How to fresh install 10.8

[TonsOfFun420]

My brother gave me a MBP with 10.6.8 and I want to fresh install Mountain Lion so it is like a brand new computer with none of his stuff on it. Do I need to purchase 10.7 first?

Can anyone advise me on how to do this or direct me to instructions?

Thanks in advance!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

If you want to make a bootable installation medium, you can follow these steps:

• Lion DiskMaker

• Create bootable installation medium for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
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If you want to create a clean install:

• How to Clean Install OS X Mountain Lion

• How to Do a Clean Install of OS X Mountain Lion
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[TonsOfFun420]

If you want to...

Cool thanks! Appreciate it

 

[farmermac]

Create a new admin user account

Delete old account

Done

 

[Voodoofreak]

Create a new admin user account

Delete old account

Done

This is what I did when I passed on my old mbp to my niece.

 

[Unhyper]

Create a new admin user account

Delete old account

Done

He wants to get rid of Snow Leopard and install Mountain Lion. It's a much better idea to clean install ML than to simply create a new admin account on an old SL install and then upgrade two generations.

 

[farmermac]

He wants to get rid of Snow Leopard and install Mountain Lion. It's a much better idea to clean install ML than to simply create a new admin account on an old SL install and then upgrade two generations.

Why is that? Curious. I remember obsessing over clean installs when I had windows. Mac OS seems to handle upgrades and OS installs perfectly fine. I'm genuinely curious as to the differences performance wise. There's no registry to get clogged up.

 

[Classiclays]

Create a new admin user account

Delete old account

Done

Does this actually work? Will it be like a factory reset?

 

[aarone88]

Much simpler method

Does this actually work? Will it be like a factory reset?

No it is not like a factory reset, Shut down and boot up while holding option (DO NOT HOLD OPTION WHILE SHUTTING DOWN), select restore on the boot loader screen and reinstall the OS using the recovery utility

 

[Unhyper]

Maybe you guys aren't reading his question. His computer has Snow Leopard on it. He doesn't want Snow Leopard. He wants Mountain Lion. Reinstalling from the recovery partition isn't going to do it.