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Clean install LION

condra · 2013-08-12 19:32:11

ugh :( Bought an iMac around a year ago. Came with SnoLeo disk, but Lion installed. Selling it on to upgrade soon hopefully. I tried doing a clean install of Lion but it is asking me for an Apple ID, then refusing to move on. I decided to downgrade to Snow Leopard for the sake of being able to sell on a clean machine, but…

12-08-2013 7:32pm

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condra

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ugh

Bought an iMac around a year ago.
Came with SnoLeo disk, but Lion installed.
Selling it on to upgrade soon hopefully.

I tried doing a clean install of Lion but it is asking me for an Apple ID, then refusing to move on. I decided to downgrade to Snow Leopard for the sake of being able to sell on a clean machine, but it won't let me.

Any ideas what I can do?

Wouldn't feel right to just delete my files and not sell it on with a proper clean install..

Thanks!

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#2 13-08-2013 5:26pm

Nemeses

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Someone before you purchased Lion and installed it on that Mac.

Have you purchased Lion on your apple ID?

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#3 13-08-2013 6:27pm

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condra wrote: »

I decided to downgrade to Snow Leopard for the sake of being able to sell on a clean machine, but it won't let me.

More info needed. Why won't it let you? Did you the wipe the hard disk first?

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#4 13-08-2013 8:15pm

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Managed to delete the disk and get snow installed. Cheers.

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