My girlfriends ex left this Mac computer behind on PURPOSE! Can her ex still operate this computer? I don't know the default keychain password or how to find it

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My girlfriends ex left this Mac computer behind on PURPOSE! Can her ex still operate this computer? I don't know the default keychain password or how to find it

Ok...so I am REALLY new to this whole Mac thing and my girlfriend knows less than I do about computers and phones, etc. but I have been using her Mac computer and thought how cool it was until I synced my iphone to it and all of her ex's apps went on my phone so then I tried to find out how to get her ex's name and info off the computer and realized that just because the log in name is my girlfriends name...the computers name and all HIDDEN passwords and HIDDEN dates of when things have been changed.

Can this person have access to anything I have done on that computer?

How do I find the default keychain login?

How can I assure she cannot get any files or ANYTHING off this computer?

My girlfriend doesn't really want to lose her files like photos and iTunes but I am assuming since my girlfriend wasn't really ever the one "truly" logging in....

I don't know.

Need help for dummies here!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 2, 2012 7:40 PM

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Dec 2, 2012 8:09 PM in response to Longbones34

we cannot help you hack a computer. it is not yours. Tell the ex to come get it.

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Dec 2, 2012 8:14 PM in response to Appletini6

This is my girlfriends computer. Not her ex's. I have the box... The receipt....ect.

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Dec 2, 2012 8:17 PM in response to Longbones34

He can't do anything to it remotely. If you think he will break in and take the computer, change the password. Open up System Preferences > iCloud. Sign in with her Apple ID and turn on Find my Mac.

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Dec 2, 2012 8:22 PM in response to Longbones34

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My girlfriends ex left this Mac computer behind on PURPOSE! "

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Dec 2, 2012 8:34 PM in response to Longbones34

He could conceivably wipe it remotely if he logs in with her AppleID and uses Find My Mac's remote wipe. Make sure she has changed the password on her AppleID.

There's a limited amount he could do if he was pretty knowledgeable with Macs and has the login information. Change the password on the main user account on the computer and all other accounts for good measure.

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Dec 2, 2012 8:36 PM in response to Appletini6

They were together living in this house for 7 years. My girlfriend purchases the Mac. Her girlfriend sets up the Mac. They mutually break up and her girlfriend says "I put the computer in YOUR name" so don't worry... Go ahead and use it. When I say she left it behind on purpose what I mean is the computer is in the ex's name bc she PUT it in her name ...like all the cloud stuff. And sub accounts are in my gf's name...like ....user login. But my gfs not really the administrator of this computer and her ex has 3 macs of her own that I (THINK) are attached to this "system".

I am SO new at this that I JUST created an account on this website to try to get help. I own a business and have been using this computer not knowing that my girlfriend isn't the one who set her own computer up. I know nothing about a Mac. I don't know if someone who has another Mac on the system can transfer files? I have been logging onto the computer under my gf's user name and password just to access what in my mind is known as the regular Internet. My gmail...my business email login...passwords...bank account, ect.

I just want to ensure she can't access MY stuff. I don't care about HER stuff!

I'm not a hacker! ****....I didn't even know how to open up a new tab on the freaking thing until just a few months ago! Lol

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Dec 2, 2012 8:40 PM in response to Limnos

I changed the main user password on the account but when I now try to sign in as my girlfriends name and password that's when it says "please enter login keychain password" and then when I hit the ? Mark...it says I need the keychain password initially assigned. I tried all the passwords my girlfriend gave me and they don't work.

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