I recently bought this 27 " iMac used and he restored and whipped everything off of it. So i went to buy some stuff from apple store and it asked me to created apple id which i did. when i went to get the ilife items

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I recently bought this 27 " iMac used and he restored and whipped everything off of it. So i went to buy some stuff from apple store and it asked me to created apple id which i did. when i went to get the ilife items

I recently bought this 27 " iMac used and he restored and whipped everything off of it. So i went to buy some stuff from apple store and it asked me to created apple id which i did. when i went to get the ilife items such as garage band iphot iMovie the button said accept. when i clicked it. it said the following ..

These apps were already assigned to another Apple ID, and they will be available in that Apple ID's Purchases list. If you don't have access to that Apple ID and want to receive future updates, you will need to purchase the applications.

Please let me know what to do to fix this issue and be able to purchase ilife 11 for this computer

Posted on Apr 29, 2012 10:54 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 29, 2012 11:44 AM in response to lancegilbreath

Hi Lance ...

You can only re download the iLife apps using the same Apple ID they were purchased with.

See: Restoring iLife applications after Internet Restore of OS X Lion

here > Lion Recovery

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Answer 2

Apr 29, 2012 11:52 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

I have no idea what the previous owners apple id was. Everything was set back to factory pre sets. I would just like to be bale to buy them atleast and it wont let me. The bottom just says accept. How can I buy them?

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Answer 3

Dah•veed

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Apr 29, 2012 8:33 PM in response to lancegilbreath

Hi Lance,

Check out this thread and you will find from Jerry's comments that the pre-installed iLife apps can be transferred by Apple one time to a second hand Mac buyer. But the seller will need to contact Apple Care directly and release these apps from their Apple ID to you so you can accept them into your Appel ID.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3859732?answerId=18104211022#18104211022

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