Q: What happens if I deauthorize my Apple ID from my Macbook?
I'm in the process of selling my 2009 MacBook that is running Mavericks. The person who is very interested in buying wants it to continue running Mavericks because the main program he uses won't function on El Capitan or Snow Leopard. I live abroad and my old Snow Leopard discs aren't available; buried deep inside some unknown box at a relative's house. The country I live in has zero official Apple presence and it would take weeks to have Snow Leopard discs shipped to me.
I've created a bootable Mavericks install drive which I will install on a second partition and then overwrite the first partition with zeros using Disc Utility, or once I'm positive I've copied everything I want to bring with me to my external drive I could just zero out the disc and start from scratch on the one partition.
I know to de-authorize iTunes, sign out of iCloud, iMessages, iBooks, other software that requires authorization, etc.. I realize that I will need to use my Apple ID when I install Mavericks on the second partition. The buyer realizes that he will not be able to update the software or receive any updates to the operating system unless he purchases Snow Leopard discs. This isn't a problem as he wants and would be happy with Mavericks.
My thought is that as long as the new buyer doesn't have my Apple ID password he would have no access to my account. All that would happen is that my Apple ID would be in use on the MacBook for Mavericks only. What would happen if in the future I cancelled my Apple ID and created another as I still have an iPad? Would there be a problem with the MacBook for the new owner (besides the known situation of not being able to update the operating system)? Would the new owner be able to use his Apple ID with iTunes while Mavericks is tied to my Apple ID - one MacBook using two Apple ID's? Any other thoughts on what I'm planning?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Posted on Jul 26, 2016 6:32 PM