Mountain Lion all Screwy on used Mac
Got a used Mac last week and the previous owner had it wiped, but it looks like it was cleaned out too thoroughly.
Upon the first restart after taking possession of the computer, it booted to the Mountain Lion OS X Utilities screen. I'm not sure which version of Mountain Lion it is.
I tried a few things:
-All the disks verified and were fine in Disk Utility.
-Online recovery not possible
-Held Option while booting to select the Recovery partition, but it still booted to the Utilities screen
The online recovery was not possible because because the previous owner's AppleID had not purchased it previously, as the computer was pre-loaded with ML at the factory. I'm not sure what options I have left here. Any advice would be helpful.
That model was produced during Apple's transition to Lion, which means it may have shipped with Snow Leopard on optical media, or it may have shipped with Lion which required no optical media. If the seller has discs, he was obligated to include them with the sale (see Paragraphs 3 "Transfer"). Install Snow Leopard from those discs, then upgrade directly to Mavericks.
The seller was remiss in not erasing the disk completely and reinstalling its original OS. Only its original OS can be transferred, which was either Snow Leopard or Lion. He upgraded to Mountain Lion by purchasing it from the App Store. That license cannot legally be transferred to anyone (see Paragraph 3B), and as a practical matter cannot be transferred due to operational problems that will result from doing so: the "all screwy" result you experienced.
If that MBP was produced after (approximately) August 2011, booting OS X Internet Recovery will install Lion, and will not require an Apple ID. Install Lion and then upgrade directly to Mavericks.
Either way you will not have to pay for any OS X upgrades. Only Lion and Mountain Lion required payment, but there is no reason for you to install either one since Mavericks is better, and free.
In any event the Genius Bar will straighten things out for you.
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