Restoring emac for sale

My G4 emac came with Panther OS and I have since upgraded to Leopard, how do I restore/erase HD?
I am running the ilife that came with Panther. I have a EHD for backup, do I just unplug the EHD or does it matter? When I receive my new mac mini can I just plug in the EHD and will the mini know it is there? I have over 100 gigs of itunes on the EHD.

My G4 emac came with Panther OS and I have since upgraded to Leopard, how do I restore/erase HD?
Use the eMac's original disks to perform an Erase & Restore, and include those disks with it.
I have a EHD for backup, do I just unplug the EHD or does it matter?
Eject it in the Finder or shut down the computer before unplugging.
When I receive my new mac mini can I just plug in the EHD and will the mini know it is there?
Yes.
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Hi
I have just bought a new iMac i7.
Have sold my iMac Core 2 Duo 3.06Ghz. I would like to no how to clear the hard drive of all my stuff, and restore the iMac to as new, so the new buyer can set it up for themselves, and not be able to access my private data. I do have all the original CD's supplied with the machine. It came running Snow Leopard.

Have a look at this.
http://hivelogic.com/articles/how-to-prepare-a-mac-for-sale
He suggests the 7 pass zero. That is overkill. One pass zero is completely sufficient.
Or this one, but he neglects to mention you should zero out the drive first before reinstalling. With this one, I believe you can install the bundled software from the second disc, where I'm not certain that will be possible using the first method (or use the first method and let the buyer install the bundled software since you are supplying both discs.)
http://hivelogic.com/articles/how-to-prepare-a-mac-for-sale
Be sure to type the commands in exactly as written, observing case and spaces. You will be in Single user mode with complete access to all the system files: one typo can lead to problems or disaster. And, NetInfo is gone since Leopard, so don't worry about deleting that.
http://mikewest.org/2006/04/preparing-a-mac-for-resale

Restoring Ipad for sale, loading old info to new Ipad2

Im planning to buy the new Ipad 2 when it comes out...I need to know how to restore the ipad I have now, so I can give away or sell. Also after I save all infor from old Ipad, will that information sync to the ipad 2?
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I have been trying to obtain original gray install/restore discs for a 1.42 eMac. Definitely no copies. Can anyone help. Tried every ebay supplier.

I have been trying to obtain original gray install/restore discs for a 1.42 eMac. Definitely no copies. Can anyone help. Tried every ebay supplier.

You could try Apple software sales at 1 800 MY APPLE and see if they still have original system discs for the eMac in question.
You would need to give them the model and serial No. of your eMac.
This is located behind the panel that opens the CD/DVD drive tray or on the drive's front panel when the drive door is open.
Be advised that if they have these discs , it will be a set that would have come, originally, with the eMac model.
The OS will not be up to date. I believe your model eMac came, originally, with OS X 10.4 or OS X 10.4.2 Tiger.
OS X10.4 Tiger is seven years old as of this year!
You could just spend the $129 dollars to buy OS X 10.5 Leopard retail discs.
Call the same number and ask of they have anymore OS X 10.5 discs still available.
There are no new iDevices that will sync and backup using 10.4 Tige any longer.
So, getting 10.5 maybe a better alternative for you.
Your eMac is fast enough to handle 10.5 Leopard with no, appreciable, issues.
Good Luck!

How do I prepare my iMac for sale? And best practice for transferring media to a new system.

This is my first time posting in a forum, so I will apologize in advance if I'm doing something wrong. I've tried to search for a very clear answer to my questions in the existing discussions, but have not had much luck.
I ordered a Macbook Pro today and would like to sell my current iMac to supplement some of the cost. I purchased my iMac in March of 2011 with OS X Snow Leopard preinstalled. I've since updated to Mountain Lion. When my computer came in it did not have OS DVDs, so I am not sure exactly how to take it back to factory default and remove ALL of my information safely in order to prepare it for sale. I'm afraid to tell it to format if I am going to need a boot disc/drive to reinstall the OS. I've been trying to research all day and have learned that I will not be able to sell it with the current OS, only the one that came with the computer at the time of purchase (to the best of my understanding).
Secondary to all of this, I have a question about backing up info and porting it to my new system. I have run the Time Machine backup to my external hard drive. However, I DO NOT want to port it to my new MBP as an image of my past machine. I did that when I got my iMac from my old MBP and my iMac thinks it is a MBP (MBP EFI/SMC Firmware Update Icons in my system utilities folder as well as identified as a Macbook Pro on my network). I've never been able to get all of these things to go away and I feel like it's chewing up hard drive space for no purpose whatsoever. I also worry that it could create system issues that I'm just not savy enough to catch before they are beyond control. That being said, I'd like to begin fresh with my new MBP. What is the best method of bringing my photos from iPhoto and music/movies/books/etc from iTunes to my new system? My word documents are easy enough...I keep 3 flash drives updated with them at all times.
Thanks in advance!

Whoever said you can't sell you iMac with the current Mac OS X is wrong, I believe.
Unfortunately, it is not wrong.
Any OS purchased/obtained at the app store - as is the case here - is not transferable. The license is tied forever to the Apple ID used to obtain it. The SLA states that the seller needs to erase the drive and reinstall the original system.
@ Kamikazwe:
You can call Apple and give them your serial number and they will send you copies of your original disks at a nominal charge.
You do need to use your original Snow Leopard disk, boot from it, erase the drive, and reinstall Snow Leopard. The buyer of the machine will need to purchase his/her own copy of Lion or Mountain Lion with their own Apple ID or they will never be able to reinstall or update the OS.
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3. Transfer.
A. If you obtained the Apple Software preinstalled on Apple-branded hardware, you may make a one-time permanent transfer of all of your license rights to the Apple Software (in its original form as provided by Apple) to another party, provided that: the Apple Software is transferred
together with your Apple-branded hardware; (ii) the transfer must include all of the Apple Software, including all its component parts, printed materials and this License; (iii) you do not retain any copies of the Apple Software, full or partial, including copies stored on a computer or
other storage device; and (iv) the party receiving the Apple Software accepts the terms andcconditions of this License. For purposes of this License, if Apple provides an update (e.g., version 10.8 to 10.8.1) to the Apple Software, the update is considered part of the Apple
Software and may not be transferred separately from the pre-update version of the Apple Software.
B. If you obtained your license to the Apple Software from the Mac App Store, it is not transferable. If you sell your Apple-branded hardware to a third party, you must remove the Apple Software from the Apple-branded hardware before doing so, and you may restore your system to the version of the Apple operating system software that originally came with your Apple hardware (the “Original Apple OS”) and permanently transfer the Original Apple OS together with your Apple hardware, provided that: the transfer must include all of the Original
Apple OS, including all its component parts, printed materials and its license; (ii) you do not retain any copies of the Original Apple OS, full or partial, including copies stored on a computer or other storage device; and (iii) the party receiving the Original Apple OS reads and agrees to
accept the terms and conditions of the Original Apple OS license.

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I am readying a Dual G5 for sale on eBay.
What is the best way to securely erase the hard drive so an identity theif cannot mine it for files?
I performed a clean install of the original OS from the install discs. I chose Erase and Install from the options.
Is that good enough? Does it completely erase all traces of previous files?

Here's my method.
This is the way I prepare old machines that came with OS X installed, which allows them to act just like one from the factory. First, boot with the Apple Hardware Test disk that came with the machine, run the extended tests, and make sure everything passes. Then, boot with the restore disk that came with the machine, erase and zero the HD (as discussed in those articles). When that's finished, reformat it Mac OS Extended, install the OS 9 drivers (if the machine can boot into OS 9), and then restore the software.
When finished, click on the restart button, holding down the CMD+S keys. This puts the machine into single-user mode and gives you an Unix command line terminal screen. When the text stops scrolling, type in this command and click the return key:
shutdown -h now
This shuts down the computer; the next time it is turned on, the Setup Assistant will appear and the new user will get to personalize it. This also alleviates the necessity of presetting any display parameters, internet and e-mail settings, etc. As long as the monitor can hook up to the machine, the OS will select a usable resolution and the user can use the Display prefpane to suit their needs. They'll also have to run Software Update and bring everything up to the latest version.
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HT6055 Request to Apple: restore support for older codecs

I used Quicktime extensively for my research before upgrading to Mavericks, and now that these older codecs have been removed, none of my experimental videos taken over the past 5 years will play in Quicktime. This is extremely disappointing.
I'd like to gather as much user support as possible to request that Apple restore support for these older codecs.
PLEASE RESPOND ON THIS THREAD BY ADDING YOUR REQUEST FOR APPLE TO RESTORE SUPPORT FOR OLDER CODECS.
FYI, my video files were .avi format, recorded by a Nikon D300s and a Zeiss EVO 55 scanning electron microscope.

Some things can be converted without transforming the data. I have data in Excel spreadsheets that is identical to the data in the Lotus Symphony spreadsheets in which I entered the data in 1986. Converting video does involve data transformation which is undesirable unless it comes to a point where it is unavoidable. Speaking as a research scientist, one is obligated to try to preserve original data to a reasonable extent. In this case the video is not "dead". It can still be played. It's just Apple's behavior that anything older than about 4 years is old-fashioned and to be forgotten that's mandating stepping outside Apple software to do so. Yes, it would be a good idea to convert so when future upgrades mean no old codecs will play at least the data are available to some degree. I still would not get rid of the old files since they are the original data, and if the person spends 30 seconds installing VLC player they can still view the original data for another 10 years at least (if they keep the computer that long -- my computer is 12 years old and I can still run applications on it dating from the early 1990s).
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Optical media are dead at Apple, but still extensively used outside Apple. I agree in 20 years it will be hard to find a DVD player but visit right now any store selling movies or music, or a public library, and optical media are still around. Apple can force the issue where their hardware is involved, especially as regards to installing Apple software, and of course by pushing online media sales (if you buy from the iTunes Store, which I don't).

Help Prepare Macbook Pro for Sale

Hello,
I have a mid 2010 Macbook pro that I am trying to restore to factory settings so I can sell it. It is currently running OS X 10.8.5 and I do not have the original start up disks (I think 'out of the box' it came with snow leopard). When I got the laptop, the person had installed Mountain Lion for me.
When I followed the tips from all forums I have found online (power down, on start up hold command>r or option>command>r, disk utility, erase, reinstall OS X) but when I erase the hard drive and quit disk utility, I am only given the option to install OS X Mavericks. I try to go through the steps, but when prompted to give my Apple ID, it denies it since I have not purchased it.
Can anyone help me out here? I want to install Lion, not Mavericks.
Thanks!

Follow these instructions step by step to prepare a Mac for sale:
Step One - Back up your data:
       A. If you have any Virtual PCs shut them down. They cannot be in their "fast saved" state. They must be shut down from inside Windows.
       B. Clone to an external drive using using Carbon Copy Cloner.
          1. Open Carbon Copy Cloner.
          2. Select the Source volume from the Select a source drop down menu on the left side.
          3. Select the Destination volume from the Select a destination drop down menu on the right
              side.
          4. Click on the Clone button. If you are prompted about creating a clone of the Recovery HD be
              sure to opt for that.
               Destination means a freshly erased external backup drive. Source means the internal
               startup drive.
Step Two - Prepare the machine for the new buyer:
          1. De-authorize the computer in iTunes! De-authorize both iTunes and Audible accounts.
          2, Remove any Open Firmware passwords or Firmware passwords.
          3. Turn the brightness full up and volume nearly so.
          4. Turn off File Vault, if enabled.
          5. Disable iCloud, if enabled: See.What to do with iCloud before selling your computer
Step Three - Install a fresh OS:
     A. Snow Leopard and earlier versions of OS X
          1. Insert the original OS X install CD/DVD that came with your computer.
          2. Restart the computer while holding down the C key to boot from the CD/DVD.
          3. Select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu; repartition and reformat the internal hard drive.
              Optionally, click on the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass.
          4. Install OS X.
          5. Upon completion DO NOT restart the computer.
          6. Shutdown the computer.
     B. Lion and Mountain Lion (if pre-installed on the computer at purchase*)
         Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because
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          1. Restart the computer while holding down the COMMAND and R keys until the Mac OS X
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          3. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the left side list. Click
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          4. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on the Security button
              and set the Zero Data option to one-pass.
          5. Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
          6. Quit DU and return to the Mac OS X Utilities window.
          7. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Install button.
          8. Upon completion shutdown the computer.
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Preparing Macbook for sale.

I've read many different version of what I want to do and would just like some clarity! I apologise that this no doubt have been brought up many times before, i'm relatively new to Macs and just don't want to do something completely stupid! Anyhoo, forgive me.
As the title states, I wish to prepare my Macbook for sale as i'm looking to upgrade.
I want to erase all of my data on the drive and then reinstall Lion.
In recovery I see this:
750.16 GB
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SuperDrive (greyed out)
disk1
>Mac OS X Base System
I'm presuming I select Macintosh HD and securely wipe the data? Or do I select the top drive?
Am I right in thinking Mac OS X Base System is my recovery partion?
If I wipe the drive will I get the option to restore the OS when it's complete?
I have the late 2011 Macbook pro which came with Lion.
Thanks a lot.
Steve

Install or Reinstall Lion from Scratch
If possible backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion: Select Reinstall Lion and click on the Install button.
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When the installation is completed do not restart the computer. Shut it off. This way the next owner will be greeted by the Setup Assistant as if the computer was new.

Prepare for sale

I have searched and would rather have a direct answer to my question.
I am selling my 17" G4 Imac and want to make sure it is "clean" i.e. none of my personal info is found by the new owner.
The specs on my imac are as follows; PowerMac 4,5 Power PC G4 2.1
CPU Speed 800MHz, 768MB memory, 100MHz Bus Speed
I have Mac OS Tiger version 10.4.9 installed. I alson have all original cd's from purchase, i.e. OS X install as well as software restore.
Can someone lay out the steps and items I need to do in order to get this ready for sale?
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Hello John:
Boot from your software install DVD and open disk utility. Click on erase. If you are particularly concerned about completely clearing the HD, click on security options.
After you clear your HD, I would load OS X from the software install DVD and then run software update to bring everything to a current level for the purchaser.
Barry

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Query for Sales Order Analysis

Dear Experts
I have written a Query for Sales Order Analysis and would like to have help on this.
The query is used for generating daily report for Sales Order on number of documents (Sales Order), total amount of sales orders and total GP of Sales Order. The query is written as below:
SELECT T0.[DocNum], SUM(T0.DocTotal) AS 'Total', SUM(T0.U_Total_GP) AS 'Total GP'
FROM ORDR T0 WHERE T0.[DocDate] =[%0] GROUP BY T0.[DocNum] ORDER BY T0.[DocNum]
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After executing the query, a selection criteria of date appears and after a date is selected, the report shown information required. However, the query does not calculate column total for total amount and total GP. Although I know the total for each column can be displayed by pressing "Ctrl" + Click on the column title, it would have to be done from time to time.
Therefore, I would like to modify my query in order to calculate the column totals when executed. Are there any suggestions for this?
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Hi Elton,
Try this:
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i want to make a workflow for sales order which have 4 User Status in One status profile.
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3. Once again same changes in sales order but now user status-2 from user status-1
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Please tel me the process as i am very new this topic and i am always going to stuck in Binding.
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Hi Neeraj,
First of all start with SWELS and SWEL T-Code to check if any standard event is getting triggered or not. If event is getting triggered, then use the same event to trigger the workflow; otherwise create a custom event of BO and use the same to trigger the workflow.
Hope you are aware of T-Code SWO1 and delegation of BO. The BO used for your requirement will be BUS2000115.
As you want the workflow to get triggered only for one status profile and one of its status, so use check function module. There set the condition for you status profile and status.
The FM which you will be using the most is CRM_ORDER_READ. To read the status, you can also use CRM_STATUS_READ_OW.
Now simply make the approval steps in the workflow using activity. In the activity, you can use the standard method USERSTATUSPOPUP to send the workitem for approval. In each step use the same activity with different agents as approvers.
Just go with these things and let me know if you get stuck up somewhere.
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