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The AppleCare Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026. Starting today, the site will no longer accept new posts and is available in a read-only state.
You can continue to find trusted guidance and support on the official Apple Support site.
We want to thank the community members who have contributed their time and expertise to help others with their Apple products.
I have a second hand iMac 2009 model and I stupidly deleted everything even the OS and I cant re install it because you need the original Apple ID... is there a way I can purchase a disk or USB with an OSX to install, if so can you point me to it
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
Hello,
You will need to use another Macintosh to prepare a macOS installation disk.
How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support
iMac 2009 Boot problems
