Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

byke

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Mar 29, 2007
725
61
LDN. UK
I have a security question.
And I know its a strange question, but I have no idea where to ask it.

I recently bought a second hand M1 Mac Mini, and it all looked good. Even though it was wiped, I rewiped it just in case, and installed Mac OS Ventura (Public Beta).

When I go into the Find my app on the desktop, I am seeing all my family and friends , devices etc.
(I use my iPhone as my main "Find me" device for sharing my location)

However, when it comes to "Me" on the Mac OS app, I am seeing that my usual icon profile pic is not there and a different icon with someone else's initials are in place (my initials are "MP").

I contacted Apple support and they didn't know what it was, and because this is a beta release, they cannot comment (officially).
I had them look over the serial number, and they could see that had previously been registered to someone else and the warranty had expired. And they could see that I was now the current signed in user.

Can anyone check if they have a public beta of Ventura, if a similar issue is happening to them ?
So that I can try and work out if its a Ventura issue at the moment.

Cheers
 

Attachments

  • Screenshot 2022-08-19 at 09.15.36.png
    Screenshot 2022-08-19 at 09.15.36.png
    230 KB · Views: 79
  • Screenshot 2022-08-19 at 09.19.11.png
    Screenshot 2022-08-19 at 09.19.11.png
    505.4 KB · Views: 48
Update, I have now found that this abnormality changes based on disconnecting and reconnecting to wifi.

So I woke up this morning and the icon was missing and replaced with the initials "KD".
I then closed and reopened the app, no change.

I then closed the app again, turned off wifi.
Then turned on wifi and reopened the app and my correct profile image and reference to me was back in place.
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.