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| Thread ID: 135964 | 2014-01-03 09:50:00 | Bought Secondhand iMac, trouble installing..help please! | mark1978 (13845) | Press F1 |
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| 1364184 | 2014-01-03 09:50:00 | I bought a secondhand IMAC today, the previous owner has formatted the drive, on start up I get the following: OS X Utilities, restore from time machine backup, Reinstall OS X, Get online Help, Disk Utility: I choose Reinstall OSX and I get the following error: This apple ID has not purchased LION, You must sign in with an Apple ID that was used to purchase OS X. I have an IPAD, IPOD Touch and IPHONE's and I use my ID but it does not seem to work, please help :( |
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| 1364185 | 2014-01-03 10:09:00 | Did they give you restore CDs? | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1364186 | 2014-01-03 10:11:00 | From lion onwards the OS is tied to the apple account. The previous owner should have done a reinstall for you. | plod (107) | ||
| 1364187 | 2014-01-03 10:20:00 | What recovery disk do you have? | plod (107) | ||
| 1364188 | 2014-01-03 10:23:00 | I have a Imac recovery disc but it comes up with the following "Install MAC OS X" Select the disk where u want to install MAC OS X it has a yellow exclamation mark in the macintosh drive! lol | mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 1364189 | 2014-01-03 10:29:00 | Can you give the iMac model, does the disk say what version osx? It's been a while since I have seen a recovery disk so am thinking it's not recent. | plod (107) | ||
| 1364190 | 2014-01-03 10:31:00 | Save yourself the problems of a previous owner /reg, buy a copy your self, its only $25 store.apple.com | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1364191 | 2014-01-03 10:33:00 | wainuitech!! always a saviour! Now what mate? if I buy it... can you help me throught it....please | mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 1364192 | 2014-01-03 10:37:00 | Sorry to say but NO. Plod would be far better offering you advise, hes the man to advise about MAC's and any problems ( in my view) | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1364193 | 2014-01-03 10:40:00 | plod! still there?? Now what? | mark1978 (13845) | ||
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