Hi my name is Paul and I recently purchased a used Macbook Pro off of eBay and I need to see what if anything I can do to confirm that the OS and other items loaded on the unit are OK and not infected or any weird things like that. I don't want to find out that the person installed some sniffer software and will be able to get into the unit once I receive it. Should I trust someone elses system in that there isn't anything weird loaded on it? I say no.
I'm a PC person so please keep that in mind if what I ask isn't in the correct terms for the MAC world.
I was thinking of just reformatting the drive and re loading the OS but I won't have any disc for the OS. In the PC world I could make a set of start up discs that would allow me to re load the OS. Is there something like this in the MAC world?
Thanks for your help and be gentle with your responses, I'm trying to convert.
I'm a PC person so please keep that in mind if what I ask isn't in the correct terms for the MAC world.
I was thinking of just reformatting the drive and re loading the OS but I won't have any disc for the OS. In the PC world I could make a set of start up discs that would allow me to re load the OS. Is there something like this in the MAC world?
Thanks for your help and be gentle with your responses, I'm trying to convert.