I just bought a MacBook from a pawn shop. It is administered by the previous owner and I have no password to change the settings. How do I reset the password?
I just purchased a MacBook from a pawn shop. The computers previous owner has all of their admin settings already in place. How do I, I guess re-register the computer to me when I do not have her password to do so? Any help is appreciated!
You could try that one but there's no guarantee it will work. Apple's system DVDs (it's a DVd not a CD) are often machine model specific nad there are many sub models of MBP.
Here's older posts but maybe they still apply:
Mac OS X 10.6 Help: If you forget your administrator password - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/11627.html
Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD - http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/
rccharles post on editing password with single user mode - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2747898
Regaining lost admin status on OS X - http://www.salingfamily.net/trav/osx/regain_admin.html
Running OS X Setup Assistant (another topic) - http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9581230
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How to erase a MacBook from a pawn shop ?
Here's a synopsis of what I'm dealing with. Ive never owned a MAC before so I thought instead of spending a grand for a new one I would see if i could find one locally. so I purchased an early 2008 Black MacBook with OS X 10.7.4 Lion from a local pawnshop. The person who had it before me was still logged on and it had all kinds of accounts set up and such. So I went online and researched how to erase all of that. I did the restart holding the option key which brought me to the MAC OS X Utilities. I selected Disk Utility then selected Macintosh HD and then the Erase Tab. After that I clicked security options and then selected single pass of Zeros. Clicked ok and the clicked erase. It took about an hour and then I selected to erase the free space. After that I went to to the MAC OS X utilities options box and selected Reinstall MAC OS X. All said and done its now asking me to input my Apple ID and then it says my ID has not purchased the operating system.
Now what do I do ?
Do I really have to go to the iTunes Store and buy lion ?
If that's the case Mountain lion is only $20 will that work as well?
Once I purchase the software, do I go through the motions again to have it installed like before ?
Should I just buy a hard copy rather than doing it over the Internet ?
Much needed help would be appreciated. I've spent days working in this and now my GF wants to kill me. I need this fixed soon.Buying a used Mac from any source is best left for experienced Mac users, for the very reasons you described.
At best you purchased an expensive education, at worst, stolen goods.
All said and done its now asking me to input my Apple ID and then it says my ID has not purchased the operating system.
A 2008 Mac would not have had OS X 10.7.4 "Lion" already installed, and it is impossible for you to install it from the Recovery partition since the license to use Lion is not transferable by any means. The seller (more than likely, the thief who stole it) erred in not restoring the Mac to its original condition before selling it to the pawn shop. Without that MacBook's original System Install DVD - which the pawn shop didn't supply, right? - it will not be useful to you.
There are no "hard copies" of Lion available. Lion exists only as a download from Apple, whose servers check your MacBook for a legitimate purchase of it.
Your best alternative is to phone Apple at the number shown on the Apple Online Store website. Explain that you purchased a used Mac and require a replacement System Install DVD. Use those exact words. Have the MacBook's serial number ready for them - it will be required.
Determine the Mac's serial number using the following: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1366
Apple will collect a nominal fee, $25 or so. Once you get the disc, boot from it by starting the Mac by holding the c key with the disc inserted, and pray the original owner did not configure a Firmware Password.
Reinstall its original operating system from that disc, after which you will have reached Step 1 toward using your Mac.
After installing it, you will need to purchase Snow Leopard from the Apple Online Store, unless its original OS was already Snow Leopard (yours was probably OS X 10.5.2 "Leopard"). Snow Leopard costs $20.
Only after installing Snow Leopard can you purchase Lion from the App Store. You will need to call the Apple Online Store again and purchase a download code since Lion no longer appears in the App Store. That will be another $20. You will "redeem" this code in the App Store.
Your MacBook is too old for Mountain Lion.
Total cost: $65 + tax + whatever you already spent.
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