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selling my imac...a few ?s
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Nashville, TN
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Instead of reinstalling everything is there a way to change the user name of my computer? I have it under my name want to put it under his name. I know I could reinstall everything but that would take a while. Anything else I need to do before I sell it. It's an old graphite imac so no warranty left.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
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You could just create a new user and delete the old one. If there's nothing else you want to delete.
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Chuck
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"Instead of either 'multi-talented' or 'multitalented' use 'bisexual'."
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Nashville, TN
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thanks, i'm a little slow sometimes lol
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Columbus, OH
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If you have the cds that came with the iMac restore it to it's original state with them.
Or just wipe the hard drive and give the cds to the new owner.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Burbank, CA
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you would have to move the files to the new user folder though, no?
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Boston
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You best bet is to reformat and reinstall the OS,
Just slap the CDs into the computer, restart, hold the C key and follow the directions to reformat and install OSX - just be sure you've pulled everything off of it before hand.
Mike
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: If I tellz ya, then I gotsta killz ya !
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And if you ever had any personal/financial/passwords ect info on that imac, when you wipe the HD, check the security options for writing ZEROS to the drive with 7 times overwriting.......nobody short of the NSA will be able to find anything after that 
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Personally I find it hilarious that you have the hots for my gramma. Especially seeins how she is 3x your age, and makes your Brittney-Spears-wannabe 30-something wife look like a rag doll who went thru WWIII with a burning stick of dynamite up her a** :)
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