Q: Resale imac
Recently bought an used iMac, and the seller wiped the system clean but forgot to reinstall OS X Maverick. I personally have never purchased Maverick so when they prompt me to sign into my apple account during setup it throws an error. How do i proceed with setup? I have tried starting the computer in internet recovery mode, but it is not working. Can I install an older version of snow leopard I have, and then update to the latest OS X?
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Posted on Jul 20, 2016 7:14 PM
If the Snow Leopard disc you have is not the white, OEM Apple retail disc, with an image of a snow leopard on it, then it won't work.
Gray install discs are Mac Machine specific.
Also, do you know what year and model iMac this is?
The current retail OEM disc that you can purchase from Apple has OS X 10.6.3 on it.
Some newer 2011 iMac models needed a special version of OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, like OS X 10.6.4 or OS X 10.6.7.
Here's the current link to OEM retail 10.6 (10.6.3) Snow Leopard disc here.
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Good Luck!
Posted on Jul 20, 2016 10:54 PM