Restoring MacBook Pro to factory settings means bringing your laptop to the box status. There are a few reasons why you have to perform a factory reset on your device. Before selling your MacBook Pro, for example, you must factory reset it and erase all data to protect your information. That is also a significant step of troubleshooting when you are locked out of your laptop, the screen is frozen or unresponsive, and more.

Part 1: Before You Start Restoring MacBook Pro

Since restoring factory settings on a MacBook Pro will erase all data on your laptop, you’d better back up your device using Time Machine. Moreover, you need to sign out of services and accounts on your device.

Back up MacBook Pro with Time Machine

步骤 1。 Insert a backup storage device into your laptop.

步骤 2。 点击 Apple 菜单并选择 系统设置 or 系统偏好设定.

步骤 3。 点击 常规 在侧边栏上，选择 时间机器.

步骤 4。 击中 添加备份磁盘 或打 添加 按钮。

步骤 5。 Next, select your backup storage device, and click 设置磁盘.

步骤 6。 Follow the onscreen instructions to set up the backup storage device.

步骤 7。 设置完成后，点击 时间机器 顶部功能区上的菜单，然后选择 立即备份 to back up your MacBook Pro before factory resetting it.

Sign out Accounts

To complete restore MacBook Pro to factory default, you must sign out all accounts added to your machine.

On macOS Catalina or later, choose 系统设置 or 系统偏好设定 在您的 Apple menu. Toggle off 查找我的Mac。 然后，点击 Apple Account, scroll down, and hit 退出登录.

On macOS Mojave or earlier, choose 系统偏好设定 ，在 Apple 菜单。 请点击 iCloud的，并击中 退出登录.

Plus, you’d better sign out of iMessage, FaceTime, and other services.

Part 2: How to Restore MacBook Pro from Settings

If your machine has updated to macOS Ventura or later, the easiest way to restore factory settings on a MacBook Pro is the built-in feature in your System Settings. This method can complete the job in the normal mode.

步骤 1。 点击 Apple 任何屏幕上的菜单。

步骤 2。 在MyCAD中点击 软件更新 System Settings, choose 常规和点击 转移或重置.

步骤 3。 点击 抹掉所有内容和设置 选项。

步骤 4。 If prompted, enter your Apple ID password or admin password.

步骤 5。 阅读警报并点击 继续 to begin restoring your MacBook Pro.

Part 3: How to Restore MacBook Pro to Factory Settings with Disk Utility

If you cannot restore factory settings on MacBook Pro from System Settings or you are using macOS Monterey or earlier, you have to put your laptop in Recovery Mode and reset it using Disk Utility.

注： You'd better ensure that you've backed up MacBook to iCloud or other storage in advance.

步骤 1。 去 Apple 菜单并选择 关闭 to power off your laptop. If your screen is unresponsive, long-press the 电力 button until it turns black.

步骤 2。 按住 电力 button to turn on your Mac and immediately press the 命令-R 键直到出现 Apple 标志。

步骤 3。 When prompted, enter your admin password. Then, you will face two options:

选项1：

步骤 4。 点击 磁盘工具 option once the macOS公用程序 window pops up.

步骤 5。 点击 继续 按钮继续。

步骤 6。 Now, you should see your startup disk. If you have a data disk, select it, click 编辑，选择 删除APFS卷，并击中 删除.

步骤 7。 Next, select your startup disk. By default, it is Macintosh HD.

步骤 8。 点击 抹去 按钮。

步骤 9。 类型 Macintosh HD as the name and select a format.

步骤 10。 点击 抹去 再次按钮。

步骤 11。 If prompted, enter your Apple ID password or admin password.

步骤 12。 Wait for the MacBook Pro factory restore to finish.

步骤 13。 When it is done, you will be taken to the macOS公用程序 屏幕上。

步骤 14。 选择 重新安装macOS and follow the onscreen instructions to set up your laptop.

选项2：

步骤 4。 点击 实用工具 菜单并选择 终端.

步骤 5。 类型 diskutil列表 然后按 回程 key on your keyboard to identify the startup disk.

步骤 6。 Next, perform the command:

diskutil eraseDisk APFS "Macintosh HD" disk0

diskutil eraseDisk HFS+J "Macintosh HD" disk0.

步骤 7。 Then, download the latest macOS with the command below:

softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version [number].

步骤 8。 输入 sudo /Applications/Install macOS Sequoia.app/Contents/Resources/startosinstall --eraseinstall --newvolumename "Macintosh HD"，并击中 回程 重新安装macOS。

步骤 9。 When your MacBook Pro reboots, set it up.

Part 4: How to Recover Data After Restoring MacBook Pro

After restoring the MacBook Pro, all your data will be erased. Thankfully, Apeaksoft数据恢复 can help you resolve this problem. It can scan your hard disk and retrieve lost data without a backup.

How to Recover Data on MacBook Pro After Restoring

步骤 1。 选择数据类型
Launch the best data recovery for Mac after installing it on your MacBook Pro. Select the data types you want to recover, like 图像，音频，视频, and more. Then, select the disk where the lost files are. Click the Scan 扫描 button to begin scanning the Mac.

步骤 2。 预览丢失的文件
When scanning finishes, go to the 类型列表 tab, and preview lost data by type. You can also find a specific location in the 路径列表 tab. If you cannot find the desired files, click the 深层扫描 按钮执行深度扫描。

步骤 3。 Recover files on MacBook Pro
Make sure to select all files and items you wish to get back and click the 恢复 button. Set an output folder and hit Recover again. This program can even recover deleted messages on Mac.

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