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I have a "non current" macbook air that I've been wanting to do a security clean install on forever but it doesn't qualify for internet recovery for some reason
by tolmasky 14y ago
I have a "non current" macbook air that I've been wanting to do a security clean install on forever but it doesn't qualify for internet recovery for some reason. Its a 2010 Macbook Air. How do I do a secure wipe of the drive and reinstall ML on this thing?
- arrrg 14y agoIt’s pretty easy: http://eggfreckles.net/notes/installing-mountain-lion-clean/ http://eggfreckles.net/notes/installing-mountain-lion-clean/ I have used this procedure many times, it works like a charm. However, I do want Apple to provide a more obvious way of doing just that. It would be great if their tool for creating a bootable recovery manager worked just with the OS X install app as a source. But to be honest, I do not think that doing a clean install is a good idea for the most people and for defect HDDs, new Macs at least come with internet recovery (but the older ones are still a problem).