Used M1 Air how to check for Activation & iCloud lock?

[BreakYurAnkles]

I'd like to thank everyone who chimed in with advice and technical guidance.

 

[laptech]

All good in the end but all i can say is that with all the unknowns about this M1 machine, it must have been one hell of a deal for you to take the risk that you did because it could have ended up so badly.

As they say, you have to take risks to get rewards. You took the risk and got the reward. Congrats.

 

[BreakYurAnkles]

I got it for the going rate for "As-is for parts only" on Ebay so I figured it wasn't that high of a risk. but the reward upside was tremendous.

having AppleCare+ on it as well was the cherry on top.

It was a new learning experience with the new M1 Macs and the differences they have from Intel Macs. Now I know a lot more on how to troubleshoot them.

 

[CustomRomFan]

Hi. What about if someone has the login info for the computer itself but not the password for the Apple ID? -- Thanks to anyone who answers.

 

[anshuvorty]

I found a used M1 MacBook Air. I don't know how to check if it has activation lock or iCloud account on it.

When I looked at it, it was on MacOS recovery screen.

Is that enough to know that it DOESN'T have iCloud and activation lock on it?

I restarted the MacBook and it would go directly back to MacOS recovery screen.

Here are the step:

1. go through the recovery screen and install whatever OS the recovery wizard is telling you to install
2. if the install is successful, then proceed through the OOBE and create an account
3. in my experience, it is at this stage, in the OOBE stage, where, if the machine hasn't been deactivated and removed from iCloud, the Mac will notify you that Find My Mac is enabled and connected to **** iCloud account.