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MBP Mid-2012 15” i7, 2.3 - Upgrades Worthwhile?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1939965" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Did you friend unauthorise the device and remove it from his Apple ID? I just ask because it sounds like you are using it but you say, "I haven’t even logged in to my Apple ID yet."</p><p></p><p>It is possibly worth running First Aid that might allow you to do a few things first like ensuring the previous owner is logged out of iCloud and the device has been unauthorised from the iTunes Store and removed from the previous owners ID. We've had a bit of this lately, people being gifted an old Mac where the "rules" for selling or giving away an old Mac have not been followed, see below:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201065[/URL]</p><p></p><p>The catch with the above instructions is you need the previous owner's Apple ID and Password. Something, understandably, they may not want to share. </p><p>Of course if they followed the above instructions what you would have received would have been a Mac that booted up to the Setup Guide requiring you to set <em>your</em> preferences and login with your, or create an Apple ID. This makes you the Admin and creates a Home folder in your name.</p><p>Without doing this you may run into Permission issues even if you change the HD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1939965, member: 204485"] Did you friend unauthorise the device and remove it from his Apple ID? I just ask because it sounds like you are using it but you say, "I haven’t even logged in to my Apple ID yet." It is possibly worth running First Aid that might allow you to do a few things first like ensuring the previous owner is logged out of iCloud and the device has been unauthorised from the iTunes Store and removed from the previous owners ID. We've had a bit of this lately, people being gifted an old Mac where the "rules" for selling or giving away an old Mac have not been followed, see below: [URL unfurl="true"]https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201065[/URL] The catch with the above instructions is you need the previous owner's Apple ID and Password. Something, understandably, they may not want to share. Of course if they followed the above instructions what you would have received would have been a Mac that booted up to the Setup Guide requiring you to set [I]your[/I] preferences and login with your, or create an Apple ID. This makes you the Admin and creates a Home folder in your name. Without doing this you may run into Permission issues even if you change the HD. [/QUOTE]
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