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    any one have time to spoon feed an old guy......

    im usually a pc guy but i acquired an older white mac laptop today it says 2009 and the os x is 10.8


    so the issue is it still has a user on it and i dont have the password so i wanted to reinstall the software to wipe it out and start fresh

    i went to my torrent site downloaded and burned a copy of an os and its not loading correctly

    any tips where i can get a good copy of an os for it and will this work? to bring it back

    i figured how to boot i really need a better coppy only have a few blank dvds left it think there blank

    i might have a good usb too if needed

    thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by tbird686 View Post
    any one have time to spoon feed an old guy......

    im usually a pc guy but i acquired an older white mac laptop today it says 2009 and the os x is 10.8


    so the issue is it still has a user on it and i dont have the password so i wanted to reinstall the software to wipe it out and start fresh

    i went to my torrent site downloaded and burned a copy of an os and its not loading correctly

    any tips where i can get a good copy of an os for it and will this work? to bring it back

    i figured how to boot i really need a better coppy only have a few blank dvds left it think there blank

    i might have a good usb too if needed

    thanks
    The best thing to have done would have been to clear the password then clean up what you had.
    You can call MAC and see if they will send you a new factory OS for that computer.

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    well if i could get the password ..........

    i cant

    i got this from work .......the maintance guys at this apartment get the left overs of the people who dont pay rent and then get locked out
    he got a new tv and couch and stuff like that 2 lap tops this one had no power cord and he does not know computers and has been sitting for a few months


    he asked if i wanted it and i sad yes.........so here i am on friday night playing with it.......

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    try resetting the password :
    Code:
    http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/10/forgot-mac-password-how-to-reset-mac-password/

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    that worked so much easier............thanks!!!!!
    Last edited by tbird686; 03-28-2015 at 02:09 AM.

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    lol ... have fun with your new toy

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    its for the gf.......im a pc and an android person

    grew up not liking the mac..........but how knows it my grow on me and might have to get there tablet too...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tbird686 View Post
    its for the gf.......im a pc and an android person

    grew up not liking the mac..........but how knows it my grow on me and might have to get there tablet too...
    me too ... my wife and daughter have iphones, ipads and macbooks though ...

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    well this one looks good

    it has 250 gigs (i just found all this)
    2.4 gig intel core duo
    2 gig ram


    is this like a pc runs better with more ram? can you add ram to these?

    its older its white still has a cd rom and 2 usb ports

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    yes, you can upgrade the RAM ...

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    crucial . com will tell you what ram and how much you can add and the price.

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