How to remove EFI lock from MacBook Pro without proof of ownership?

Techy-smarts wrote:

Oscar cant get it cause he got it out of the bin and struggles with certain tasks due to mental problems. I am his best friend so i prefer to take that weight off his shoulders. Anyways the macbook was put of a bin.

Let me see if I understand. Oscar can't get the receipt because he got the MacBook Pro "out of a bin"? Meaning that the MacBook Pro never belonged to Oscar or to you in the first place?

Apple is not going to help you to remove an EFI lock from a MacBook that,

• at best, belonged to a stranger who did not care about helping others to use it, as much as about protecting their data; and
• that might be stolen property – dumped in that bin after the thief encountered the EFI lock and realized that their stolen MacBook Pro wasn't going to be quite the free payday they were hoping for it to be

The EFI lock will remain, and you will not be removing it.

Seems to me the EFI lock is working exactly as designed. If there was a way to bypass it, then what good would an EFI Lock be in the first place. People use this optional lock for a reason and that is to prevent use by anyone else, as they are the only ones that would know the password, and if forgotten would be able to provide the purchase receipt.

Techy-smarts wrote:

smith is not very helpful sooooooo I need help bypassing cause apple is not helping unless smith gives me a copy of the original invoice or receipt from their system. Is there any way to get around it?

Who is "smith?"

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Techy-smarts wrote:

smith is not very helpful sooooooo I need help bypassing cause apple is not helping unless smith gives me a copy of the original invoice or receipt from their system. Is there any way to get around it?

Who is "smith?"

Maybe, related to Jane Doe ?

PRP_53 wrote:

If you have a Smith in your family, you have a staggering 81 million records to pore through on Ancestry. 

My uncle converted to LDS many years ago. He spent the rest of his life doing genealogical research. That means the rest of us heathens in the family don't have to.

Who is this Oscar? Is there some reason you can't ask them to get you the receipt?

OP wrote " My guy, Oscar, gave me this 2011 MacBook Pro 13" he recovered from da bin ok." ?

Sorry but you seem Out of Luck getting the Original Purchase Receipt - no ?

Ahhh! That makes sense.

PRP_53 wrote:

Maybe, related to Jane Doe ?

I was trying to think of another Sesame Street character and couldn't.

If you have a Smith in your family, you have a staggering 81 million records to pore through on Ancestry. 

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