and would like to remove certain documents and photos without having to do a fresh install of the OS system. Any suggestions? New to the Apple world, thank you.

Collin Bl · Collin Bl #2 (**permalink**)

05-04-2010, 05:18 AM

You could go into Sys Pefs > Accounts and click the + to add a new User. Make sure it is an Admin User then log into that user and then delete the old user which will get rid of your old User data but not the network settings. Not tried it on a MBA but it should work.

atp160 · atp160 #3 (**permalink**)

05-04-2010, 07:59 AM

Thank you.

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atp160 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 22	05-04-2010, 01:50 AM I have a MacBook Air that I am selling and would like to remove certain documents and photos without having to do a fresh install of the OS system. Any suggestions? New to the Apple world, thank you.
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Collin Bl #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 07, 2009 Location: Napier NZ Posts: 3,273 Mac Specs: 27 iMac i5, 2.4 C2D MBP & iMac 20, 1TB dual TC, AppleTV, iPh4	05-04-2010, 05:18 AM You could go into Sys Pefs > Accounts and click the + to add a new User. Make sure it is an Admin User then log into that user and then delete the old user which will get rid of your old User data but not the network settings. Not tried it on a MBA but it should work.
	QUOTE Thanks

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