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Re:MacBooks from 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Ac... by jb1991 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:49AM (#34506178)
> If you had enabled Find My Mac on a T2 equipped mac, factory reset WON'T unlock the device.

I don’t think that’s true, I’ve never had to do that, and this is not a part of Apple’s documented reset process for resale of a machine. If you are the device’s actual owner and you use the simple process Apple outlines, it will reset it for a new owner, period.

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Re:MacBooks from 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Ac... by p_l on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @03:57AM (#34516041)
At the time I bought, the documented process included "manually disassociate FMM from the device in iCloud settings"... except it wasn't well propagated information and the previous owner and reseller just tried factory reset.

Been there, went with Apple support over it, the only reason I still don't have it unlocked is because I didn't have time or energy to redo the whole setup. Might redo the apple-driven unlock process, but the hw is not worth it really.

EDIT: Apparently the nice simpler procedure that does wipe FMM only arrived in Monterey.

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