Hi.
Here is what you need to do. I assume you know how to use Voiceover, so I won't go into more details regarding to that. But if you don't know how to use Voiceover, feel free to ask.
1: Open up the app store.
2: Search for Mavericks, download the operating system which requires you to log in with your Apple ID.
Downloading Mavericks can take forever depending on your connection. You can go into the menubar and swich to the purchased window and follow the download process there.
3: When Mavericks is downloaded, it will open up the instaler automatically. Close the installer and the window, and continue with the steps.
Why do you need to download the operating system and then close the installer?
Mavericks is updated with the other persons Apple ID. If you just wipe the disc and trys to install the operating system in recovery mode, you'll be in very bad trouble, because your Apple ID hasn't been used to download the installer on that machine. Then, you would get a message saying that the Apple ID which was used to update to Mavericks is required! So for this reason, it is very, very important to link your Apple ID to Mavericks on your machine like this.
when all that is done,:
4: Shut down the machine.
5: Press the power button, and as soon you hear the start up chime, hold down the command key and R to boot up into recovery mode.
6: Wait a half minute or so, and now you can launch Voiceover.
7: Choose Disc utility in the table, and choose continue. You might need to choose your language first though, I don't remember.
8: Choose the second tab which is remove where you can format partitions, discs etc. Here you can do two things: 1: Just format the disc, or 2: Wipe the partition. I would just format the disc, and only care about the partitions if the previous user have changed that. I'll recommend you to choose to overwrite the disc once, not the quick format, to be sure all data is gone.
When the disc is formatted, you can shut down the machine again, boot up into Recovery mode, choose install Mac OSX in the table and reinstall the OS.
If you only have wireless internet you might run into some trouble on getting the machine onto your wifi while in the Recovery mode. It's doable but quite difficult. I don't remember exactly how to do this. You need to press VO M twice, but Voiceover is messed up in the status menu.
Feel free to ask if you need more help.
Oh, by the way, the iTunes thing:
I don't use iTunes very much, but you should be able to choose manual sync and just copy your music into your computer.
Best regards SLJ.
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