Im stuck in activate mac, i already turn on and off our wifi i already restarted my laptop too, But STILL theres no wifi in the labels only battery life and keyboard language. How can i connect to the wifi when theres is no wifi to connect in my laptop
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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.2
my ginger wrote:
You went into disk utilities in recovery and erased your startup volume? Right? What were the problems you were having that caused you to do this? Are you running Monterey? You are at the setup screen or did you go past that?Set up your MacBook Air - Apple Support You could try going back to recovery and doing another install. You do not need to erase the drive. In setup you get the option to setup your wifi without having to use the wifi icon.
If a Mac with the T2 Security Chip or a Mac with Apple silicon is erased, it must first activate with Apple servers before it can start up normally. This activation process happens in macOS Recovery, and the recovery utilities are unavailable until activation is successful. The same system also enforces Activation Lock.
my ginger wrote:
You went into disk utilities in recovery and erased your startup volume? Right? What were the problems you were having that caused you to do this? Are you running Monterey? You are at the setup screen or did you go past that?Set up your MacBook Air - Apple Support You could try going back to recovery and doing another install. You do not need to erase the drive. In setup you get the option to setup your wifi without having to use the wifi icon.
If a Mac with the T2 Security Chip or a Mac with Apple silicon is erased, it must first activate with Apple servers before it can start up normally. This activation process happens in macOS Recovery, and the recovery utilities are unavailable until activation is successful. The same system also enforces Activation Lock.
Hi stshane,
This thread could help: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253622725?answerId=256781677022#256781677022
You went into disk utilities in recovery and erased your startup volume? Right? What were the problems you were having that caused you to do this? Are you running Monterey? You are at the setup screen or did you go past that?Set up your MacBook Air - Apple Support You could try going back to recovery and doing another install. You do not need to erase the drive. In setup you get the option to setup your wifi without having to use the wifi icon.
mmm...
You might need another reboot. Or reboot into safe mode...
Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X) - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
Hope this helps
If the entire drive is erased, the Mac will need to reactivate with Apple servers. During the activation process, the servers will check whether the Mac is registered in Find My Mac. If it still is, the servers will refuse to activate the Mac (imposing Activation Lock) until the owner's Apple ID and password are provided.
For Apple silicon Macs (M1 family and future), every installed copy of macOS has a boot security policy, called the LocalPolicy. In order to boot macOS, the LocalPolicy must be signed using special keys stored in the Secure Enclave. These keys change when:
When the new keys are created, they first need to be certified by Apple so that the LocalPolicy is trusted at startup. The activation process is simply the process of getting those keys certified. Once the keys are certified, they sign the LocalPolicy, and the Mac can then start up normally.
For Intel-based Macs with the T2 Security Chip, I don't know the specifics, but the T2 Security Chip stores an activation certificate from Apple that is likely destroyed when the entire Mac is erased. Without the activation certificate, the Mac will refuse to boot macOS.
Hi
can you access the system preferences in the Apple menu (left hand top corner)? Open networks and connect to wifi there. Do you have another apple device?
I actually I erase it all. the settings because of some problems I ran into. Once it rebooted and I selected the language it needs to be activated. It says to select a WiFi network from the WiFi icon at the top right of the menu bar. But there is no WiFi icon/option there. There is a battery icon and a select input icon (to select alphabet.) And that's it.
How do I get the WiFi menu to appear?
If Find My Mac (and thus Activation Lock) is disabled, and the Mac needs to activate, the Apple servers will happily activate that Mac without hesitation. No Apple ID is needed :)
Find My Mac is disabled by default, until the user signs in to iCloud on their Mac. If the user chooses to enable Find My Mac, the Mac’s activation certificate is then likely tied to the user’s Apple ID on the servers, thus enabling Activation Lock. Disabling Find My Mac (or removing the Mac from Find My) completes the opposite process and removes Activation Lock.
The purpose of Activation Lock isn’t to require the new owner to use an Apple ID; rather, it is to ensure that only the previous or original owner can activate (and thus use) the Mac if it ever gets stolen or erased without consent.
If a Mac was erased and tried to activate while Activation Lock is enabled (the Mac is present in Find My Mac), the Apple servers would first demand the previous owner’s Apple ID and password. Once that is supplied, the servers remove the Mac from Find My Mac, which also removes Activation Lock. They then proceed to activate the Mac as normal.
I'm more familiar with intel Mac's then the newer ones.. Read you post including the link. One thing. If one wipes the entire drive that forces an activation lock? That 's the only thing I didn't quite get.
First. Thank you. It would seem that one needs to make sure they have an active Apple ID. What happens if the Find My Mac was never activated. Or is it activated by default?
Thanks again. I'll probably re-read this again so as to remember it.
Stuck on "Activate Mac" Screen
