Recently acquired iMac - you want to install costs of El Capitan

Hello

I'm new to the world, it Mac - I recently acquired my son iMac (27 inch, late 2009), which has been well looked after and has already been updated to El Capitan.  I'm not a perfect beginner computer because I was using, construction and repair of PC from MS Windows 3 to go... and I wonder why it took me so long to get to Mac?

There are things I would do with this new iMac (for me) before you start to use it seriously initially there many applications and programs and games that my son installed and used that I will probably never, I would do a fresh install of OS - X El Capitan so that I can update the whole as a new system. I would also like to upgrade memory, the vehicle currently has 4 GB of memory (2 x 2 GB DIMMS) and I would like to upgrade it's full potential 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) I saw compatible available from Crucial.com SODIMM is a job that I could realize as I have work on PC etc and am not afraid to give it a go myself if its possible.

All tips will be useful (please excuse the terminology if it is not correct in referring to all things Mac) Please be nice :-)

Thanks in advance

IanE

First of all make sure that the iMac has been prepared for sale or give according to this document from Apple: what to do before you sell or give away your Mac - Apple Support.  You may need to your son ID and password to disable iTunes, iCloud, etc. in order to get him to help you through these steps.

How to reinstall OS X on your Mac - Apple Support

Yes, it's easy to install additional RAM. Install the memory in an iMac - Apple Support

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