How can I delete or reset a imac 5.1 model

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So I got a iMac 5.1 from my uncle I want to delete or reset it

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Posted on Apr 12, 2019 12:22 AM

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If there were grey-label Apple system discs included with the computer, they'd be

needed to erase and/or reinstall a new system. The disk utilities and other tools on

the bootable install DVD #1 are useful too, to fully erase content before a new install.

(or the system may be Lion 10.7, which was available on USB install flash drive.)

There are two iMac (intel) builds with the iMac5.1 designation; not an exact identifier.

One has 17-inch, the other 20-inch display. With different sales/EMC numbers.

You would need to use an install DVD disc to erase and reinstall an Mac system of the

correct vintage for this to work; but its so old now that it has little value to most users.

They shipped with Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger; both with same part # grey-label install DVDs:

•Original OS Mac OS X 10.4.7 (8K1106)

Later OS Mac OS X 10.4.8 (8N1430)

(Maximum OS Mac OS X 10.7.5)

These also could run Leopard 10.5(.8) or with DVD installer, and improved Snow Leopard

10.6(.8) the second one here is probably the better of all these said to work w/ early Macs.

Last newest Mac OS X they could run, was Lion 10.7.5. And you could still get Snow Leopard

10.6.3 on retail DVD from Apple (store) online; this vintage Mac doesn't upgrade to newer.

Update steps past installer upgrade level are downloaded within the application; to 10.6.8.

The Mac OS X 10.6.3 retail DVD cost about $20. on order from Apple. (Lion was on special

install USB flash; that was path to last upgrade OS. ~ Earlier ones use system DVD installer.)

The Safe Mac » How to reinstall Mac OS X from scratch

www.thesafemac.com/how-to-reinstall-mac-os-x-from-scratch/

How to reinstall Mac OS X from scratch . Published April 11th, 2013 9:32 PM EDT. For whatever reason, you have

decided that you want to reinstall the system from scratch, restoring your machine to an "out-of-the-box" state.

So if you had retail (not grey-label) Leopard 10.5 install DVD, that could work to put new

system on the old Mac you have; maybe even re-set an old password from the utilities

on the install disc to access older content before erasure. There is a clock battery that can

go flat which can affect these Macs, so may need to be replaced. That's on logic board.

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