Does my MacBook Air (13 inch, early 2015) have Activation Lock (or similar), or can someone just steal my Mac and erase it, then use it as their own?

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Does my MacBook Air (13 inch, early 2015) have Activation Lock (or similar), or can someone just steal my Mac and erase it, then use it as their own?

I'm wondering if my MacBook Air has Activation Lock, or something similar to it. Also,when I close the lid of my Mac, it doesn't show as "online" on Find My iPhone unless I don't require a password upon opening the lid (which I need). With PowerNap I can supposedly locate my Mac when the lid is closed, but it won't lock or make a sound (If I decide to hit "play sound" on Find My iPhone when the lid is closed (so, pretty useless). Can anyone answer any of these questions? Thanks in advance

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jun 18, 2016 6:38 PM

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Jun 18, 2016 6:41 PM in response to Noah Warren

Find My Mac will register the serial number (or other hardware identifier) for the purposes of recording a single Mac and that reinstalling OS X will not remove this identifier from Apple's servers and may show a "Find My Mac is already in use" message if you attempt to set it up in the future. Hypothetically, you should be able to find your Mac whenever it's connected to wifi and on because of this.

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