frodefart wrote:
I just bought my MacBook Pro online. its used, so its not brand new. Everything seemed fine but when I tried to open the disk "Macintosh", I need to type a password and I don't know the password... its not one of my passwords. and I asked the guy who sold it, but when I tried the password he gave me, that didn't work either. so I wonder what I can try to do now?
Typically for a used Mac you would hope it was correctly prepped for sale:
ref What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac
—Your local Computer user/admin account password
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202860
If you forgot your Mac login password - Apple Support
—Filevault is different see FileVault password—
How does FileVault encryption work on a Mac? - Apple Support
Use FileVault to encrypt the startup disk on your Mac - Apple ...
Checking The Status Of Filevault encrypted, from the Terminal.app copy & pate.
fdesetup status
— You can heck for a firmware password from the Terminal.app copy & paste:
sudo firmwarepasswd -check
See the article
Firmware password protection in an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support
Firmware password protection in an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support