I'm possibly pulling the trigger on a used MBP from craigslist. My question is this, how can I check the status of find my mac before buying? The last thing I want is to purchase it only to be locked out by the seller or someone else.
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Buying Used Macbook Pro...How To Disable Find my Mac
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simonsi
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Check that this has been done...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT201065
If the seller can't do this then likely he is missing a password, then the "someone else" you refer to might well be "the previous owner".
Needless to say you should ideally witness this being done...if it has already been wiped and a clean install done then you won't know if the seller had the necessary password(s) or not...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT201065
If the seller can't do this then likely he is missing a password, then the "someone else" you refer to might well be "the previous owner".
Needless to say you should ideally witness this being done...if it has already been wiped and a clean install done then you won't know if the seller had the necessary password(s) or not...
simonsi
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We're meeting at a starbucks. So I should have time to sit down and check find my mac and also the firmware lock.
How do you check the firmware lock status? Boot and hold command + r, right?
EDIT: And yes, if either of these are enabled and he can not remove them in front of me, I won't be buying. Don't want stolen merchandise on my hands.
Trebuin
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simonsi
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There is a list of the blocked features here
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1352
Try any of them (e.g. Booting into safe mode - Shift during startup), if it does then there is no firmware password set.