Timeline for Prepare MacBook for sale when OS X Lion reinstall requires Apple ID
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| Oct 23, 2017 at 15:24 | comment | added | DavidRecallsMonica | If the prompt appears only as the installer begins the new installation, you might consider reformatting the HD. If you're working from an installer on separate media (not from the recovery partition of the HD), the installer screen that first appears should allow you to select Disk Utility to reformat the drive; this selection may appear on the screen or within one of the Menu Bar menus. Beyond that, or replacing the HD, I'm out of ideas. | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 8:54 | comment | added | Oliver | I have deauthorized it. Guess that's why it doesn't show up under devices? But the system still prompts me for apple id and password when I reinstall os. | |
| Oct 22, 2017 at 15:42 | comment | added | DavidRecallsMonica | That's mysterious. If the previous OS is still available on the Macbook, try iTunes > Account > Authorizations > Deauthorize This Computer. | |
| Oct 22, 2017 at 14:47 | comment | added | Oliver | Thanks. Strangely, I don't see the Macbook listed under devices. | |
| Oct 21, 2017 at 23:42 | history | edited | Monomeeth♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added link to Apple support page.
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| Oct 21, 2017 at 21:05 | history | edited | grg♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 21, 2017 at 21:03 | history | answered | DavidRecallsMonica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |