I have been banging my head against the wall about this for a while.
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I purchased a second-hand 2008 iMac and it has been working fine for the last 2 years. When I went to update OSX to Sierra, it asked me for the original owner's Apple ID and password. The previous owner clearly did not follow the correct instructions to hand off the computer. I went through the steps to reinstall macOS here:
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Feb 01, 2018 Let it install the 10.6.8 update. Uncheck all others. There's no reason to wait for the other updates when you're not staying in Snow Leopard anyway. 10.6.8 will put the App Store on the drive, which is the main reason for applying that particular update. When that's done, launch the App Store. Login to your account, or create one if you don't.
I did all the possible permutations of these steps, including formatting my hard drive. Every time when I tried to reinstall macOS, I was given the error 'this item is temporarily unavailable'. Browsing the Apple Support forums, it looks like this is because I do not have the original Apple ID. I do not have this information and it will be impossible to get it.
I then tried this workaround and I was not able to access the iCloud page within Safari
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This seems like there should be a simple solution.
HOW DO I REINSTALL OSX WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE ORIGINAL APPLE ID AND PASSWORD?
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