Hi
My girlfriend has a macbook pro, second hand which she has been using for several years.
I am preparing to update the harddrive and I thought I would test to see if it would boot from the new harddrive externally. Booted with option key down and voila - firmware password box.
I've been using macs for many years and I didn't know this was even a thing.
Should I go ahead and install the new harddrive internally or will the firmware password box come up?
What other limitations does the firmware lock impose on this machine?
Are there any ways to override the lock? ie hardware tweaks?
This is a second-hand machine and there is essentially no way of contacting the original owner, and of course even if we did they may not know or remember the firmware pw.
btw this is a 15" mid2012, mbp 9,1 model
My girlfriend has a macbook pro, second hand which she has been using for several years.
I am preparing to update the harddrive and I thought I would test to see if it would boot from the new harddrive externally. Booted with option key down and voila - firmware password box.
I've been using macs for many years and I didn't know this was even a thing.
Should I go ahead and install the new harddrive internally or will the firmware password box come up?
What other limitations does the firmware lock impose on this machine?
Are there any ways to override the lock? ie hardware tweaks?
This is a second-hand machine and there is essentially no way of contacting the original owner, and of course even if we did they may not know or remember the firmware pw.
btw this is a 15" mid2012, mbp 9,1 model