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Mojoriki2358 Author

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Bypassing password

I recently purchased a used MacBook Pro. I’m trying to boot up and it tells me that I need a password but the password I have is not working. How do I bypass the password to wipe the hardrive?

Posted on Nov 29, 2021 2:08 AM

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kaz-k

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Posted on Nov 29, 2021 2:38 AM

Hi,

Start up in Recovery Mode then reformat internal drive and Reinstall MacOS.

How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support

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