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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1923507" data-attributes="member: 56379">There is no standard operating procedure...you should do whatever you are most comfortable with.&nbsp; Of course always makes sense to wipe the hard drive as well as possible before turning it over to someone else (individual or company).These refurbishing companies that give you some cash for your old computer have their own procedures that they follow...doesn't really matter what you do before sending it to them.&nbsp; Of course if you remove the hard drive before sending the computer to them...they will pay you less.Not sure if your 2012 MacBook Pro has an SSD or hard drive in it...either way...to erase the drive/storage you need to boot the computer into the Recovery Partition...then use Disk Utility to erase the main drive partition.&nbsp; For hard drives you have an extra erase feature available...and this is the &quot;Security Options&quot; button.&nbsp; This allows you to choose how many times to overwrite the drive with random sequences of 0's and 1's...making the erasing of the drive even more secure.Good luck,Nick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1923507, member: 56379"] There is no standard operating procedure...you should do whatever you are most comfortable with. Of course always makes sense to wipe the hard drive as well as possible before turning it over to someone else (individual or company). These refurbishing companies that give you some cash for your old computer have their own procedures that they follow...doesn't really matter what you do before sending it to them. Of course if you remove the hard drive before sending the computer to them...they will pay you less. Not sure if your 2012 MacBook Pro has an SSD or hard drive in it...either way...to erase the drive/storage you need to boot the computer into the Recovery Partition...then use Disk Utility to erase the main drive partition. For hard drives you have an extra erase feature available...and this is the "Security Options" button. This allows you to choose how many times to overwrite the drive with random sequences of 0's and 1's...making the erasing of the drive even more secure. Good luck, Nick [/QUOTE]

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