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iMac problems

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  • angelsmomma
    angelsmomma Posts: 1,192 Forumite
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    What serial number? No Apple operating has required verifying liceses for ages. That's why the Hackintosh community can exist. If it's 25 months old it's running 10.7 Lion at a minimum (released July 2011) and that certainly doesn't require an explicit license. If it's that the machine itself can't find its own hardware serial number then it's a hardware fault in the NVRAM which stores that information.



    Hmm, that's not good.

    It might not have been good but I started all over again after it cooled down and it allowed me to verify my serial number and re-install. It took hours but I now have a new operating system. Thank you for your input everyone
    Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
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