M1 Mac Activation Lock is disabled

Hi Nicholas,

The status of Activation Lock should match the status of Find My Mac on your Mac. If Find My Mac is enabled, Activation Lock should be enabled, etc.

If the two don't match, try turning Find My Mac off or on, restart your Mac, and try again. They should soon match.

Read this and understand if you do this, the issue you face goes away.

"..*On a Mac with Apple silicon, the security policy must be set to Full Security, the default setting.."

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-startup-disk-security-settings-a-mac-mchl768f7291/mac

Plain "Activation Lock for Mac" article refers to M1 exception: at bottom of page.

There, see "Requirements for Activation Lock" section; includes a referral 'blue-link'.

And errors through frustration on my side while attempting keyboard

and mouse hassles, led me to let some errors stand. [Too many typos.]

The earlier link The Littles posted, has this background within.

[the article above "Locking Apple Devices" covers this]

+An adjoined blue link.. to Activation Lock for Mac

• This says:

Note: Mac computers require the Apple T2 Security Chip or Apple silicon

"to be eligible" to use Activation Lock. If an eligible Mac computer is using

user-approved MDM and is upgraded to macOS 10.15 or later, Activation

Lock is disallowed by default and can optionally be allowed. Managing

Activation Lock on installations (not upgrades) of macOS 10.15 or later

requires the device to be supervised. In macOS 11, if a device is super-

vised using a device enrollment (previously known as 'user-approved'

MDM), Activation Lock can’t be managed until the point at which the

device is enrolled into MDM. ~ That means it may be possible for Activa-

tion Lock to already be enabled when the device is enrolled in MDM

and becomes supervised. In that case, it can’t be turned off using MDM

and won’t be disallowed by default, until it is first turned off by the user."

Hopefully you may 'parse all the above' in context.

If your new 16-inch MacBook Pro isn't the latest M1

then you may take a hint of parsley with oregano.

"M1 Mac Activation Lock is disabled If I look on the first page of System Information on my brand new 16" MBP, it says that activation lock is disabled. I just paid a great deal of money for this machine, and I'd like to protect it from being resold. How do I get this to be enabled? I am really, really, really sure that all of the prerequisites (FindMy turned on, boot set for full security) are correct. Yet, system information says it's still disabled. My M1 Mac Mini and my wife's MB Air both say that it's enabled. What's the deal?"

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So, who is the Seller?:

A. Apple?: If purchased from Apple, then contact Apple Support, informing them of this mishap.

Apple Contact Info:

• Contact Us - Choose Locations
• Proceed from there, as necessary

Why the Wait:

Phone calls are taking a bit to go through at the moment, due to lots of calls. With the Coronavirus Pandemic, many are at home at the moment, with much time on their hands to contact Apple. So, just stay on the line, and you will get through :)

or...

B. A Third-Party?: If purchase from a third-party, then request a return. They need to unlock it.

The title of this thread plainly includes M1 Mac Activation Lock is disabled - Apple Community

are you implying that I'm daft or somehow over the edge? LOL getting there, few seconds more...

• Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

https://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/

For what you suggest that your needs excel toward fulfillment with accomplishment here, answers

proposed hint that you would need to try & change the security settings on startup disk, on mac M1.

Once you try all that and fail; truck on over to an AASP or Apple store genius, & ask them for help.

PS: you said that you hadn't set Startup Security?

..Already stated, in regard to your M1 issue(s)..

"If your new 16-inch MacBook Pro isn't the latest M1

then you may take a hint of parsley with oregano."

(..And a roll of quarters from petty cash, for bus fare.)

An empty genius bar reservation awaits your call.

Perhaps the elapsed time was in waiting for iCloud-based FindMyMac and your actual Mac to get in Sync.

"M1 Mac Activation Lock is disabled: You have entirely misunderstood the question. I am not locked out of my machine. I want to turn on activation lock to lock everyone else out of it."

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Thank you for the clarification.

See this Link: Locking Apple devices - Apple Support