I've recently acquired an iMac Pro. The iMac is activation locked and came from a company that is now defunct. I do not know which company or have any way to contact the previous owners. The liquidators who sold it say they were unable to secure the password or have the iMac unlocked. I do know that even if this is the lowest speced iMac Pro that I'd still be able to make back the money I spent on it (and a bit of profit) by parting it out.
What I'd like to know is the specs of this particular unit. The serial number just confirms to me that this is an iMac Pro, something which I was well aware of. Other than cracking open the case and inspecting the various components, is there a way to find out what CPU, GPU, SSD and RAM is in the iMac? She boots to the activation lock screen but there's no About This Mac or other option to do anything other than entering the username and password. I have read in ... mumble, mumble ... that some of the jailbreaking tools may be able to do this while you have the Mac in DFU mode. Anyone know if that's true? Or know of another way that doesn't involve me installing tools on a working Mac (since you need to connect it to the locked Mac) that may harbor malware?
I really wish Apple would come up with some scheme to allow people who have something like this, who aren't the original owner who happens to have a years old receipt laying around, to unlock the computer (but erase the contents in doing so) if it hasn't been reported as lost or stolen. It could be as simple as notifying the iCloud account that the Mac is tied to that someone has it and requests they please unlock it (the worst that could happen is they say no, so you're not any worse off than you are now). It would save a lot of these machines from going to a landfill.
What I'd like to know is the specs of this particular unit. The serial number just confirms to me that this is an iMac Pro, something which I was well aware of. Other than cracking open the case and inspecting the various components, is there a way to find out what CPU, GPU, SSD and RAM is in the iMac? She boots to the activation lock screen but there's no About This Mac or other option to do anything other than entering the username and password. I have read in ... mumble, mumble ... that some of the jailbreaking tools may be able to do this while you have the Mac in DFU mode. Anyone know if that's true? Or know of another way that doesn't involve me installing tools on a working Mac (since you need to connect it to the locked Mac) that may harbor malware?
I really wish Apple would come up with some scheme to allow people who have something like this, who aren't the original owner who happens to have a years old receipt laying around, to unlock the computer (but erase the contents in doing so) if it hasn't been reported as lost or stolen. It could be as simple as notifying the iCloud account that the Mac is tied to that someone has it and requests they please unlock it (the worst that could happen is they say no, so you're not any worse off than you are now). It would save a lot of these machines from going to a landfill.
