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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1939844" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>More or less; yes.</p><p></p><p>The previous own needs to disassociate this Mac from his/her Apple ID.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, Apple has made this easier in that the owner can remove your Mac from the Apple ID if he/she has another Apple Device - Mac, iPhone iPad etc. All that person has to do is go into Settings on one of his/her Devices, then Click on the Apple ID and at the bottom of the list will be all the Apple Devices listed under the Apple ID. He/she then Clicks on what is now your Mac and "Remove" it from the Apple ID.</p><p></p><p>That's part one! Assuming this is done, you will still have to erase the current OS on your Mac because if you don't, as others have said, there will be trouble. So<strong> after</strong> the previous owner has removed the Mac from their Apple ID, you need to Erase all the data and the OS and download a new version of the OS.</p><p></p><p>See here:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201065[/URL]</p><p></p><p>This is what you have to do - but he/she should have done this before giving it to you.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1939844, member: 83420"] More or less; yes. The previous own needs to disassociate this Mac from his/her Apple ID. Fortunately, Apple has made this easier in that the owner can remove your Mac from the Apple ID if he/she has another Apple Device - Mac, iPhone iPad etc. All that person has to do is go into Settings on one of his/her Devices, then Click on the Apple ID and at the bottom of the list will be all the Apple Devices listed under the Apple ID. He/she then Clicks on what is now your Mac and "Remove" it from the Apple ID. That's part one! Assuming this is done, you will still have to erase the current OS on your Mac because if you don't, as others have said, there will be trouble. So[B] after[/B] the previous owner has removed the Mac from their Apple ID, you need to Erase all the data and the OS and download a new version of the OS. See here: [URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201065[/URL] This is what you have to do - but he/she should have done this before giving it to you. Ian [/QUOTE]
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