{"id":3227,"date":"2016-10-12T04:38:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T01:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2023-11-17T06:30:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T06:30:52","slug":"preparing-imac-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/preparing-imac-sale","title":{"rendered":"How to Prepare Your iMac For Sale &#8211; The Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You begin the process of preparing iMac for sale by choosing your model on our website. Once you have found the proper model, the next step is choosing how you wish to get paid. We can pay through PayPal, by check or with an Amazon gift card. All payments are processed on the next business day after your computer has been received and inspected. If you chose to receive payment via PayPal, the funds are available in one business day, and if you chose to be paid by gift card or check for the device you sell, we provide the tracking number of your check or gift card. Either way, you can be sure that you will get paid for your computer you want to sell.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#How_to_Reset_your_Mac_Before_Selling_it_Video\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> How to Reset your Mac Before Selling it [Video]<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Prepare_Your_iMac_For_Sale\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> Prepare Your iMac For Sale<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Special_Notes_For_Lion_and_Mountain_Lion_OS\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> Special Notes For Lion and Mountain Lion OS<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Next_Step_Back_Up_Your_Data\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">4<\/span> Next Step: Back Up Your Data<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#And_Finally8230_Clean_It_Up\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">5<\/span> And Finally&#8230; Clean It Up!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Links\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">6<\/span> Links<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"How_to_Reset_your_Mac_Before_Selling_it_Video\">How to Reset your Mac Before Selling it [Video]<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"ytb\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe title=\"How to Reset your Mac Before Selling it\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aEW8XD-KqBA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Video uploaded by <a class=\"yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Howfinity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Howfinity<\/a> on <strong class=\"watch-time-text\">October 30, 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Prepare_Your_iMac_For_Sale\">Prepare Your iMac For Sale<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Before proceeding, shut down from inside Windows any Virtual PCs if you have them on your iMac.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">De-authorize the computer both in iTunes and Audible accounts.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Remove any Open Firmware passwords.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Turn the brightness full up and volume nearly so.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Turn off File Vault, if enabled.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Disable iCloud.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Install a fresh OS (Snow Leopard or earlier versions of OS X). Upon completion do not restart the iMac.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Shut down the iMac.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"Special_Notes_For_Lion_and_Mountain_Lion_OS\">Special Notes For Lion and Mountain Lion OS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you have Lion and Mountain Lion on your iMac:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Restart the computer while holding down the Command and R keys until the Mac OS X Utilities window appears.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Select <em>Disk Utility<\/em> from the Mac OS X Utilities window. Click on the <em>Continue<\/em> button.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Select your start up volume (usually it is Macintosh HD) from the left side list and click on the Erase tab in the Disk Utility main window.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (you may as well click on the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Click on the<em> Erase<\/em> button.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">After the process completes, quit Disk Utilities and return to the Mac OS X Utilities window.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Select <em>Reinstall Lion\/Mountain Lion<\/em> and click on the Install button (but remember that if you purchased your iMac with Lion or Mountain Lion pre-installed, you are entitled to transfer your license once. If the iMac you are getting ready to sell came with <em>Mountain Lion<\/em> from the <em>App Store<\/em> then you cannot transfer your license to another party. If you installed <em>Lion\/Mountain Lion<\/em>, you should install the original version of OS X that came with your computer, before you sell it. You may want to verify these requirements by reviewing your OS X Software License).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Upon reinstalling the OS X shut down the computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11635\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11635\" src=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/macos-utilities.png\" alt=\"MacOS Utilities\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/macos-utilities.png 600w, https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/macos-utilities-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MacOS Utilities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span id=\"Next_Step_Back_Up_Your_Data\">Next Step: Back Up Your Data<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>If you&#8217;re going to be migrating to a new iMac, make sure you&#8217;ve got a secure copy of everything you need for the transition, so back up all data.<\/li>\n<li>Although an iCloud backup should be just fine, sometimes having a physical iTunes backup feels safer.<\/li>\n<li>First off, if you do iCloud backups, go to Settings &#8211; iCloud &#8211; Storage &amp; Backup. Click on Backup Now.<\/li>\n<li>For iTunes, under the Summary tab, make sure Backup this device to the computer is enabled. Tap on Sync your iDevice. Backups should be done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span id=\"And_Finally8230_Clean_It_Up\">And Finally&#8230; Clean It Up!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It&#8217;s time to say goodbye to your old iMac and move up to a new model&#8230; No matter what the reason, it&#8217;s time to part ways. You have come to iGotOffer, the best place online to get top dollar for your old computer. But before you sell your iMac, you have to make it ready to sell. So clean it up and make sure it&#8217;s in good looking and sellable condition: clean the case, the keyboard, the trackpad. Wipe down the screen with terrycloth sprayed with an alcohol-free lens cleaner, and you will be getting a good deal selling your unwanted iMac.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Links\">Links<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/manuals\/imac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple iMac Support<\/a>: Manuals, User Guides, iOS and Apple Accessories Information<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/how-to-identify-your-imac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Identify Your iMac<\/a> &#8211; iGotOffer.com<\/li>\n<li>You can sell your old iMac very fast and without efforts on this page: we buy iMac for the best price online: <a href=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/sell-imac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sell your iMac online<\/a> now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You begin the process of preparing iMac for sale by choosing your model on our website. 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