I am preparing my MBP for sale. I backed up all my data via Time Machine and then used my Leopard install disc to run disc utility and do the 7 pass erase.
The buyer bought another machine at the last moment and I am stuck with my MBP with no data.
So, if I decide to keep it how do I get back to my last used state?
1. Install Leopard, go to Time Machine, and then restore
2. Install Leopard, do updates, install Snow Leopard, do updates, install Lion, do updates, go to Time Machine, and then restore
I have Lion on a bootable USB actually. So I guess I could go that route. However, since I am still planning on selling the MBP I am installing Leopard using the installation discs, because my understanding is that Lion is now associated with your Apple ID and not the machine. So, I am not selling the MBP with Lion installed.
The MBP will probably sit in a "sell" state and if no buyer pops up I will just keep using it (I want to sell it because I live overseas and Macs fetch a high price here, and I travel to the US often enough to buy a newer machine with a small investment + the sell price).
The buyer bought another machine at the last moment and I am stuck with my MBP with no data.
So, if I decide to keep it how do I get back to my last used state?
1. Install Leopard, go to Time Machine, and then restore
2. Install Leopard, do updates, install Snow Leopard, do updates, install Lion, do updates, go to Time Machine, and then restore
I have Lion on a bootable USB actually. So I guess I could go that route. However, since I am still planning on selling the MBP I am installing Leopard using the installation discs, because my understanding is that Lion is now associated with your Apple ID and not the machine. So, I am not selling the MBP with Lion installed.
The MBP will probably sit in a "sell" state and if no buyer pops up I will just keep using it (I want to sell it because I live overseas and Macs fetch a high price here, and I travel to the US often enough to buy a newer machine with a small investment + the sell price).