I recently bout a box of old laptops and macs at a flea market , One of them is a Macbook Pro that does power up but it goes to a screen with a lock on it. I tried restarting and held down the command -R but it still goes to the screen with a big lock on it and a place to enter a password. What I have read online suggests a firmware password has been put on it.
Maddmaxx13 wrote:
I recently bout a box of old laptops and macs at a flea market , One of them is a Macbook Pro that does power up but it goes to a screen with a lock on it. I tried restarting and held down the command -R but it still goes to the screen with a big lock on it and a place to enter a password. What I have read online suggests a firmware password has been put on it.
Not much you can do...
What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac ...
Firmware password
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204455
Set a firmware password on your Mac - Apple Support
If the machine is old enough, pull out the old driver and stick in a new drive.
Maddmaxx13 wrote:
I recently bout a box of old laptops and macs at a flea market , One of them is a Macbook Pro that does power up but it goes to a screen with a lock on it. I tried restarting and held down the command -R but it still goes to the screen with a big lock on it and a place to enter a password. What I have read online suggests a firmware password has been put on it.
Not much you can do...
What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac ...
Firmware password
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204455
Set a firmware password on your Mac - Apple Support
If the machine is old enough, pull out the old driver and stick in a new drive.
Firmware password
