How do I format my Mac OS X base system?

How do I format my Mac OS X base system?

How to Wipe a Mac With an M1 Chip

1. Turn on your Mac and continue to press and hold the power button until the startup options window comes up.
2. When the Utilities window appears, select Disk Utility.
3. In the sidebar, choose Macintosh HD.
4. Click the “Erase” button, then select a file system format and enter a name for it.

How do I do a clean install of Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

What to Know

1. Insert the Snow Leopard install DVD. Double-click Install OS X > Utilities.
2. After reboot: Select language and Utilities. In the Apple menu bar, select Utilities > Disk Utilities > Format.
3. Follow the Snow Leopard basic install instructions to complete the installation.

How do I reset my Mac Snow Leopard?

Power on or restart your Mac. At the chime (or grey screen if your chime is turned off), hold down Command+S on your keyboard to enter single-user mode. This step is optional, but it’s a good idea because it checks the consistency of the hard disk before moving on. At the prompt, type fsck -fy and press Enter/Return.

How do I factory reset snow leopard without disc?

Copy the installation media

1. Open Disk Utility, and drag the Snow Leopard . dmg installer into the pane on the left.
2. Select the Snow Leopard .dmg you just dragged in from the list on the left, then the ‘Restore’ tab.
3. Drag the Snow Leopard .
4. Make sure “Erase Destination” is checked.
5. Click ‘Restore’.

What format works on Mac and Windows?

Windows uses NTFS while Mac OS uses HFS, and they’re incompatible with each other. However, you can format the drive to work with both Windows and Mac by using the exFAT filesystem.

How do I wipe Snow Leopard without a disk?

That is the only way unless you can:

1. Borrow a Snow Leopard DVD in order to use it to erase the drive and install Snow Leopard (it’s not legal to install Snow Leopard on more than one computer at a time.)
2. Connect the computer to another Mac that has Firewire ports with a Firewire cable.

How do I reinstall OSX without disc?

Reinstall Your Mac’s OS Without an Installation Disc

1. Turn your Mac on, while holding the CMD + R keys down.
2. Select “Disk Utility” and click on Continue.
3. Select the startup disk and go to the Erase Tab.
4. Select the Mac OS Extended (Journaled), give a name to your disk and click on Erase.
5. Disk Utility > Quit Disk Utility.