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Lovecraft22

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Sep 8, 2022
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Hello everyone, I took a secondhand MacBook pro and I formatted the hard disk completely.. Then I intered internet recovery.. And now all this okay but when I try to install the Mac os it tells me ur apple id and password, I created new account to install Mac os but it keeps telling me wrong ID or password, I don't know what to do.. I have no recovery CD
 

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Hello everyone, I took a secondhand MacBook pro and I formatted the hard disk completely.. Then I intered internet recovery.. And now all this okay but when I try to install the Mac os it tells me ur apple id and password, I created new account to install Mac os but it keeps telling me wrong ID or password, I don't know what to do.. I have no recovery CD
If it's a newer MacBook you need the owner to remove it from his iCloud account. Otherwise it's activation locked and only good for parts. It's asking for the Apple ID and password of the owner it's linked to
 
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Lovecraft22

macrumors newbie
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Sep 8, 2022
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If it's a newer MacBook you need the owner to remove it from his iCloud account. Otherwise it's activation locked and only good for parts. It's asking for the Apple ID and password of the owner it's linked to
1st thanks for replying but how come.. I even brought a new hard disk how it still know its owner? Is there anything I can do to get over it?
 
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