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I have bought an old Apple Mac
Operating System is 10.5.8. How can I reset to factory default ? Clear user data, etc ?
What model is it? What Year? This is OSX Leopard which is pretty old and no longer supported. It may not be possible to run a current OS on your model.
Please post the model and specification of the Mac computer as it is probably unlikely it will run latest OSX and may need DVD to wipe and re-install OSX .. only Macs from last few years can be installed or upgraded from the Internet.
You'll get the information on the Model, RAM etc on the Apple Menu .. under About this Mac .. post here and someone will advise
You'll get the information on the Model, RAM etc on the Apple Menu .. under About this Mac .. post here and someone will advise
Or usually that info is also on a label on the underside of the foot of the iMAC (if it is an iMAC).
To answer your question regarding resetting it to factory defaults: usually that means wiping it and re-installing the O/S. 10.5.x (aka Leopard) came on DVDs, meaning that you can't wipe it and start over without them.
A less clean but simpler method would be to log in as the admin user and do the following:
1) Create a new ADMIN user
2) Log in and verify that the new admin account works
3) Delete all the other users plus their profiles.
Echoing what has been written above, it might be that Snow Leopard (10.6.x) or Lion (10.7.x) is as far as you can push that model. Please note that Snow Leopard came on DVDs as well, should you choose to upgrade. Lion was the first O/S available via the web. I doubt highly that you will be able to find either one of those today.
To check how far you can push it, log in and look under the Apple Menu for System Profiler. If you don't see that, select "About this Mac (or similar) and look for "more info" or similar. When that runs, gather the overview information. It should contain Mac model, identifier, CPU specs and so on.
Then search online using that information. Try the identifier first as a first search. The site Everymac.com is quite good and will tell you everything you could possibly want to know about your Mac.
A less clean but simpler method would be to log in as the admin user and do the following:
1) Create a new ADMIN user
2) Log in and verify that the new admin account works
3) Delete all the other users plus their profiles.
Echoing what has been written above, it might be that Snow Leopard (10.6.x) or Lion (10.7.x) is as far as you can push that model. Please note that Snow Leopard came on DVDs as well, should you choose to upgrade. Lion was the first O/S available via the web. I doubt highly that you will be able to find either one of those today.
To check how far you can push it, log in and look under the Apple Menu for System Profiler. If you don't see that, select "About this Mac (or similar) and look for "more info" or similar. When that runs, gather the overview information. It should contain Mac model, identifier, CPU specs and so on.
Then search online using that information. Try the identifier first as a first search. The site Everymac.com is quite good and will tell you everything you could possibly want to know about your Mac.
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This is the answer I needed. There is some value in this older mac, thanks and i will follow your advice.
Make sure you are connected to the Internet so you can download the latest copy of Mac OS X or macOS Sierra.
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