{"id":1387,"date":"2024-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/reset-imac\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:31:42","slug":"reset-imac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/blog\/dev-setup\/reset-imac\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you reset my mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Create them an account at <a href=\"https:\/\/account.apple.com\">account.apple.com<\/a>, the shit already starts there, get ready to confirm the email once and your friends\u2019 phone like, literally, a gazillion times.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"the-steps\">The Steps<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Turn on the iMac AND<\/li>\n<li>Press and hold <code>Command + R<\/code> until it boots into Recovery Mode<\/li>\n<li>Reinstall macOS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If that worked great! 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