Is there any way to force these three computers to accept the Apple IDs of the primary operator of the computer and not my Apple ID? Is the only solution a complete reset of the hard drive and a manual copying of profile data? This issue affects my wife’s/son’s computer, my daughter’s new computer and my mother’s new computer. But even removing all his identifying information, the old computer still asks for his Apple ID for updates. He notes that in his family, they pass older computers down to other members as they acquire new computers. Reader Craig Gorsuch writes in with a commonly asked question about OS X and Apple IDs.