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All they need do is go into recovery, wipe the machine and setup fresh.

I have done exactly that on an M1 Air I purchased, and that the person who sold it to me bought it new.




Damn... I feel stupid for not knowing that. I've never used a Mac that was not tied to my Apple ID so I guess that's why.


Don't. The person who owned it died. Nobody knew the passwords.

It took me a while to arrive at the terminal in recovery mode.




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