Find My Mac BRICKED my MacBook Air

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Find My Mac BRICKED my MacBook Air

I used the "Lock" feature in Find My Mac and now a blinking question mark is the only thing that shows up when I turn my Mac on. Sorry if the image is really big.

Posted on Nov 28, 2016 3:04 PM

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Answer 1

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carstenmjonas Author

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Nov 28, 2016 3:21 PM in response to carstenmjonas

NEVER MIND!

I fixed this by:

1. Holding the alt key during startup

2. Entering the PIN (set during initial locking) when the lock symbol shows up

3. Pressing Enter

4. Choosing Macintosh HD

5. Entering the PIN when prompted (yes, again)

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MrElvey

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Nov 28, 2016 3:21 PM in response to carstenmjonas

Something else must have happened as well. What have you tried?

Try to follow the instructions at How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support.

Perhaps the SSD has died.

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Answer 3

MrElvey

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Nov 28, 2016 3:24 PM in response to carstenmjonas

🙂 (the alt key is usually called the option key). Seems more symptomatic of having a firmware password enabled.

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