How to reset Firmware Password? iMac, Lion, 10.7.3

hello, i have a macbook air that i bought off a guy on the street and it has the 4digit passcode lock which i do not know,,,,is there a way to get past the passcode to maybe reset the computer to factory settings. thanks for your ideas

dude, you are saying you bought a stolen mac and want us to help you reset the firmware? are you d*mb? I hope the real owner had installed Undercover and get his mac back.

I have to say, moweida, I agree with Geek1337 – however I see where you're coming from. You've probably never found yourself in this situation before, so your first thought is about the money you spent and not wanting to get your new computer taken from you. However, you're failing to realize that the original owner is probably thinking the same thing – except he or she probably paid quite a bit more for the computer when they bought it. Put yourself in their shoes – wouldn't you want someone to get your computer back to you if they came across it, even if they paid for it?

The bottom line is that you've purchased stolen property, and you should alert the authorities to this as soon as possible. Do the right thing and make a reasonable effort to get that person's computer back to them. Be the change you want to see in the world, and you'll be happy you were if the same thing ever happens to you.

Same problem and no help from Apple support!!!

Of course not. Prove you own it in the form of a valid receipt from a reputable dealer or directly from Apple and they'll help you unlock it. Otherwise, you have an expensive brick and a lesson in not buying items like this for cash off the street. Had you gotten a similar item through an eBay seller, you can get your money back on that, but not from "Joe Somebody" you met at a coffee shop to hand over cash for the item.

Ok come here and find someone for fixing it if you know how to do? You sitted to your chair and all the needed things at your circle. Did you visit any 3rd class countries? Do you have any experience about it?

If I live US don't worry I can find many solutions w/out any discussions.

Where a person is, what "class" a county is considered, or a person's experience using computers doesn't change the situation. You bought a locked computer from a crook.

lol, Do you think I am looking for chip machines 🙂 ? So I don't need to talk with you about it. Apple has all the documents about customers. I am not a new mac user maybe like you.

chip machines

Whatever the heck that vague reference is supposed to mean.

I am not a new mac user maybe like you.

I've probably been using computers longer than you've been alive.

Put it to your archive if you want to see before your messages.

My very first response to you mentioned do you have a receipt. Had you answered yes, you do, the first time instead of talking about countries and other unrelated nonsense, we could have skipped all of this.

So you do have a receipt. Bring it and you computer into an Apple Store to have them unlock it.

Thank you Guilherme Aquino Moresco

Same problem here!

Basically, with out going to an Apple Store you're out of luck. As this Cnet article explains, the password is stored on a separate flash chip that requires very specialized knowledge to program. Here's the link:

http://www.cnet.com/news/efi-firmware-protection-locks-down-newer-macs/

So without breaking into Cupertino and stealing the Apple app that generates the unlock file or doing some very difficult soldering work, an Apple Store is your only recourse.

Have you checked this out?

Worked for me.

Apple is off the rails with this iCloud vaporware crap!

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