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Had this once a long time ago for my own machine, an Apple store will only unlock it for you if you can proof you are the owner of the machine and proof of ID. If your dad has given it to you then I am guessing the ownership has not been offically transferred. I am not actually sure how the transfer of ownership actually works, I guess it's whatever the Apple ID the machine is logged in with...
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Does anyone know how to set up a Mac that has been used by someone before? My dad has given me a Macbook Pro M1 that he has barely used. He wiped it but I think might have not switched off Activation Lock. Now when I start it up there's no way of getting around Recovery Assistant.
And my old man has given me what he thinks is his Apple ID and pword but that's not allowing me to get in. And he can't remember the pword of the machine. Classic boomer.
I was thinking to go to an Apple store and see what's up. My dad lives in Africa so comms are complicated but maybe he tries resetting his Apple ID and giving me the logins. But is there some alternative? I know there are some special startup options where you hold certain keys on a restart...