I bought a Macbook used, and now I can't update iMovie, iPhoto and iTunes without apple ID of the older owner how can I work around this?

Hey everybody,

This is my first post. A couple of years, I bought a used Macbook. I never did update (it is so long and then I decide to Watch youtube videos... it is not used for work or school). So now, I've updated the Yosemite and I want to get everything updated and it requires that I put a password of the former owner apple ID to update iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie. How can I get around this without reformatting and losing thousands of photos and all my files.

Thank you guys.

If you are the legal owner of the computer, but if the software you want is owned by another user is not yours. You cannot add any other purchases to your ID. You own, or that they are.

backup with time machine

move all your data in the folder user to an external drive or a flash drive is formatted in a format not mac or by checking the box "ignore this volume permissions" in get info of this device.

do a clean install of the operating system

create a new administrative account

the Time Machine restore requests

transfer your data from external sites back to the new account.

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