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  1. iMac'd

    Re-install Monterey OS

    Just bought a 2nd hand iMac with Mont. 12 OS. Very bad choice; has anyone managed a reinstall of the OS? I followed the guide and 90 mins later it had the account of prev. owner intact. Also won't allow reg. of Apple ID without offering a reason. I presumed Apple uses RMO* tech. so maybe...
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    MAC OS cannot start up from this disk

    Hello nice people, Fisrt off forgive me if this is already a thread but i could not find any answers for this problem here. Now, I have an old macbook white 13" late 2009, I'm trying to reset it to factory settings because I want to give it away. I was running Mavericks 10.9.5 but I've already...
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    Macbook air re-installation error

    I'm trying to reinstall this MacBook Air (third generation), but I got the following screen. After 20 or 30 secs it shutdowns. I'm also having issues to launch the recovery menu. I have to reset the SMC and PRAM several times before I can get the menu again. Any suggestion will be really...
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    RecoveringFromZero

    Hi, everyone. I lost my disk in an attempt to port its contents to an SSD. I have a backup on the Time Machine. But I do not know how to restore it once the original disk ended up getting a windows 7 and the new one is zeroed. Any suggestions ?
  5. Nikasio

    Re-installing OSX on an old white macbook.

    Hi, a friend of mine recently came to me asking if could fix his dad's old macbook, his little brother apparently deleted some of the system apps. he doesn't have any of the CDs that came with the box and i'm unable to install Snow Leopard using my own, Any suggestions? Thanks, this is my first...