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A comment on MacBooks from 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Activation Lock. Parent comment

Re:MacBooks from 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Ac... by YuriNiyazov on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:28PM (#34506846)
Activation Lock is also “Find my”, if it told you to disable that or you never had it on, you are fine
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Re:MacBooks from 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Ac... by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:34PM (#34506975)
Probably never had it on, thanks!
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Re:MacBooks from 2020 Are Being Sold for Scrap Because of Ac... by tristor on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:36PM (#34506997)
In that case you wouldn't have seen it mentioned. When you go through the erase data and settings process, it asks you if you want to remove the device from Find My and disabled the activation lock, at which point it prompts again to login to iCloud. If you didn't have it enabled, it wipes without prompting.
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