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MJCH54 Author

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I just bought a used MacBook Air and I can't download updates because the App store is still under the previous owner's name. How do I remove the previous owner's Id? I remove her from the "manager" part.

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Jul 5, 2019 6:04 PM

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Eric Root

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Posted on Jul 5, 2019 8:19 PM

Since the former owner didn't erase the computer and set it up again, you need to do that to make it 'your' computer. Start with step 6.

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