Factory reset Catalina

[mac2thefuture]

Hi, I’m selling my MacBook Pro which was on Catalina. I want to erase and reset to factory setting for the new user but when pressing option and R on reboot I keep getting this image - and not the disk utility option.
Please kindly help..

 

[chrfr]

Hi, I’m selling my MacBook Pro which was on Catalina. I want to erase and reset to factory setting for the new user but when pressing option and R on reboot I keep getting this image - and not the disk utility option.
Please kindly help..

Enter the password for that account, or click the "Forgot all passwords?" text, which will completely erase the computer.

 

[Weaselboy]

Enter the password for that account, or click the "Forgot all passwords?" text, which will completely erase the computer.

Yep... I think what OP is seeing there is what you get in a newer T2 Mac with the boot options restricted.

 

[NoBoMac]

Actually, think this is any Mac on Catalina now. Believe I saw that the other day when I went into recovery on my 2017 MacBook Pro. No T1/2 chip in it.

ADD: confirmed! Just went into Recovery and got the screen.

Thought it might be related to the new file structure (Mac HD, Mac HD - Data), but Recovery is not an encrypted "volume", even under APFS and or new structure. Guess trying to stop some of the old tricks out there re: resetting the initial setup status, changing the root password via Terminal in Recovery, etc.

 

[TheSkywalker77]

Yep... I think what OP is seeing there is what you get in a newer T2 Mac with the boot options restricted.

Actually, think this is any Mac on Catalina now. Believe I saw that the other day when I went into recovery on my 2017 MacBook Pro. No T1/2 chip in it.

Yikes! Apple is really crunching down on security lately.