leave the Mac in an out-of-box state

Whats the best way to do a out of box state when passing a Mac to a new owner? I read that you can do it once you reinstall the OS at the welcome screen, is this the easiest way? I have the OS already installed.

Welcome to the Forums.

I have 2 links for you which cover the resale option very well, one of them to our own Forum.

Hope you find them useful.

Mac 101: Preparing your old Mac for sale or recycling
http://www.mac-forums.com/apple-notebooks/324526-giving-macbook-family-member.html

Ian

Hey, I think I sorted it. When I reinstalled OS after erasing HD etc I shut it down once it got to the welcome screen. I am hoping the process should be okay when the new owner starts up the machine and its starts from were I left off at the welcome screen.

Do not forget to disconnect it from you iTunes and iCloud accounts. The second link Ian provided you has an Apple Support site that tells you how to do that.

Reinstalling OS X does not do that as the mac's serial number is what associates it with any account it is connected to.

Lisa

Ianc2014 said:

Whats the best way to do a out of box state when passing a Mac to a new owner?

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A much clearer way of stating this is…"How to prepare a used Mac for new owner."

- Nick

Thanks, it doesn't matter as I have done it already.

Ianc2014 said:

Thanks, it doesn't matter as I have done it already.

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Maybe you think it "doesn't matter"…as you have done it already.

- But did you do a secure erase of the hard drive?
- Did you de-authorize the computer from a accounts such as iTines or an Apple ID?

* Nick