MP 1,1-5,1 Selling Mac Pro 1.1 - install original OS or the latest one?

[chipandegg]

I'm going to sell my Mac Pro, it came with Tiger, I have since updated it to Lion.

Do I install Tiger (no installation disc) or install Lion for the new owner?

I don't want the OS to be linked to my Apple ID

 

[haralds]

Sign out of iCloud including Find My.

I would install Lion.

 

[chipandegg]

Sign out of iCloud including Find My.

I would install Lion.

I was going to install Lion but then I read this on another forum. That's why I wasn't sure what to do.

*If your computer came with Lion or Mountain Lion pre-installed then you are entitled to transfer your license once. If you purchased Lion or Mountain Lion from the App Store then you cannot transfer your license to another party. In the case of the latter you should install the original version of OS X that came with your computer. You need to repartition the hard drive as well as reformat it; this will assure that the Recovery HD partition is removed. See Step Three above. You may verify these requirements by reviewing your OS X Software License.

 

[Dayo]

Note that Apple later decided to make Lion and Mountain Lion freely available:

Apple goes retro with free downloads of OS X Lion and Mountain Lion

Apple is now offering free copies of Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion on its website. Here's how to find them.

www.macworld.com

You can download them (along with others since provided) here:

How to download and install macOS - Apple Support

Download and install current or previous versions of the Mac operating system on compatible Mac computers.

support.apple.com

 

[chipandegg]

Note that Apple later decided to make Lion and Mountain Lion freely available:

Apple goes retro with free downloads of OS X Lion and Mountain Lion

Apple is now offering free copies of Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion on its website. Here's how to find them.

www.macworld.com

You can download them (along with others since provided) here:

How to download and install macOS - Apple Support

Download and install current or previous versions of the Mac operating system on compatible Mac computers.

support.apple.com

What I want to do is erase the HDD and install the OS, seen as they are available for download freely, indicates that I could press OPTION-Command-R and install Lion - In the end I don't want whatever OS that I install to be linked to my Apple ID.

• On an Intel-based Mac, if you use Option-Command-R during startup, you may be offered the latest macOS that is compatible with your Mac. Use this method if you can’t install macOS successfully after pressing Command-R during the startup process.
• This would install Lion

• On an Intel-based Mac, if you use Shift-Option-Command-R during startup, you may be offered the macOS that came with your Mac, or the closest version still available.
• This would install Tiger

 

[DeltaMac]

The Internet Recovery - which you can enter by that reboot key combo Option-Command-R - will not work on a MacPro1,1. It's too old. The earliest MacPro to support that is the 5,1 - and maybe the 4,1 - not sure about that. Someone with more time on MacPros will likely provide the correct info there, but I am sure that your 1,1 cannot do Internet Recovery.
I also believe that you would never find an Internet Recovery that offers you Tiger. Oldest would likely be Lion, as that was the current system when Internet Recovery was first made available, so any new Macs would have shipped with Lion, or newer. Don't think that ever extended to older Macs that shipped with Snow Leopard or older, even if the firmware was updated to support Internet Recovery. The choice with those older Mac systems is a bootable installer,
Just double check that you have removed that device from your AppleID account, and you will be good to go.
When I sell an older Mac, I will erase the drive, reinstall usually whatever is the latest native system, without setting a user. I also usually provide a flash drive installer with whatever system I installed, so the new owner can do whatever they like on their "new" Mac. That's just something that I consider fair to the buyer.

 

[bookemdano]

The Internet Recovery - which you can enter by that reboot key combo Option-Command-R - will not work on a MacPro1,1. It's too old. The earliest MacPro to support that is the 5,1 - and maybe the 4,1 - not sure about that. Someone with more time on MacPros will likely provide the correct info there, but I am sure that your 1,1 cannot do Internet Recovery.
I also believe that you would never find an Internet Recovery that offers you Tiger. Oldest would likely be Lion, as that was the current system when Internet Recovery was first made available, so any new Macs would have shipped with Lion, or newer. Don't think that ever extended to older Macs that shipped with Snow Leopard or older, even if the firmware was updated to support Internet Recovery. The choice with those older Mac systems is a bootable installer,
Just double check that you have removed that device from your AppleID account, and you will be good to go.
When I sell an older Mac, I will erase the drive, reinstall usually whatever is the latest native system, without setting a user. I also usually provide a flash drive installer with whatever system I installed, so the new owner can do whatever they like on their "new" Mac. That's just something that I consider fair to the buyer.

Internet Recovery isn't supported on the 5,1 either. Broadly speaking it was made available on 2011 and newer Macs, but the 2012 Mac Pro is basically a 2010 Mac Pro with newer CPUs, so it missed out on some of the features added in the 2011-2012 era.

 

[chipandegg]

The Internet Recovery - which you can enter by that reboot key combo Option-Command-R - will not work on a MacPro1,1. It's too old. The earliest MacPro to support that is the 5,1 - and maybe the 4,1 - not sure about that. Someone with more time on MacPros will likely provide the correct info there, but I am sure that your 1,1 cannot do Internet Recovery.
I also believe that you would never find an Internet Recovery that offers you Tiger. Oldest would likely be Lion, as that was the current system when Internet Recovery was first made available, so any new Macs would have shipped with Lion, or newer. Don't think that ever extended to older Macs that shipped with Snow Leopard or older, even if the firmware was updated to support Internet Recovery. The choice with those older Mac systems is a bootable installer,
Just double check that you have removed that device from your AppleID account, and you will be good to go.
When I sell an older Mac, I will erase the drive, reinstall usually whatever is the latest native system, without setting a user. I also usually provide a flash drive installer with whatever system I installed, so the new owner can do whatever they like on their "new" Mac. That's just something that I consider fair to the buyer.

So using the above key commands I wrote to install the current or original OS at start won't do anything? I tried and nothing happened!

On my iOS devices I go to Settings > My Name > The Mac Pro has doesn’t appear there with the list of my devices, and I've logged out of the iCloud app on the Mac Pro, is this enough?

Regarding a bootable installer I wouldn't know where to start. I gather I download...

Lion Installer

Mac OS X Lion Installer – Apple Support (UK)

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is available for older systems that are not compatible with the latest version of macOS

support.apple.com

Or

10.4.1 Tiger update??

Mac OS X Update 10.4.1 – Apple Support (UK)

Delivers overall improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.4 and is recommended for all users.

support.apple.com

To an external drive and boot the Mac Pro from there?

Currently Lion is on an internal SSD, how does this get erased, when you boot from the external is there a procedure to erase the SSD or do I have to do that before I bootable installer?? As I read that erasing an SSD is different from an HDD.

There's info about on the Apple website but it only goes as far back as El Captain.

 

[chipandegg]

Found to videos for this I think

 

[chipandegg]

Done!