HT6114 Installing OS X Mavericks
When trying to install OS X upgrade, it asks for me to sign in as administrator. But, I did not set up an administrator password for the computer. What now? How can I get pass this step?
KAG5533 wrote:
When trying to install OS X upgrade, it asks for me to sign in as administrator. But, I did not set up an administrator password for the computer. What now? How can I get pass this step?
Create an admin password.
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You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
Mac notebooks: All about batteries
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1446
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Creating a Mavericks USB boot drive after the horse has bolted. Can I create a bootable USB drive from my iMac after installing Mavericks without saving the Install OS X Mavericks.app file? Do I need to re- download the whole 5.29 Gb from the App Store again? My problem is my 4Gb/month allowance on a 12 month contract. I cannot purchase a data block from my ISP and although my speed is theoretically slowed to 64k after reaching my 4Gb, it actually ceases to download in reality.
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I got on it this morning, it booted up fine. Then stopped responding.
So I turned it off, and turned it back on.
It refused to open the operating system. Just kinda sat there with the Apple logo and the spinny 'loading' wheel.
I ended up in Online Internet Recovery, since my recovery system wouldn't work.
And I'm pretty sure I just deleted the operating system off of my mac.
Because I had no other option.
I don't have discs. I bought the darn thing a little over 2 weeks ago off ebay.
So I'm putting it back through the online recovery since when I retired restarting it, it told me it couldn't find the operating system.
(Folder with the question mark flashing)
If I open online recovery, can I possibly install OS X Mavericks onto my laptop and start all this over again?
I'm at the point where I don't care that I lost everything. I just want the darn thing to work, since I have limited options it seems.
If you have any idea on how to help, I'd really appreciate it.
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~KrissyMacbook Pro 13" (Mid-2010) Though information says 2009 as well.
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I do not have the original Apple store login information.
Since the item was bought via Ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221380817944?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m149 7.l2649
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thanks.How to revert OS X back from Mavericks: Apple Support Communities
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