In order to fix my Mac, my friend had to erase the OS off of it then reinstall the OS onto MY Mac using HIS Apple ID. Now my Mac thinks its his not mine. How do I fix it?

Background: When I first downloaded Maverick on to my Mac as an update, apparently it wasn't a clean download and my Mac freaked out and wouldn't stay on. There was no hardware damage so I backed up my files onto an SD card and had my friend total wipe my Mac clean then reinstall Maverick. The problem now is that HIS Apple ID was the first used on the clean Mac and now it shows him as the owner and admin etc. How do I switch it to my name and Apple ID???

You do not say what OS you are running.
Boot into Recovery
Use your Apple ID credentials to log in
Use Disk Utility to Partion the the drive and format
Down load your Operating System
Use your backback to migrate your user data
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14243
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6211
http://osxdaily.com/2013/10/26/clean-install-os-x-mavericks/

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