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I bought a used Macbook Pro from a reseller on eBay. Now that I have received it, is there any way to know if they possibly loaded spyware or can in any other way get access to information/browsing/passwords? I haven't connected it to my home network or internet nor have I signed in with my iTunes yet because I'm a bit paranoid. It has Catalina loaded.

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Posted on Jan 23, 2020 5:30 PM

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Jan 24, 2020 1:25 PM in response to dubydoo1220

dubydoo1220 wrote:

Thank you. I have gone to the instructions but where is says choose MacIntosh HD, I don't have that choice but instead there are two internal disks labeled '500GB' and '500GB-Data'. I am not sure if this means it has two drives that need erasing or just the 'data' drive. Thanks for any advice.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/25451e11-60e3-4458-ace0-32ac3db1e057


Jan 23, 2020 5:48 PM in response to dubydoo1220

dubydoo1220 wrote:

I bought a used Macbook Pro from a reseller on eBay. Now that I have received it, is there any way to know if they possibly loaded spyware or can in any other way get access to information/browsing/passwords? I haven't connected it to my home network or internet nor have I signed in with my iTunes yet because I'm a bit paranoid. It has Catalina loaded.


What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac ...



Erase/Format the parent drive if you are in doubt.

How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904


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