Hi Ys those instructions are pretty right. If you use the recovery console and start up disk utilities then highlight macintosh hd and erraise that volume, Don't erraise anything else or you cause yourself trouble.
Then once erraised close disk utilities and go to the reinstall os option in the utilities list and it will install your os as a clean installation from the os recovery partition The only choice you really have to make is where to install the os to and that should only be one drive possible. Good luck. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lee Jones Sent: Saturday, 14 October 2017 11:00 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Clean Install Dear List I want to do a clean install of High Sierra. I have never done one before, which is embarrassing as I have been using a mac for years. Can you do a clean install direct from the recovery partition without an external drive. On apple support it gives instructions for how to wipe your mac prior to sale, boot into the recovery partition, erase Macintosh HD, and then use the reinstall utility etc. Is this a clean install. I would be grateful for any advice you can give me. Kind Regards, Lee -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
