How do I restore my Mac to original?

The best way to restore your Mac to factory settings is to erase your hard drive and reinstall macOS. After macOS installation is complete, the Mac restarts to a setup assistant that asks you to choose a country or region. To leave the Mac in an out-of-box state, don’t continue setup.

How do I run first aid from recovery on my MacBook air?

Repair a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

1. In the Disk Utility app on your Mac, choose View > Show All Devices.
2. In the sidebar, select a volume, then click the First Aid button .
3. In the First Aid dialog, click Run, then follow the onscreen instructions.
4. When the First Aid process is complete, click Done.

How do I restore my MacBook Air in recovery mode?

How to start Mac in Recovery Mode

1. Click on Apple logo at the top left of the screen.
2. Select Restart.
3. Immediately hold down the Command and R keys until you see an Apple logo or spinning globe.
4. Eventually your Mac will show the Recovery Mode Utilities window with the following options:

How do I reinstall Mac Lion without CD?

The procedure is as follows:

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.

How to reinstall OS X Lion on MacBook Air?

[Solution] Cant Reinstall Mac OS X Lion on MacBook Air 1 Press alt+power button 2 Choose Utilities –> erase Macintosh HD 3 Reinstall the Mountain Lion OS X through internet. See More….

When did MacBook Air come with recovery partition?

Macbook Airs, until mid/late-2011, came with OS 10.6 and did not come with recovery partitions. Only after August 2011 did they begin to ship with Lion, which did come with a recovery partirion. The ones that shipped with OS 10.6 came with a thumb USB drive from which one can restore the machine to its original state.

Can you do internet recovery with Mac OS X Lion?

Thank you. Your Mac shipped with Lion. Which means you can do an Internet Recovery startup by turning the Mac on and immediately holding down the *Command+Option+R keys^ . This will boot the Mac to its firmware.

Is there a recovery partition for Mac OS X Lion?

(Note to “file sharers” – you might NOT want to distribute the “InstallESD.dmg” file on sharing sites as it may contain your Apple ID or may prevent you from getting updates.) Lion already has a recovery partition– this is actually very useful to use should you need to do some disk repairs.