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   Hugo 雨果 (whynothugo@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 19:11:51 JST Hugo 雨果

   If anybody wants it, I have an activation-locked M2 MacBook Pro with 32GB RAM and the highest specs.

   It was given to me during a consulting job. I never again managed to get in contact with anyone. I tried getting ahold of someone to either return it or have it unlock for months with no luck. I don’t think anyone cares.

   I feel bad about throwing this kind of high end hardware into the recycling bin, but this is the only option provided by Apple (what a great way to increase sales!! 🤑🤑).

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 19:11:50 JST gnutelephony

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     @whynothugo can any linux os be installed on it? Does activation locked prevent that?

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 19:17:51 JST gnutelephony

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     @whynothugo ah. I did not know what modern macs do these days. I suppose you can't simply replace the ssd then, either...sealed unit?

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     Hugo 雨果 (whynothugo@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 19:17:52 JST Hugo 雨果

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     • gnutelephony

     @gnutelephony @whynothugo The lock prompts for a PIN during the bootloader stage. You can’t boot into anything. You actually need to boot into macOS to install Asahi (or BSD, which requires going through Asahi’s installer).

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 19:25:24 JST gnutelephony

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     @whynothugo last decade I picked up the "last" Apple mac pro hardware actually worth owning at all. It could be opened, you could replace the battery and sata, upgrade memory, it had a "real" and normal keyboard, it was the last model they made that still had an ethernet port, and the first with usb 3. It installs easily and runs linux distros beautifully.

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     gnutelephony (gnutelephony@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 19:27:18 JST gnutelephony

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     @whynothugo that is so very sad. Clearly it could have still been very useful.

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     Hugo 雨果 (whynothugo@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Nov-2023 19:27:19 JST Hugo 雨果

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     • gnutelephony

     @gnutelephony @whynothugo There are no know mechanism to bypass the Activation Lock. Devices in this situation are usually turned to scrap. There’s nothing broken with the hardware itself, it’s simply a matter of Apple disallowing anyone from using it.