On 10 Jan 2013, at 21:14 , Jeff Weinberger <j...@jeffweinberger.com> wrote: > My wife's old Macbook Air's screen broke (actually the hinge, which has the > connector, making the screen useless), so she finally got a new one. Now a > friend of her's wants the old one (willing to pay to repair it rather than > buy one new/refurbished). > > So, I want to erase all the data, etc. and restore the air to just the OS > install. > > This is easy (start with cmd-R and reinstall) if I could see the screen, but > I can't.
Does your MacBook Air support a Target Disk Mode? (That is, is it a 2011 or later model) > Is there any way to use screen sharing (or the like) to see and control the > Air while it is started in recovery mode? No, I don't think so. > Or, alternatively, are there any other ways to erase the internal drive and > reinstall the OS? You would have to remove it, find something else to put it in, and then erase/reinstall. -- Windle shook his head sadly. Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind. --Reaper Man _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
