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jesseniar28 Author

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What do you do when you lost your Mac and find my Mac was off ?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jan 10, 2021 8:23 PM

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Encryptor5000

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Jan 10, 2021 8:29 PM in response to jesseniar28

Hi jessenair28,

Unfortunately, because Find My Mac was disabled, there is no way to track your Mac.

If you believe that your Mac may be stolen, I recommend contacting law enforcement and filing a police report that contains the serial number of your Mac, along of the model and year of manufacture. If the Mac was signed into your Apple ID, you can find this info by signing into your Apple ID here: https://appleid.apple.com

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jesseniar28 Author

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Jan 10, 2021 10:14 PM in response to Encryptor5000

Thank you. I can't see where the Mac is signed in from though. Do you recommend removing it from my account ? Will that delete any info ? I already filed a police report but that doesn't report it lost. Apple stated I have to do that from another computer but I'm not sure how to do that or where to see where its signed in from.

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Jan 10, 2021 11:02 PM in response to jesseniar28

Don’t remove it from your account.

If your Mac has the T2 Security Chip or the M1 Chip, your Mac includes an anti-theft feature called Activation Lock. Although it’s only supposed to turn on when Find My Mac is enabled; hopefully it’s already enabled on your Mac - if so, your Mac is bricked for everyone except you.

Removing the Mac from your Apple ID is guaranteed to disable Activation Lock, which would not be good.

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