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I recently bought a used Mac Book. When trying to factory reset, it gives me the message that it is “write locked”. Is there any way to factory reset?

I recently bought a used Mac Book. When trying to factory reset, it gives me the message that it is “write locked”. Is there any way to factory reset?

MacBook, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jun 2, 2022 3:34 PM

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Posted on Jun 3, 2022 4:41 AM

Does it/ did it operate at all when you first got it? If so, did you get any error messages when you tried to start it up?


It sounds like you bought a used Mac that was not properly prepared by the seller. If it failed to offer the initial setup routine when powered up, that is exactly the case.

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Jun 3, 2022 4:41 AM in response to Nanax3boys3girls

Does it/ did it operate at all when you first got it? If so, did you get any error messages when you tried to start it up?


It sounds like you bought a used Mac that was not properly prepared by the seller. If it failed to offer the initial setup routine when powered up, that is exactly the case.

I recently bought a used Mac Book. When trying to factory reset, it gives me the message that it is “write locked”. Is there any way to factory reset?

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