I purchased a MacBook Pro from the original owner. How can I change registered user?
I purchased a MacBook Pro from the original owner. How can I change registered user?
kirkbaby wrote:
I purchased a MacBook Pro from the original owner.
Did that Owner do this before you took delivery...
Apple What to do before selling or giving away your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5189?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
Also See Thomas Reed's How to Prepare your Mac for sale
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Since upgrading my mid-2010 MacBook Pro from the original Snow Leopard to Yosemite 10.10.2 there have been multiple instances of restart (crash) also slow operation & pop up message stating web content has failed. Any suggestions?
Many thanks for your interest, I've downloaded & run the app as suggested, report copies & pasted below.
Problem description:
Following upgrade from Snow Leopard to Yosemite 10.10.2 machine is slower & suffers from shut down / reboot and closing web pages due to unexpected error
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated 6 February 2015 08:40:29 GMT
Download EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheck
Click the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.
Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 75
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
Color LCD 1440 x 900
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:13:14
Disk Information: ℹ️
Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (134.68 GB free)
Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Information: ℹ️
BUFFALO HD-PVU2 500.11 GB
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Time Machine Backups (disk2s2) /Volumes/Time Machine Backups : 499.76 GB (257.33 GB free)
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] jp.co.buffalo.driver.turbousbhdd (1.0.0) [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.hp.help.tocgenerator.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
Skype UNKNOWN (missing value)
Safari Application (/Applications/Safari.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Android File Transfer Agent Application (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer/Android File Transfer Agent.app)
ConnectService Application (/Library/Application Support/ArcSoft/Connect Service/ConnectService.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 4.0.60129.0 [Click for support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: Version: 1.0.105 [Click for support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 318.84 GB Disk used: 184.16 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine Backups [Local]
Total size: 499.76 GB
Total number of backups: 184
Oldest backup: 2010-12-10 15:37:39 +0000
Last backup: 2015-02-06 02:49:24 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 499.76 GB < (Disk used 184.16 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
5% WindowServer
1% ConnectService
1% Skype
0% systemstatsd
0% launchd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
193 MB Skype
168 MB mds_stores
132 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
107 MB Mail
99 MB ocspd
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
889 MB Free RAM
1.99 GB Active RAM
455 MB Inactive RAM
825 MB Wired RAM
1.11 GB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Feb 6, 2015, 08:27:32 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent_2015-02-06-082732 _[redacted].crash
Feb 6, 2015, 08:25:19 AM Self test - passed
Feb 5, 2015, 04:37:08 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-05-163708_[redacted].crash
Feb 5, 2015, 10:01:02 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-05-100102_[redacted].crash
Feb 5, 2015, 12:03:59 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/HP Scan_2015-02-05-000359_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
Feb 4, 2015, 11:58:58 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/HP Scan_2015-02-04-235858_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
Feb 4, 2015, 11:54:35 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/HP Scan_2015-02-04-235435_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
Feb 4, 2015, 11:49:03 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/HP Scan_2015-02-04-234903_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
Feb 4, 2015, 09:40:16 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-214016_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 09:38:12 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-213812_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 09:27:56 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-212756_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 09:25:25 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-212525_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 09:20:16 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-212016_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 09:18:10 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-211810_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 09:12:54 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-211254_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 08:40:48 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-204048_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 08:22:04 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-202204_[redacted].crash
Feb 4, 2015, 12:11:35 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-04-001135_[redacted].crash
Feb 3, 2015, 09:44:33 PM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-03-214433_[redacted].crash
Feb 3, 2015, 05:40:21 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/HP Scan_2015-02-03-174021_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
Feb 3, 2015, 09:05:45 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_20 15-02-03-090545_[redacted].crash
Jan 28, 2015, 06:10:42 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-01-28-181042_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Jan 21, 2015, 10:51:25 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-01-21-225125_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Jan 20, 2015, 11:12:47 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-01-20-111247_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Jan 18, 2015, 09:57:31 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-01-18-095731_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
The only observations are that the backup drive is deemed too small and the quite long list of diagnostic reports dated between Jan 18, 2015 (which I believe is the day I upgraded to Yosemite) & today the latest Yosemite update was installed on Jan 28, 2015
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