HT201065: What to do before selling or giving away your Mac
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Q: Is it totally necessary to complete steps 2-5? Like if I just erase my hard drive then reinstall OS X, won't the other steps not m ... Is it totally necessary to complete steps 2-5? Like if I just erase my hard drive then reinstall OS X, won't the other steps not matter? more
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Jan 1, 2016 4:53 PM in response to jltepper29by Niel,★HelpfulYes, it is. Those services interact with the computer, and the number of computers which can be simultaneously authorized with a single Apple ID is limited to five.
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Jan 1, 2016 4:53 PM in response to jltepper29by Barney-15E,★HelpfulThe point is not to just stop the processes on your Mac, but to also remove the Mac and your AppleID links to the Mac on Apple's servers.