Restoring my Macbook Pro to Factory Settings?

[sopngeo]

So I bought a used Macbook pro and I want to restore it to factory setting so it's like new, but I don't have any disks or anything.

I have checked the partition and it says it has 'GUID something something'. I have looked and I could buy the recovery disks off ebay?

could something help me understand if I need to buy the disks or if I already have the restore stuff in my partition?

If i do need to get disks which ones should I get (Snow leopard? ect)

I really appreciate any help! thank you

George Kinghorn

 

[Spawn_Dooley]

Go to the  in the upper left of Finder and choose "About This Mac" or something like it and post back what it says re: Mac OS X Version … then I can further advise you on what to do.

 

[sopngeo]

Thanks,

The info is:

Mac OS x
Version 10.6.8

Processor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5

Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

is this enough info? thanks!

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,

Yes you need the SN disks. The Snow Leopard disks you get from Apple very cheaply here, then use to restore to out of the box condition.
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

I personally do not recommend buying from EBay. Re installing OS X have a look here to save me writing a long post.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3910?viewlocale=en_US

 

[sopngeo]

Hi,

Snow Leopard disks you get from Apple very cheaply here, then use you restore to out of the box condition.
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

Thanks!
Can you buy these in an apple store?

Cheers

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,

Yes that was my first link.

 

[sopngeo]

Hi,

Yes that was my first link.

Brill thanks, I mean physically in a shop, rather than order online?

thank you very much for the reply

 

[oldscribe]

Hi,

As far as I'm aware it's an order item only.

 

[sopngeo]

Hi,

As far as I'm aware it's an order item only.

Okay, thank you

 

[oldscribe]

Your most welcome, enjoy the Mac.