How to update OS X on a used Macbook Pro without an old apple ID?

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Markus Kelvin2014-07-23 11:42:14

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Markus Kelvin, 2014-07-23 11:42:14

It turned out to be an opportunity to buy cheap used Macbook Pro in good condition.
I had never had experience with Macs before (I was an ardent fan of Windows), I wanted to buy it to study programming on iPhones xCode.
The Mac is now running OS X Lion (10.7.5), I wanted to download xCode from the Appstore, but I immediately started swearing that the operating system looks old, I want you to upgrade to Maverick (10.9 ...)
When updating the same OS X Lion on Maverick, I asked for an apple id of the previous owner, but alas, I don’t have it and I can’t contact that person.
I entered my apple id, but of course it didn’t work, how to get out of this situation, I ask for advice.
Thanks in advance for advice and tips.

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Sergey Petrikov, 2014-07-23
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Throw the necessary files, write the Maverick installer through the disk utility to a separate flash drive (there are on torrents), specify this flash drive as the boot volume in the system settings, reboot from the flash drive, format the poppy disk and install the system from the flash drive to disk - that's it.