Okay, so yours has a recovery partition then? I thought the newer macs did, but the one I got is from 2007 so I guess it's in its own category. :) On Oct 6, 2012, at 8:52 PM, Chris Bruinenberg <cbrui...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi alex, > Thanks, I do have a copy of it on a thumb drive. > I can hold down the command r to also get into the recovery options. > THanks for your help. > > Thanks. > Chris Bruinenberg > > cbrui...@gmail.com > > > > On Oct 6, 2012, at 5:50 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I ran into this with an older mac. It came with 10.6, but the owner upgraded >> it to 10.7 some months before selling it. As it does not have a recovery >> partition, and as the previous owner's iCloud downloaded the Lion update, I >> have no way to re-install Lion should I ever need to. I would make sure your >> mac has a recovery partition with ML already on it (as in no iCloud >> required), or throw in a thumb drive configured to act as a recovery drive. >> Google can give you more details, but you basically want to make sure the >> new owner has full access to a copy of ML so that your iCloud is not needed >> to re-download it. Other than that, do a clean install and you should be all >> set. >> On Oct 6, 2012, at 5:53 PM, Chris Bruinenberg <cbrui...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all. >>> I am in the process of selling my mac. >>> Do i need to give them anything because i upgraded it to mountain lion or >>> will it be fine. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> Chris Bruinenberg >>> >>> cbrui...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
