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<blockquote data-quote="MacHeadCase" data-source="post: 388616"><p>Welcome to Mac-Forums, anonymiss808.</p><p></p><p>As a <em>How To</em>, you could check out Apple's Knowledge Base Article, <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156" target="_blank"><strong>Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password</strong></a>. The info might be a bit more complete but what you found is good too.</p><p></p><p>As for the re-install of OS X and keeping apps already installed from the previous owner, this will get complicated so hang on. Technically it's illegal to keep software that was installed on that PowerBook by the previous owner. To make it legal you should have bought Photoshop from him/her. </p><p></p><p>As for OS X, it's always best to buy a previously owned Mac with the disk set that came with it because if ever you need to re-install, like in your case, or you need to troubleshoot, you're left out in the cold. If I were you, I'd contact the person you bought the PowerBook from and ask for the disks that came with the PB: he/she can't use it on any other computer anyway, since these install disks are model-specific.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacHeadCase, post: 388616"] Welcome to Mac-Forums, anonymiss808. As a [I]How To[/I], you could check out Apple's Knowledge Base Article, [URL="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106156"][B]Mac OS X: Changing or resetting an account password[/B][/URL]. The info might be a bit more complete but what you found is good too. As for the re-install of OS X and keeping apps already installed from the previous owner, this will get complicated so hang on. Technically it's illegal to keep software that was installed on that PowerBook by the previous owner. To make it legal you should have bought Photoshop from him/her. As for OS X, it's always best to buy a previously owned Mac with the disk set that came with it because if ever you need to re-install, like in your case, or you need to troubleshoot, you're left out in the cold. If I were you, I'd contact the person you bought the PowerBook from and ask for the disks that came with the PB: he/she can't use it on any other computer anyway, since these install disks are model-specific. [/QUOTE]
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