* OSX Yosemite "Clean install"?

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* OSX Yosemite "Clean install"?

Hi

I recently purchased a "NEW" 12" MacBook and I want to pass on my existing 13" Mid 2009 MacBook Pro to my daughter and I had intended to reinstall the system to factory settings using the discs supplied and then upgrade all the way through to OSX Yosemite but, my son just told me that I could download OSX Yosemite from the App Store, to a USB device and then boot from that to clean install Yosemite.

Is this correct and if so, is there a sequence of steps that need to be done to do this properly?

Posted on Aug 1, 2015 11:02 AM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Aug 1, 2015 11:11 AM in response to Brave01Heart

Not if you’re going to sell or give away the computer.

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OGELTHORPE

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Aug 1, 2015 11:14 AM in response to Brave01Heart

Use these Apple support guidelines:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201065

Ciao.

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Brave01Heart Author

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Aug 1, 2015 11:38 AM in response to Niel

Hi Niel

As I said, I'm passing it on to my daughter so, is this not possible then?

I would imagine that if I restore it to factory settings and then upgrade right the way up to OS X Yosemite, there should be no problems when setting it up in my daughters name after initial factory install completed?

But, I was hoping to avoid that. 🙂

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Niel

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Aug 1, 2015 11:42 AM in response to Brave01Heart

1. It isn’t.

2. Any Mac OS X version above 10.6.8, except for ones originally bundled with a computer or a Lion installation performed from Apple’s USB installer thumbdrive, is tied to an Apple ID and not transferable.

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