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In most cases, you will need to provide proof of ownership of the Mac which has a locked firmware password in order for them to unlock the computer in question. Again, even if your Mac is not on that list, you should contact them. You can contact the official Apple Support channels by phone, or schedule an appointment with a Genius Bar at a local Apple Store. (Maybe others too, contact Apple to find out for sure)
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MacBook Pro with Retina display (all models) This works on modern Macs, including the following (this list is not necessarily conclusive, always contact Apple directly if you can not remember your firmware password regardless of the Mac): If all else fails, you’re going to need to get ahold of Apple or an Apple Authorized Support center who can bypass and/or reset the firmware password using proprietary tools. Yes you should actually try it.Ģ: Have Apple Unlock the Mac Firmware Password For You Obviously you’ll need to enter a password to gain access to Firmware Password Utility, so why is this even mentioned, right? Because sometimes it works, maybe because of user error when typing the password to begin with. If this is successful it will tell you the firmware password is off.Īlways check your caps key and num lock key before entering or modifying passwords, often mistakes are as simple as that. Select to turn the Firmware Password to OFF Reboot the Mac and hold down Command+R to enter recovery modeĪt the Utilities screen, go to the Utilities menu bar item and choose “Firmware Password Utility” You may be able to reset, change, or disable the firmware password using the same method you used to set the password to begin with, this requires booting into Recovery Mode:
Using the the Apple ID approach on boot is typically the easiest for modern Macs.ġ: Try to Reset or Disable with Firmware Password Utility If the password you’re having trouble remembering is a general Mac login or administrator password, you can reset it with these instructions instead. The Mac firmware password screen, that you forgot the password for The firmware password appears immediately upon boot and is a gray locked icon, looking like this: If all else fails, Apple can possibly help you too.ĭo note that a firmware password is not the same as an administrator password or the general computer password used to login to a Mac. Nonetheless, if you wind up in a situation where you or another user has forgotten a low level firmware password on a Mac, don’t panic, because you may be able to recover the password or bypass it using one of the methods outlined below. While these low level passwords are quite secure, but that higher security also means a forgotten firmware password can be a significant problem. Users who require higher than usual security measures often set a firmware password on a Mac, which requires that a password be entered before the typical OS X boot sequence begins. Tell them yours were damaged.First I would notify eBay that it is a locked machine. They may sympathize with you and either re-load it for you or give you replacement disks. I would suggest going by the Apple store and talking to a Genius to see what your options are. To someone not familiar with OS X, this can be very intimidating. Don't do anything in the generic account other than delete the temp account. When you're satisfied with what you've done, create another generic account with admin privileges, then delete the temporary account.Up to you to figure out which ones these are.
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There may also be some driver specific kexts added by 3rd party utilities in your Systems folder.This is where it can get tricky because some depend on others for startup functionality, etc so if you don't delete them all the right way, you might have problems. You might also see application specific folders in /Library. Look through the Library folders in folders such as Application Support and Receipts.Use a system cleaning utility such as OnyX to clean up as many system settings as you can.There won't be many because most are user specific. Use an app deleting utility such as TrashMe to catch as many of the app's preferences as you trash them.Create a new temporary user account with Admin privs & delete all of your old ones including the home folders.The best you can do is delete user accounts & home folders and remove any Applications that didn't come with it by default, but chances are you're going to leave behind some traces in your system Library folder at least. You won't be able to get it back to 100% pre-used state without the discs.