Purchased new IMAC .... planning to give my old one to another user. What do I need to do?
I've purchased a new IMAC and plan to give my old IMAC away to another family member. After I transfer my settings, files and documents from the old to the new IMAC, what do I need to do to scrub the machine and give it to a new user?
This is preparing one for sale but the principle is the same.
http://www.macworld.com/article/158670/2011/03/prepare_sell_mac.html
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There may be a way to contact an Apple Store or Authorized Sales/Service
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001-803-65-7955
http://store.apple.com/id
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/
You may try to see if you can start a process online, to then call or use email
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https://locate.apple.com/id/en/
With some local contacts, you may be able to back-track; however the phone
number that seems unfamiliar to your dialing area lists as Apple Indonesia.
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Seems to me you may already have talked to these people, though.
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0018 03061 2009
www.apple.com/id/support/
There may be a different phone sequence for their support than usual, there.
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Greetings Peter,
The website for Lion up to date is here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/
As Csound1 suggests you should definitely check with all the software manufacturers whose software you depend on to ensure their software is compatible with this new OS. If you upgrade without checking on those program's compatibility you may find yourself without tools you rely on.
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
When you download past purchases on an iOS device or computer, that device or computer becomes associated with your Apple ID. This article describes how to manage these associations.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4627
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