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Deleting Time Machine data/backups and starting again
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1869951" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>I do want to add that the instructions for; "What to do before you sell, give away or trade in your Mac"</p><p>in post #4 are <strong>very</strong> important for reasons that may not be apparent right now. I understand that you have software you want to keep, eg "like MS Office and Inspiration" but due to the way Apple links services and sites to a specific Apple ID eg iCloud, email, iMessage, Facetime, Contacts, iTunes, the App Store, etc, etc she will have increasing difficulty over time syncing devices and accessing data unless the device is first deauthorized from your account and setup in her name with an Apple ID of her own.</p><p>You could set her up as a "new user" but that would limit her access to your user account (and apps) and you cannot transfer data from one user account to another and it would leave the device with all of the accumulated "stuff" in your user account.</p><p>Believe me I have seen people try to overcome some of these problems with Family Sharing and the like but it inevitably becomes a tangled web of confusion which may cause as many problems for you as it will for her.</p><p>I strongly suggest you follow the instructions provided in Ferrarr's post or here; <a href="https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/36262-how-to-securely-prep-a-mac-before-selling-it-giving-it-away/" target="_blank">https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/36262-how-to-securely-prep-a-mac-before-selling-it-giving-it-away/</a></p><p>Yes, you will loose some handy apps but she will end up with a device which works better and will be hers alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1869951, member: 204485"] I do want to add that the instructions for; "What to do before you sell, give away or trade in your Mac" in post #4 are [B]very[/B] important for reasons that may not be apparent right now. I understand that you have software you want to keep, eg "like MS Office and Inspiration" but due to the way Apple links services and sites to a specific Apple ID eg iCloud, email, iMessage, Facetime, Contacts, iTunes, the App Store, etc, etc she will have increasing difficulty over time syncing devices and accessing data unless the device is first deauthorized from your account and setup in her name with an Apple ID of her own. You could set her up as a "new user" but that would limit her access to your user account (and apps) and you cannot transfer data from one user account to another and it would leave the device with all of the accumulated "stuff" in your user account. Believe me I have seen people try to overcome some of these problems with Family Sharing and the like but it inevitably becomes a tangled web of confusion which may cause as many problems for you as it will for her. I strongly suggest you follow the instructions provided in Ferrarr's post or here; [URL]https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/36262-how-to-securely-prep-a-mac-before-selling-it-giving-it-away/[/URL] Yes, you will loose some handy apps but she will end up with a device which works better and will be hers alone. [/QUOTE]
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