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Lock icon when MacBook starts up

Please help my laptop got lock icon when start up an I didn’t set password what’s going on is it please help

MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jan 14, 2023 3:56 PM

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leroydouglas

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Posted on Jan 15, 2023 7:22 AM

Alstar666 wrote:

Please help my laptop got lock icon when start up an I didn’t set password what’s going on is it please help

Lock icon

If your Mac is using a firmware password, the lock icon appears when you try to start up from another disk or volume, such as an external drive or macOS Recovery. Enter the firmware password to continue.

ref:If your Mac doesn't start up all the way

If your Mac doesn't start up all the way - Apple Support

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