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This is a quick tutorial outlining the process of restoring your 2011 MacBook Air. Since the MacBook Air no longer ships with system restore disks (or restore USB key), this is the only way to either restore the system or recover it from a Time Machine backup. The process I’ve outlined will leave you with a freshly installed copy of Apple OSX Lion.

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25 Responses to “How to: Restore the 2011 MacBook Air”

  • whatthefudge2009 says:

    @lilehful as long …
    @lilehful as long as it has lion then yes

  • whatthefudge2009 says:

    i have an external …
    i have an external hard drive for time machine will this wipe the time machine hard drive out too or just the macintosh hd

  • NeoVuser says:

    thats how you to …
    thats how you to restore on factory settings

  • kikbut101 says:

    thank you so im …
    thank you so im going to try and do it

  • jcenathuganomics says:

    @08robertb yes. …
    @08robertb yes. iTunes comes stock on the Apple OS.

  • jcenathuganomics says:

    @lilehful Don’t …
    @lilehful Don’t believe so, the MBP should come with install disks. Check the box.

  • jcenathuganomics says:

    Very very helpful! …
    Very very helpful! Answered all my questions! Thanks!

  • ssssmmmss says:

    Thank you so much …
    Thank you so much for very nice restoring tutorial. However, I have a question, do we need to connect macbook air to internet while it was restoring and collecting necessary components from apple server?. I really wanted to know

  • lilehful says:

    this works for …
    this works for MacBook Pro 2011 too right?

  • 08robertb says:

    if i wipe it …
    if i wipe it completely will i sill have apps like i tunes etc on the bottom ? im asking this because im considering buying a second hand mac book air

  • supertuner63 says:

    what should i do i …
    what should i do i have a store demo that i bought cheaper and it has the old credentials which i dont know..i would like to know how to restore if it doesnt have the recovery partition ?

  • MrNution says:

    Great tutorial you …
    Great tutorial you realtime

  • katics says:

    nice video, was …
    nice video, was looking just for that.. Thx!!

  • chazzico says:

    thanks for the vid. …
    thanks for the vid…nice stuff…..subscribing

  • IBlueIFox says:

    Great video. 
    Great video. 

  • CazKnowsTech says:

    its like putting …
    its like putting your ipod into recovry mode:P

  • Laurasexybeastbrush says:

    Put up some new …
    Put up some new videos Lou

  • msozzy1112 says:

    Ive just got the …
    Ive just got the option of choosing macintosh hd and not recovery hd? why is that???? :( :(

  • jessemrk says:

    Thanks for the vid …
    Thanks for the vid. Appreciate it.

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  • ViZoR1988 says:

    @Tlee3dee Me too!
    @Tlee3dee Me too!

  • sinjax says:

    should post more …
    should post more mac HOW TO videos, really helpful

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    @MrGreekba How bout …
    @MrGreekba How bout you suck my dick

  • iFoleyTech says:

    @unboxtherapy The …
    @unboxtherapy The fall 2011 or spring 2011

  • MrGreekba says:

    @AmnicYoGii how …
    @AmnicYoGii how about you give me your pvr so i can use it with my laptop :Q

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