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Just got a macbook from a buddy that said he never used it anymore, I just reinstalled Mac OS X Snow Leopard and got to the login screen, I thought this would reformat it like a windows based computer but it didn't it still has his old username on it and I need a password but he forgot the password, how do I bypass the password? Or just do a clean install of Mac OS X without it bringing me right back to his login screen. I don't have any discs for it other than the Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

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Vapour1ze said:
Just got a macbook from a buddy that said he never used it anymore, I just reinstalled Mac OS X Snow Leopard and got to the login screen, I thought this would reformat it like a windows based computer but it didn't it still has his old username on it and I need a password but he forgot the password, how do I bypass the password?

Or just do a clean install of Mac OS X without it bringing me right back to his login screen. I don't have any discs for it other than the Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

Thanks!
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You need to do a clean install of the Mac OS...then you will be able to create your own userid & password (or you can leave the password part blank).

HTH,

- Nick

p.s. By the way...you're using a Macintosh computer now not a Windows computer...so don't expect everything (or anything) to work like it does on a Windows computer!;) NOT different "bad"...or different "Good"...just different.:)
 
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I made this mistake too!

You need to look for and select the option to "Erase and install"

see here for more info
 
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adnoh said:
I made this mistake too!

You need to look for and select the option to "Erase and install"

see here for more info
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Ok...what's your point or question?

- Nick
 
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Snow Leopard has taken away the Ability to let you choose how the install is performed so if you want to do a clean install, you need to boot from the Snow Leopard disk and Format your Hard Drive and then continue with the installation which will then set you up from scratch.
 

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