Restore Mac Pro

[graley]

I have a Mac Pro, mid 2010, and I want to sell it.
How do I convert it to the as delivered factory condition ?

 

[h9826790]

Boot form the DVD come with your Mac Pro. Use the disk utility there to erase the HDD and install the stock OSX back.

 

[graley]

Boot form the DVD come with your Mac Pro. Use the disk utility there to erase the HDD and install the stock OSX back.

Thanks. I forgot they were the days of systems on DVDs . I even just found the original DVD.

 

[graley]

Thanks. I forgot they were the days of systems on DVDs . I even just found the original DVD.

I notice the boot DVD is OS 10.6.4
To be fair I think I should sell it with latest system.
I wonder if it is possible to go from that old system to Yosemite ?.

 

[h9826790]

I didn't try, but AFAIK, you can, just download the and run the installer from AppStore (download by another machine or upgrade to the latest Snow leopard).

 

[keysofanxiety]

I notice the boot DVD is OS 10.6.4
To be fair I think I should sell it with latest system.
I wonder if it is possible to go from that old system to Yosemite ?.

Update to Yosemite within the OS. Then hold Cmd+R on startup. This will boot into OS X Utilities.

Open Disk Utility, wipe Macintosh HD. Go to 'Reinstall OS X'. Install to your newly-formatted Macintosh HD partition.

Then it'll go through the first-time setup once it's all installed, and you can just turn it off from there. As soon as the user turns it on, it'll be the brand-new setup; latest OS too.

Please quote this if you have any further queries or run into any problems.