I bought a second hand macbook off ebay and it wasnt as described. I fresh installed the system and left it at the setup and sent it back. The seller says it requires a password to install programs although I dont see how it can if I fresh installed, the only password it could be is a password I use for multiple account which I obviously cannot give him.
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Fresh install asks for password
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Either you created an account, and left the password - or the other person set up the user, and quickly forgot the password. (One really can't install new software, unless logged in to a user account, which you claim you didn't create)
Either way, there's several methods to clear or reset the user account password (assuming the owner doesn't have any OS X installer DVD). The simplest is to delete the .AppleSetupDone file, then a system restart will bring up the new user setup, and the owner can then set up a new admin account. When that's complete, they can delete the old admin account, and move on with the MacBook. Here's a site that explains how to do that
http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-73393-change-mac-admin-password-without-the-disk
(send that link to the "new" owner
)
Either way, there's several methods to clear or reset the user account password (assuming the owner doesn't have any OS X installer DVD). The simplest is to delete the .AppleSetupDone file, then a system restart will bring up the new user setup, and the owner can then set up a new admin account. When that's complete, they can delete the old admin account, and move on with the MacBook. Here's a site that explains how to do that
http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-73393-change-mac-admin-password-without-the-disk
(send that link to the "new" owner
)