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I bought a used MacBook Pro and deleted the admin account and now when I turn it on I get the moving circling arrow. What should I do? I don't have any discs but willing to purchase whatever I need to get it running again. Please HELP!
 
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2012 MBP i7 2.7 GHz 15" Matte - 16 GB RAM - 120 GB Intel SSD - 500 GB DataDoubler Mac OS 10.9
What OS version did it have? Leopard, Snow Leopard, or Lion?

if it's Lion, reboot the Mac with command+R and follow the prompts :)
 
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Can I purchase and Install OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard and start from new again?
This is my first MacBook and I don't want to destroy it.. : (
 

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2017 27" iMac, 10.5" iPad Pro, iPhone 8, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 Mini, Numerous iPods, Monterey
Contact Apple customer support and give them the model and serial number of the MBP and ask for a replacement Snow Leopard DVD set. Or you can just have them send you the Snow Leopard retail DVD for $29.99. However, the retail DVD does not contain the iLife apps which is why the original install set for the MBP would be best.
 

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