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  1. G

    Deleted my Macintosh hd, only have ssd thats unformatted

    I have a MacBook Pro from late 2016, and in an effort to fix stuff, I ended up deleting my Macintosh hd. Now, under internal disks, I have ”apple ssd…” ive seen other threads talk about reformatting the the internal drive using a bootable thumb drive but that’s where I get stuck. I have a...
  2. LParisIV

    can a reformat part of an external HD

    I have a large HD which I divided into 2 partitions. One is just for saving photos. the other actually contains a software program which drags photos out of my Macbook Pro HD (from My photos, email etc) and puts them in one place. I was having problems with it and the tech support for the...
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    Old Mac HD Space

    Hi there, I have a Macbook Air from around 2013 (which is not that old, come on...) and I want to partition the HD to install Windows. Unfortunately I only have the 128GB SSD HD which doesn't give me much space so I've been trying to find space wherever I can. I think I can still get some 15 GB...
  4. A_Dailey

    OS X Utilities

    Hello all! I'm working with a non profit program with my school. We are donating computers to schools and students in need. We were given a TON Of macs, I believe they are all of the same model. I was given the task to clear and reinstall the Operating System, but it asks for an apple...