MacBook authentication failed

Have erased my MacBook from my iPhone through find my iPhone and and Now when I set up with a new Apple ID authentication is failed even if I log in with the previous Apple ID

Posted on Mar 28, 2021 12:34 PM

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dominic23

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Mar 28, 2021 2:48 PM in response to Mtayeb433

Contact Apple Support. https://support.apple.com/en-in/contact

Click Mac notebooks and then Installations.

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