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> The stranger wiped my MacBook, set it up for themselves, and turned on Find My

How would the stranger know your MacBook's password. Unless it was a very simple password, I don't think this option is very likely.



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.


You can factory reset a MacBook without the login password - if activation lock has not been enabled.


You can always boot to recovery partition and clean install the OS without Find My lock


How did the stranger figure out their email address?


If OP used their real name as the account name then I guess it wouldn't be that difficult. Otherwise no idea.




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