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  • vzgherea
    Member
    • Sep 2018
    • 16
    • United States
    #1

    iMac is not visible for iCloud unlocking

    Purchased an older iMac 27" 2011 with no HDD. Installed a new HDD and restored OS via web restore. Got a message saying that this mac has been locked with the 'Find my Mac' feature. The previous owner said he used to lock it sometimes in order to prevent his kids from playing too much, so he admits it could have been left locked. This mac is still listed under his iCloud devices, however the device is shown as grayed out and won't let him remove the lock even when I have the device turned on and connected to the internet.
    Is it because it is running from a new HDD? What could I do in order to make it available for unlocking?
    Thank you!
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    • stj
      Great Sage 齊天大聖
      • Dec 2009
      • 30979
      • Albion
      #2
      Re: iMac is not visible for iCloud unlocking

      tell him to contact apple over such bs.
      i didnt even know this shit (find my mac - or whatever) extended to full-size stuff!
      meantime - put linux on it.

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        • vzgherea
          Member
          • Sep 2018
          • 16
          • United States
          #3
          Re: iMac is not visible for iCloud unlocking

          After another few attempts it finally worked!

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            • Topcat
              The Boss Stooge
              • Oct 2003
              • 16956
              • United States
              #4
              Re: iMac is not visible for iCloud unlocking

              Originally posted by stj
              ...meantime - put linux on it.
              I've never tried Linux on a modern (intel) mac...... I've got an iMac PPC with Ubuntu on it, and it was mediocre....but it's crap hardware too.... I'm assuming modern stuff fares a lot better?
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                • stj
                  Great Sage 齊天大聖
                  • Dec 2009
                  • 30979
                  • Albion
                  #5
                  Re: iMac is not visible for iCloud unlocking

                  given that osx is actually BSD, i imagine performance is about equal.

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                    • hasefroch
                      Member
                      • Apr 2013
                      • 42
                      • Argentina
                      #6
                      Re: iMac is not visible for iCloud unlocking

                      Originally posted by Topcat
                      I've never tried Linux on a modern (intel) mac...... I've got an iMac PPC with Ubuntu on it, and it was mediocre....but it's crap hardware too.... I'm assuming modern stuff fares a lot better?
                      Somewhere around 2010, I tested this in a iMac intel early 2006.
                      Opened it to fix the power supply, and just for kicks booted it with another HDD with ubuntu 10.04 installed. Throw some error on first boot, then run like nothing, even having been installed in a MBR partition instead of GPT. Messed up a little with their propietary drivers (f*ck broadcom), then run it about as fast of any pc with similar hardware.

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                        • pfrcom
                          Oldbie
                          • Jun 2006
                          • 1230
                          • Australia
                          #7
                          Re: iMac is not visible for iCloud unlocking

                          Originally posted by Topcat
                          I've never tried Linux on a modern (intel) mac...... I've got an iMac PPC with Ubuntu on it, and it was mediocre....but it's crap hardware too.... I'm assuming modern stuff fares a lot better?
                          Not necessarily

                          I tried dual-booting MX Linux 19.3 on a mid-2013 Macbook Air

                          Speed was sorta OK, but trackpad close enough to unusable and Apple's lack of right-click making it necessary to fart-arse about with two fingers

                          Macbook is now all-Catalina (Big Sur too lethargic on that machine)


                          Although MX on 2007 A1181 is a better experience, but still irritating


                          Don't really use either of them - bought to get to grips with Apple, but don't know why I bothered

                          Apple proves that one can fool some of the people, all of the time
                          better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt

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