


Help options - 4 groups of items - 12 total selections I’d suggest reading that one until your eyes bleed.PC Parts options - 11 groups of items - 50 total selectionsĮlectronics options - 12 groups of items - 60 total selectionsĪccessories options - 10 groups of items - 50 total selections If you want to upgrade an existing computer, you can download and install OS X El Capitan by going to the App Store on your Mac (shown below) and clicking. If you’re selling or giving away a Mac that is using OS X El Capitan or earlier, use Command-R to make sure that the installation isn’t associated with your Apple ID.Īpple actually has an entire article on what to do before selling or giving away your Mac as well, so if that’s your situation, go and read it. Oh, and if you are wiping your Mac for sale, be aware of something else Apple says in the article I linked above: Obviously, this would be most useful if you were intending to just install the operating system before selling your computer you can’t put Yosemite, say, over an existing High Sierra install (or any version that came later than Yosemite) without erasing the Mac’s drive first. Shift-Option-Command-R (for Macs upgraded to 10.12.4 and later) or Option-Command-R (for all other Macs): Installs the version of macOS that came with your computer or the closest available version.įor example, my computer is an early 2015 MacBook Pro running 10.13.3, and when I hold down Shift-Option-Command-R at startup and pick “Reinstall macOS” afterward, the machine offers to install Yosemite for me.
