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  • New owner – used computer

    Posted by Pablo Garrahan on December 6, 2008 at 10:38 pm

    I recently purchased a mac mini from a friend. I did not get the OS disks with it. It is currently running Tiger. I want to blow out his user info and apps and make me the owner of the computer.

    Can you tell me how to do this? As I said, I don’t have the install disks. Do I need them?

    Thanks,

    PG

    Jeff Carpenter replied 17 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Zane Barker

    December 7, 2008 at 10:11 pm

    You need the disks.

    There are no “technical solutions” to your “artistic problems”.
    Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

  • Jeff Carpenter

    December 9, 2008 at 9:31 pm

    You’ll need the disks to fully do what you’re asking.

    Otherwise, you can create a new account, log into that, and set it so the computer auto-logs onto that one when you start up.

    You’ll still have all his programs, but things like iCal, Safari Bookmarks, and Address book will be empty.

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