Good folk of the NSC forum. I have a Mac problem D:

[L2MidgetGem B.H.A Seagull]

Hi everyone. I brought a 2nd hand Mac laptop from Cash Generator today but I want to restore It to It's Original factory settings. Only problem Is the Mac never came with any Disks and I looked In the Disk utilities but no option to select. Any Idea's what I can do? Thanks

 

[Kazenga <3]

Buying a second hand Mac is basically cheating.

You would probably have to download a new OS from the app store. Depends how old your model is.

 

[DanielT]

oh i misread. I saw: "I have a Mac. problem" and was going to sympathise with you

 

[L2MidgetGem B.H.A Seagull]

Buying a second hand Mac is basically cheating.

You would probably have to download a new OS from the app store. Depends how old your model is.

But I could never afford a new one lol

 

[Sussax]

All Apple products are shite.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

But I could never afford a new one lol

How much was the second hand one

 

[fire&skill]

I had to reinstall the operating system on my desktop after the trackpad started playing silly buggers. I did it with the help of somebody at their care centre but that's part of the package with it so the call was free. It might be a bit expensive to phone without that. The apple forums are usually pretty helpful.

Just re-read that. Not that much use really - sorry.

 

[Cypriot-Seagull]

Basically fella without the OSX disks you can't restore to factory settings. But you could try this : You could create a new administrator account and trigger the OOBE (Out of box experience) setup.

Reboot
Hold apple key + s key down after you hear the chime. (command + s on newer Macs)
When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):

$ mount -uw /
$ rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
$ shutdown -h now

 

[L2MidgetGem B.H.A Seagull]

Basically fella without the OSX disks you can't restore to factory settings. But you could try this : You could create a new administrator account and trigger the OOBE (Out of box experience) setup.

Reboot
Hold apple key + s key down after you hear the chime. (command + s on newer Macs)
When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line):

$ mount -uw /
$ rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
$ shutdown -h now

Thank you very much. Worked like a charm