Personalizing/setting up a used laptop
I just got a used laptop on ebay and I want to uninstall the OSX on it with my licensed OSX. I also want to reset the user name and password to my own. Will I need the original password from the seller in order to do this, or is there another way to set up my OSX and use Migration Assistant?
Make certain the PB can boot from your OSX Disc before erasing anything, many versions like Gray Install Discs are Machine & Architecture specific.
Will I need the original password from the seller in order to do this, or is there another way to set up my OSX and use Migration Assistant?
You would need it if it was set to use firmware password protection in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352
It would block usage of all the startup keys, like C, N, T, D, CMD+s, CMDOption+pr, CMD +v, Option, and Shift.
If not then this would do it also to personalize it...
Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD...
http://theappleblog.com/2008/06/22/reset-os-x-password-without-an-os-x-cd/
Admin Hack...
http://www.hackmac.org/?q=node/4
Starts up like the first time you buy a new Mac, but after filling in all that info again, you should have access to the computer and the other Users & files will still be there... though I was just thinking, this new User probably shouldn't be the same name as an existing one.
If that doesn't work for you (and some users have reported it has not worked for them), try Niel's procedure Making the Setup Assistant reappear.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607547
I lost my admin user (Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier) ...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121786&tstart=0
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