Hi,
I recently purchased a mid-2011, 27-inch, 2.7 GHz iMac from a private party seller (Craigslist). My intent with this purchase was to buy and then reformat to have a fresh install (getting rid of all data from previous owner). I'm used to Windows, so I got good at the reformat process with a Windows machine reformat. I'm having a little trouble with my MAC though. This iMac currently has Lion installed on it.
Long story short, I want to reformat this machine and ultimately get to Mountain Lion, while still being able to take advantage of iLife 2011 (will I use lose this with the reformat?). What is my best bet in order to do so? Will I have to start with Lion and then upgrade to Mountain Lion, or can I skip Lion? I do not have a disk for either at this time.
Any thoughts?
I recently purchased a mid-2011, 27-inch, 2.7 GHz iMac from a private party seller (Craigslist). My intent with this purchase was to buy and then reformat to have a fresh install (getting rid of all data from previous owner). I'm used to Windows, so I got good at the reformat process with a Windows machine reformat. I'm having a little trouble with my MAC though. This iMac currently has Lion installed on it.
Long story short, I want to reformat this machine and ultimately get to Mountain Lion, while still being able to take advantage of iLife 2011 (will I use lose this with the reformat?). What is my best bet in order to do so? Will I have to start with Lion and then upgrade to Mountain Lion, or can I skip Lion? I do not have a disk for either at this time.
Any thoughts?