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Mac OSX Mavericks Setup Assistant Reinstall
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| Boot into single-user mode (hold ⌘-S during startup) | |
| Once the command-line prompt appears, type the following: | |
| mount -uw / | |
| rm -R /Library/Preferences/ | |
| rm -R /Users/your username/ | |
| cd /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default | |
| ls to list the files | |
| Delete the file that is named after your user account, with a .plist extension. So, for user name “tempadmin”, type rm tempadmin.plist | |
| rm /private/var/db/.AppleSetupDone | |
| reboot | |
| Mac OS X will restart and the setup assistant will launch automatically. |
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