Mine was tuesday as well. I'll keep you posted when I hear back.
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WARNING: Activation Lock after Big Sur Install
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Mine was tuesday as well. I'll keep you posted when I hear back.
My refurbished 2018 Pro has installed successfully, so not all refurbished Macs affected.
My unlock email came today, submitted on Tuesday. Back up and running 
Same mine just unlocked.My unlock email came today, submitted on Tuesday. Back up and running
Just to confirm for anyone interested this process can be done remotely. After I got the email confirmation from Apple I was able to sign in with my Apple ID and was able to reinstall Catalina (unfortunately erased the disk) in previous attempts to fix it.
Nope but so far the only commonality seems to be 2019" refurbished models. I've installed Developer Betas before without issue but I guess it was only a matter of time before I'd fly too close to the sun
Yeah, I couldn't get any info about why this might happen, all questions dodged
If I were to hazard a guess, I’d say the T2 chips in the 2019 models probably had some sort of code change, and when they get flashed and repurposed something sticks around unintentionally.
I don’t think it’s retaining previous user activation lock data, I just think it just retains the fact that it’s locked, so when you enter your actual info it tries to match your data with what’s essentially an empty container, so technically it’s right to say it doesn’t match because there’s nothing actually there to match.
This used to happen with iCloud when a user changed their email online before signing out of their iPhone. They fixed it around iOS 12 though.
But that’s Just my speculation.
Apple finally unlocked my machine today. Anyone stupid brave enough to try this again after being a victim of this?
Ok I'm going to do it.
Apple unlocked my Mac remotely, so I assume now that its totally unlocked an will say "this Mac is active" again OR it will ask for my ID only
Wish me luck
Apple unlocked my Mac remotely, so I assume now that its totally unlocked an will say "this Mac is active" again OR it will ask for my ID only
Wish me luck
Got bitten by the same issue (also a refurbished 16“) and currently waiting for Apple to unlock it.
Super curious about your experience trying to install BS again @Jaymee.
Wishing you luck!
Super curious about your experience trying to install BS again @Jaymee.
Wishing you luck!
decided to wait until July's Public Beta as it says on the website "Configure your Mac to receive beta software updates." so wondering if there was something else we was meant to do or download. So just gonna wait until July its only 4 weeks or less
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decided to wait until July's Public Beta as it says on the website "Configure your Mac to receive beta software updates." so wondering if there was something else we was meant to do or download. So just gonna wait until July its only 4 weeks or less
I think that "Configure your Mac to receive beta software updates" just refers to installing the configuration profile that tells macOS Software Update to download the BS installer.
decided to wait until July's Public Beta as it says on the website "Configure your Mac to receive beta software updates." so wondering if there was something else we was meant to do or download. So just gonna wait until July its only 4 weeks or less
Aw man, was hoping someone was going to try it
I wish I would have read this thread before updating both my 2015 MacBook Air 11-inch and Retina MacBook Pro -13 inch. I might have been hesitant to do the install. Fortunately for me in both cases the install went smoothly and I haven't had any issues running the new OS... yet...
Apple unlocked mine this morning so I’m back in business.
Is anyone unable to use Apple Pay now though?
When I Try to turn it on after reinstalling Catalina it tells me “Apple Pay has been disabled because the security settings of this Mac were modified”.
Any ideas?
EDIT:
never mind, erasing the disk in recovery and reinstalling Catalina again solved it. Guess something was left behind from the big sur update attempt.
Is anyone unable to use Apple Pay now though?
When I Try to turn it on after reinstalling Catalina it tells me “Apple Pay has been disabled because the security settings of this Mac were modified”.
Any ideas?
EDIT:
never mind, erasing the disk in recovery and reinstalling Catalina again solved it. Guess something was left behind from the big sur update attempt.
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It's a developer beta. If you're not prepared for anything, including totally hosing your machine, then don't use it.
Not really. "You should prepare for the chance of losing access to your computer for around 4 days" is not reasonable.
One expects the worst case scenario to be a full restore, which takes a few hours.