I used Erase Mac with my m1 Air which couldn't connect to Wi-Fi in recoveryOS and now it is stuck with activation lock (not iCloud lock, it is a device based locke and the mac only needs to talk to apple servers in orther to be activated). I guess the Wi-Fi problem is emanating from some sort of bug within Monterey so was wondering if I could use Apple Configurator to restore OS on an activation locked macbook and then use Wi-Fi to reactivate the device? I now using a bootable is not possible unless device has reached out to apple servers and been reactivated.
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M1 Air has no Wi-Fi even in recovery mode. Can I restore using apple configurator?
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Yes, as a very early owner of the original M1 Mac, my Mac Mini "bricked" after performing an erase in the recovery due to an OS bug, and I performed the DFU restore from Apple Configurator 2.
And was it locked? Because my main problem is the device activation lock and it doesn't allow reinstall using bootable USB.
Tried a third-party which didn't work. Can't seem to find an original apple adapter in this city!
There are no Apple Stores or Authorized Resellers In my country and need to make sure I have tried everything possible before sending it overseas!
You think it won't be possible to reinstall macOS using configurator and then activate it?