Q: Used Mac

Hello! I recently purchased a used MacBook (due to my Mac, which I loved, being stolen) and the person I bought it from did not delete a lot of the files. I am not sure what is essential and what is non-essential so concerned about deleting massive amounts of data. Any suggestions on how to "clean" this up?

Also, iCloud is not on the computer and I really want to get iCloud mostly for the Find My iPhone feature. Any suggestions on how to go about doing that?

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Michelle

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 6, 2013 9:12 PM

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by Carolyn Samit,

Carolyn Samit Jul 6, 2013 9:27 PM in response to MHyde1
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Jul 6, 2013 9:27 PM in response to MHyde1

Hi Michelle..

iCloud: System requirements > Minimum requirements for iCloud is v10.8.2 Mountain Lion.

If the Mac has v10.6.8 installed as your profile indicates, you can upgrade directly from v10.6.8 to Mountain Lion > Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion.

For enabling iCloud > Apple - iCloud - Learn how to set up iCloud on all your devices.

If you were able to get the install disc that came with the Mac, you can use that to reformat (erase) the startup disk and start from scratch.

You can do the same from a Snow Leopard instal disc > Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard: How to Erase and Install

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Csound1 Jul 6, 2013 10:20 PM in response to MHyde1
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Jul 6, 2013 10:20 PM in response to MHyde1

Please note that the minimum requirements for iCloud are actually 10.7.5 (Lion) but if your Mac will run 10.8 (Mountain Lion) you should.
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