How to Reset Your Mac

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How to Reset Your Mac

• Apple keeps releasing the new versions of Mac
  with new features frequently. The Apple
  enthusiasts cannot resist themselves from buying
  the new Mac products. Are you planning to sell
  your Mac system to buy the latest version of it?
  Well, before selling your Mac you should Reset it
  to factory settings and leave no data of yours in
  the system so that the new owner cannot access it.

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Heres how to reset your Mac systemCreate Backup
of your Mac

• While planning to reset any device, it is always
  recommended to create a backup of the device. A
  backup keeps all the files and data of Mac which
  can be used anywhere anytime in any Mac system.
  So before resetting the Mac, lets create the
  backup of data stored in your system.
• Connect an external hard drive to the system.
• Go to System Preferences and turn on Time
  Machine.
• Click on the Select Disk tab. Now you will be
  asked to select the drive to use the Time
  Machine.
• Time Machine will prompt you to use the disk as a
  backup location.
• Select to encrypt the backup with a password.
• If the drive is not formatted, then Time Machine
  will prompt you to format the backup.
• Click the Options button to exclude volumes from
  backups.
• Now, the Time Machine will automatically create
  the backup in regular time.

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Deauthorize This Computer

• Up to 5 computers are authorized to run the
  content of your Mac. Thus, selecting Deauthorize,
  This Computer will disconnect the link with
  iTunes account.
• Open iTunes on your Mac.
• Click on Account option present in the menu bar.
• Go to Authorize and select Deauthorize This
  Computer.
• Now, enter your Apple ID and password.
• Finally, select Deauthorize.

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Turn Off FileVault

• Disable the security feature, FileVault
  responsible for encrypting data on the disk from
  unauthorized access.
• Click to open Apple menu and select System
  Preferences from the menu.
• Select Security Privacy tab.
• Click the FileVault tab from the upper bar.
• Now, select the Click the lock to prevent further
  changes.
• Enter the login credentials of the administrator.
• Click to turn off the FileVault.

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Sign out from everything

• If you have planned to sell your Mac, then you
  must sign out of the services like iTunes, iCloud
  in order to avoid the complication with the new
  owner downloading the software which was licensed
  by you.
• Signing out of iTunes
• Open iTunes and click Account from the Menu bar.
• Select to Sign out.
• Signing out of iMessages
• Open the Messages in your system.
• Now, go to the Menu bar in the top left corner
  and click Messages.
• Select the Preferences option.
• Now select iMessage account and click Sign Out.

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Signing out of iCloud

• Click Apple icon and go to System Preferences.
• Click on iCloud and go to Find My Mac.
• Uncheck the box and enter the system password.
• Click to Sign out and then select remove data
  from this Mac.
• The resetting might take some time to, but the
  methods are accurate to wipe out all the data
  from your Mac. But before that, it is a bit of
  advice to create the backup in order to keep the
  data safe so that you can restore and access it
  in your new Mac system.

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• John Martin is a Microsoft Office expert and has
  been working in the technical industry since
  2002. As a technical expert, Samuel has written
  technical blogs, manuals, white papers, and
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