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#mac #reset #help

  1. R

    Resolved I want to restart my Imac COMPLETELY, however-

    I Was trying to reset this mac and went to Command.r and went to the utility disk where I may have accidentally deleted something I shouldn’t have, which I assume is Macintosh hd, I am completely lost in what to do now, in an attempt to find a solution I tried to download disk drill on the Mac...
  2. Chick-fil-ASauce

    Recovery hd is locked and cant download additional components for os lion.

    So my fiancé had his windows pc break and i had an extra mac (imac) and ive been trying so hard to factory reset this thing for him. The previous owner forgot their password and gave me the mac as a gift. i bought a new mac for myself cause i could never get it to work. I factory restored it by...
  3. annatheg

    HELP, please HELP

    I need some help, because I'm not tech-savvy. I tried to use Dosdudes1's Catalina Patcher to update my late 2008 aluminum macbook, using a 32 gigabyte flash drive. When it updated, my mac popped up as a recovery page, however the new catalina button styles were on the buttons, and there were new...
  4. M

    Help! Locked recovery drive on reinstall

    So I was trying to reset my Mac,( it is a late 2008 deskto I was running el Capitan), to sell it and I can’t reinstall the os, I looked up a thread earlier and found some useful stuff but I’ve hit a dead end and need help soon please I am trying to sell this computer for funds to get a better...