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Restore retina MBP to Factory Default
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<blockquote data-quote="cowbrain" data-source="post: 1593162" data-attributes="member: 95559"><p>Hello all</p><p></p><p>Bought the latest Retina MBP. Very nice machine, but pretty useless for my own needs. I need an onboard Firewire port (Thunderbolt adapter brings its own problems with DV capture into FCP) and an optical drive would be handy, too. Prefer a built-in, rather than an add-on)</p><p></p><p>Had it around 6 weeks,now, and have decided to 'downgrade' to a non retina model, which has everything I need on the machine.</p><p></p><p>My question is:<strong> How can I get the retina MBP back to its factory state</strong> (so the new owner will get the welcome screen - and none of my junk/info?) I've done this with previous Macbooks I've sold, but they always had OS discs, to help me achieve this.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance, CB</p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Can I edit the title of this thread to something more appropriate? EG Resetting MBP retina to factory settings? Thanks.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowbrain, post: 1593162, member: 95559"] Hello all Bought the latest Retina MBP. Very nice machine, but pretty useless for my own needs. I need an onboard Firewire port (Thunderbolt adapter brings its own problems with DV capture into FCP) and an optical drive would be handy, too. Prefer a built-in, rather than an add-on) Had it around 6 weeks,now, and have decided to 'downgrade' to a non retina model, which has everything I need on the machine. My question is:[B] How can I get the retina MBP back to its factory state[/B] (so the new owner will get the welcome screen - and none of my junk/info?) I've done this with previous Macbooks I've sold, but they always had OS discs, to help me achieve this. Thanks in advance, CB [I] Can I edit the title of this thread to something more appropriate? EG Resetting MBP retina to factory settings? Thanks.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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