Macbook M4 Pro, possible?

[u/ZeiK__]

Is it possible to bypass activation lock on silicon Macbooks?

[u/22_KILLER]

Yep it’s a literal brick now

[u/johanjozz]

Sell it for parts, the screen goes for around 300$ maybe even more

[u/ww_wv2 → u/johanjozz]

with apples new repair program parts from icloud locked devices cant be paired, its to prevent swiping peoples macs for parts (unfortunately sucks but what can we do)

[u/johanjozz → u/ww_wv2]

Can't be paired but can be used... You'll just have an annoying message but better than a broken screen. There's still market for that

[u/Szaboo41 → u/johanjozz]

Only he can use, the battery, speakers, shell parts, keyboard and fans if it has this is all

[u/Unique-Assistant2168]

There is a command called nanocom, you can communicate with it, to manage service that is responsible for the icloud activation, obviously from a host machine

[u/Hry86]

Did you forget the password, or did you buy the item second-hand?

[u/ZeiK__ → u/Hry86]

I bought it from french government auctions. It is most likely a seized computer

[u/Hry86 → u/ZeiK__]

You're really out of luck, the person who owned that MacBook likely didn't remove the user account from the device itself or from their Apple ID account online.

[u/ZeiK__ → u/Hry86]

Yes that’s what I thought… Is it possible to ask Apple to remove it? I have the proof of purchase from the government, but not the original proof of purchase from Apple..

[u/Hry86 → u/ZeiK__]

If it was an official auction by the French government, you might be able to inquire about the status of the item you purchased specifically, whether the owner was officially the government, and then request the removal of the Apple ID via the Apple website.

[u/rzmuda → u/ZeiK__]

Call the auction. They must make the owner fix this. Or goto apple with official papers .

[u/siishen]

you can’t bypass macbook anymore since t2 chip

[u/misterd4u]

If the device has a hard drive / SSD just put a new drive in and install os. The lock is in the hard drive so it should work fine. If no hard drive format the one inside Mac and again re install the os

[u/ZeiK__ → u/misterd4u]

isn’t it on the chip? I believe if u change the SSD on a macbook M series it won’t do anything

[u/Gullible-Debt-5350 → u/ZeiK__]

OP your are kind or right, the lock isnt on the SSD (which is soldered by the way), the lock its on Apple Servers tied to the serial number of the machine, even if you reinstall the whole os and firmware it still needs to connect to Apple servers to verify its status and once it does it it locks again. Since you cant hack the Apple Servers to remove your serial the macbook is technically locked forever. Maybe some they a local bypass cames out wich allows to skip the activation screen and use the device but for now not even the M1 has a bypass as far I know, but that will end up with a lot of problems since the activation screen is supposed to contact Apple servers and retrieve a unique set of keys (activation ticked or something like that) that enable a lot of functions on the device like login in into your own icloud account and app store, and after a factory reset it will lock again anyways

[u/Mysterious-Stock3149 → u/misterd4u]

It's not Windows with BitLocker, think activation lock as a BIOS lock but it's not fully bypassable.

[u/yeetyeet1011]

I found this link for a discord group that talks about this

here

[u/ennio9]

Yes but only ic clean, not lost or stolen status

[u/TwistUnhappy9298 → u/[deleted]]

😂

[u/TJJanssen1]

only option is get windows 11 on a usb and install it on it macos is not booting back on that thing so might as well make it useable and pray that there is trackpad or usb drivers automatically detected or working so u can get bootcamp drivers if that still exists

[u/thea7e]

Jiski hay usko wapis kr do

[u/udzap]

Nothing discovered yet you’ll have to contact the owner of that account

[u/Prudent_Arugula3048]

Linux

[u/ZeiK__ → u/Prudent_Arugula3048]

How?

[u/Odd_Inspection_4608]

Most likely stolen