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bought used iMac, previous owner wiped it clean

I bought it as a gift for my pc fresh newbie dad, he has a new apple ID also, how do we get mountain lion on it using his new ID? given that the previous owner wiped it clean.

the previous owner bought it new in July this year (2012) and I bought it last week (dec 2012).

I understand that the OS will belong to his ID but cannot work out how to buy it through the app store using his ID on his wiped clean Imac.

I already own a mac but bought mine new so have no experience with this part.

Any help much appreciated to save a fresh pc convert from becoming too frustrated and returning to the dark side !!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Dec 31, 2012 3:14 AM

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Arc676

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Posted on Dec 31, 2012 3:18 AM

If you want to buy Mac OS X Mountain Lion on the app store, simply open the app store app (app store.app), find mountain lion (you can search), and click the "buy" or "download" button. This will ask you to sign in, or ask for your password if you already are signed in. When it finishes the download, you will be able to re-buy the OS on any computer using the ID.

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paulypops Author

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Dec 31, 2012 7:08 AM in response to mende1

I think the guy I bought it from must have bought ML seperately and it is therefere only usable by his ID...correct??

I only have Lion installed so will prob upgrade at a later date. as he lives a 2 hr drive from me. and I expect he'll ask me many Q's

we tried the 'command R' re boot see earlier post.

mende1 (aka mr v helpful) do I need the bootable mountain lion disk still if his machine is working fine and he is busy fiddling and learning the ways of iMac?