Tag: firmware password
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Firmware passwords of all kinds disabled for Silicon-chip Macs
I knew that firmware locks sent via MDM command didn’t work on the new Silicon-chip Macs, but I didn’t realize that the manual setting of a firmware password was also disabled (makes sense, since the two are probably linked in terms of how they’re implemented or the firmware mechanisms they use). If you try to…
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Selecting a startup disk when you put a firmware password on a Windows single-boot Mac
Usually, when you put a firmware password on a Mac, you can double-check in System Preferences > Startup Disk to see if the proper startup disk (or any startup disk) is selected. Since the default behavior of the firmware password is you needing to enter the password in order to boot from anything other than…
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Use the command-line to set a firmware password on macOS
For extra security, you can add a firmware password to Macs, especially since Find My Mac is essentially useless (unlike for iPads, which have an activation lock preventing thieves from reactivating the iPad after a factory reset) and DEP-to-MDM enrollments for Macs can even be avoided by thieves if they’re resourceful enough. If you have…