How do reset my mac? I have a mac that is nulled and cannot open anything except finder and system preferences. I don't have any cd's. How can I completely reset it like it just came out of the box?

Hey, can someone please help me my mac is nulled.

If you are running 10.6.8 as shown in your profile, there is no recovery option as that did not become available until 10.7. So you would need your install disks or a bootable clone to boot from. You can usually get replacement disks from Apple; however, you would need to give them your serial number so they send the correct disks.

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Install Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion Using Internet Recovery
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
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Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
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HELLO HOW DO I CLEAR THE I POD SO ITS LIKE IT JUST COMES OUT OF THE BOX TO START OVER

NEED TO RESET THE WHOLE I POD TO START FROM SCRATCH

Settings -> General -> Reset -> Erase all content and settings
Regards.

Is there a way to reset Lightroom back to when I first started the trial. In other words how it first came "out of the box"?

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I read some tutorials and I would like to start fresh.

Not sure what your goal is here, but there are a couple of things you can do.
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In Preferences>Presets - Reset all default develop settings.
Finally, if you really want to start fresh with all your photos, go to File>New Catalog. Note: the new catalog will not have any photos in it. You will have to re-import all your photos.
If you are still on the 30 day trial and you are hoping to start over with a new 30 day trial, the answer is No!

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Dee002 wrote:
MacBook's only have 2.0 USB ports.
Wrong.
If you're not going to provide correct advice then don't repsond at all.
http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs-retina/

Does anyone know about the update that just came out for the s3 a few days ago.

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It simply just allows roaming on the Canadian Telus network. That's all folks,
http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-s3-update-enable-roaming-canadas-telus

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The damage has been done then
Take it to Apple and pay for a replacement
Here in the States a replacement cost $229
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This is a user to user forum and Adobe Staff does drop by.
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Troubleshoot fonts | Photoshop CC 2014, CC, CS6, CS5
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Gene

Any email address you could suggest to report a damaged brand new iPhone out of the box

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Look all you want. Apple does not offer email support. go here instead
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My year old phone this morning was like it was fresh out of the box. can i do anything with out without messing it up?

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what should i do next? charlie

Well, I just re-read the title of your thread and you say your device is a year old. If it's over one year then you are out of warranty. If it is under a year you should still have warranty left.
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When I open my email, I can't see the content of the messages. How may I fix it?

Try closing the Mail app completely and see if the email bodies show when you re-open the app : from the home screen (i.e. not with the Mail app 'open' on-screen) double-click the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, then press the '-' in the top left of the Mail app to close it, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar.
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HT203180 Why can't my IPad play HD movies from Itunes out of the box. I have a new IPAD purchased in Sept 2012?

I recently purchased an iPad in September 2012. Tonight I thought I would download Spiderman in HD and take advantage of the iPad to view it. After I paid my $5.99 to itunes and downloaded the movie I found I can't get it to run.
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When I pay top dollar I expect top quality.

iTunes Store Support
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How do I start over and bring my MacBook Pro to a brand new out of the box state?

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2. Select Macintosh HD in the sidebar, go to Erase tab and erase the disk.
3. Close Disk Utility and reinstall OS X. This can take hours because your computer has to download OS X from the App Store.
After restoring the computer to factory settings, open App Store > Purchases to download iMovie, iPhoto and GarageBand

Webcam that works on skype out-of-the-box ???

hello,
I know that this is an issue that has been discussed many times, but i would be appreciate if someone can propose me a webcam which work with skype out-of-the box.
At the moment i have a Logitech Communicate STX but i 've the green horizontal lines although i've tried the LD_PRELOAD trick.
Which webcams are you using with skype ?

I don't remember exactly how it was, and since I run Skype from a 32bit directory I'm not 100% sure if this is applicable. For some reason I couldn't get a one-line command to work, but if creating the above mentioned executable file, which I gave the name skype_video, it works perfectly well when I run schroot -p skype_video. Otherwise it always complained about not finding that v4l1compat.so file.
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Works out of the box... my ***

So I'm on my second macbook. The first was determined to be DOA because of the adapter sizzle/heat/seperating casing.
So now my second ones keyboard and trackpad randomly stop working. It usually happens when the machine is running hot, usually about 30 minutes of use. Reboots don't help. Resetting PRAM didn't help. Working in a new user account doesn't help. Still freezes while working in windows. Did an archive and install, and yep still freezes. The only thing that makes it better is to shut it down and letting it cool off. So what does this lead me to believe?? Its a hardware problem. I ran the hardware test from the CD, everything is "normal".
So i take it into the "genius" bar, tell them my issues, he says that its probably the logic board, so he orders in the logic board and a new top case (why, i have no idea). Says they'll run a 24 hour test on it to see whats causing it.
So I get a call today (a day later) saying they ran the machine straight for 3 hours, and it didn't happen once. So they told me theres nothing they can do about it, and that if it happens again, to call apple care (already did that before, told me to reset pram and use a different account) and to bring the case number into the store. What good does this do? The problem is still there, and they've done nothing to fix it.
So my question is to the people who have had a similar keyboard/track pad freezing problem... has anything worked for you? When you took it in for repair what did they fix or replace??
Second, how can apple market their products as "just working, out of the box" when so many people have had problems with them?? I was worried before I bought the macbook because of all the complaints/issues, but felt reassured when people told me that the chance of getting a faulty machine were slim... now i'm on my second macbook that still isn't working.
Don't get me wrong, i love the mac os, and the mac software, but I'm extremely dissapointed with the quality of the mac machines... my hp laptop was much more reliable than the macbook, too bad I sold it to buy one.

"...these guys aren't going to give you a break."
Not sure what you mean by that Nick. All I advised was to allow Apple to take care of it.
Beth, it does seem like you have had a run of bad luck. I don't know what to say other than call either the store and ask for the manager or call AppleCare and ask that your case be escalated to a second tier rep. Whatever you do, be calm, be firm, and be polite and I am sure that things will get taken care of.
Do let us know how it works out. I for one am interested in how this plays out for you. Honestly.
BTW, as an aside, it is possible that your thread is getting less views and less of a response because of the filtered language in your title. While I certainly do understand your frustration, there really is no need to be like that on a peer support forum. We are not Apple employees and your frustration with Apple is misdirected here.
Just a thought and take it in the friendly spirit in which it is honestly intended.
Peace.

How do reset my mac? I have a mac that is nulled and cannot open anything except finder and system preferences. I don't have any cd's. How can I completely reset it like it just came out of the box?

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