I bought a apple powermac G4 desktop (2001) from a thrift store. I need to completely restore it back to factory settings. Does anyone know if this is possible? I do not know the password and I do not have a restore disk/CD. It does work and starts up to be able to be used, but obviously is somewhat useless as I don't have the old users Apple ID password..
Hello,
I don't think the other User's AppleID would help at all. What would you use that for?
You're pretty much stuck without an Install Disc, but...
Reset OS X Password Without an OS X CD...
Admin Hack...
http://www.hackmac.org/?q=node/4
Starts up like the first time you buy a new Mac, but after filling in all that info again, you should have access to the computer and the other Users & files will still be there... give the new User a different name than an existing one.
How do I restore/wipe clean a old Powermac G4 desktop without CD or password?
