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Unbricking my MacBook took an email to Tim Cook (and a #1 post on Hacker News) (www.tokyodev.com)
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[–] reddig33 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meh. Dude didn’t bother setting up find my Mac/activation lock, so when it was stolen it got reformatted and someone DID set up activation lock.

Somehow he got it back anyway, but was then locked out and had to prove current ownership.

Shit like this is often two exes battling over computer ownership, so I’m not surprised he had a difficult time proving ownership, even with receipts.

[–] automattable 2 points 1 year ago

Yep exactly this is what I was thinking the whole time. If you don’t set up activation lock, you’re taking a huge risk. I do agree that maybe they should be more insistent that you set it up (especially since it’s less obvious why you need to with a Mac vs an iPhone).