How To Hard Reset Macbook Pro 2012. Select Disk Utility in the macOS Utilities window. If your MacBook MacBook Air or MacBook Pro freezes up you should be able to fix the issue with a simple hard reset or force restart.

Command and R. Choose a user - click Next - type the password. How to Factory Reset.
From the utilities window select Disk Utility and click.
Select Disk Utility and click on Continue. When it is done close the application by clicking Disk Utility and then Quit Disk Utility. In this are four options. Select Disk Utility and click on Continue.
