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2nd hand mac with bogey software what to do?

portomar · 2008-05-15 17:33:40

just bought a 2nd hand mac to find out it has pirated copies of final cut studio, after effects and photoshop. does anyone know wheter this will affect the mac negatively if i try to just uninstall these programmes and then install the genuines? i certainly intend to buy final cut studio soon, will it seize up if it…

15-05-2008 06:33PM

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portomar

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just bought a 2nd hand mac to find out it has pirated copies of final cut studio, after effects and photoshop. does anyone know wheter this will affect the mac negatively if i try to just uninstall these programmes and then install the genuines? i certainly intend to buy final cut studio soon, will it seize up if it detects an old file from a bogey version? should i reformat altogether? feel free to PM if you want.

thanks

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#2 15-05-2008 06:58PM

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a fresh install of the os would do it no harm, in fact the machine may run a bit faster.

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#3 17-05-2008 01:42PM

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You should always reinstall the OS on a second hand machine. In fact, I often do it with new Macs as well.

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