@microblogc haha yeah! I've now got a Proton Sheets version too:

drive.proton.me/urls/EG60KWHED…

@Steeph @bert_hubert

In the recent article: comciencia.br/universidades-go…

The following initiatives were covered concerning practical services because of autonomy:

- DINUM (gov)
- social.overheid.nl (gov)
- social.edu.nl (edu)
- video.edu.nl (edu)
- European Commission (gov)
- University of Innsbruck (edu)
- Mijn Bureau (gov)

Mostly in the category: collaboration, video, socials alternatives.

@noodlemaz Apple will just shred it.. so it's "recycled" for the metal.. but they're not re-using it.

In my experience, it's best to wipe it, then set it up with a new local account with a dummy admin password.. then put it as a sticky note on the keyboard.

If you plan for it to be useful again. You don't need an icloud password, just a local admin password.

Hope that helps!

@sidb Sadly Apple doesn't show interest in helping unlock.

@codemonkeymike

@Victorsigmoid have you seen the video of that? I just watched it and holy shit its intense haha.

I mean I AM considering it.. but what a nightmare.. its' super time consuming.. and you still need another up to date mac to hook it up to in DFW mode..

So even after ALL that.. you still end up needing a current Mac.. god i hate them

@Victorsigmoid @magnetic_tape
Have you looked at the price for the T203 unlock kit? AliExpress has them for $275 and upwards.

Probably makes more sense when recovering quite some devices. But nothing likely what someone does for a 2-5 Macs. And then you need the appropriate hotglue gun and a functional Mac along side to reprogram the T2 chip.

Might be worth it if you got a pile of macs which the OP picture shows.

But it is clearly not good for the ability to repair/fix used machines. Quite good for device security though.

Just wondering if this approach renders previous data completely unreadable or if it's possible to scrape off data from the device somewhere in this process.

@miked1112 nope. I've seen this personally too. Where I had a t2 mac mini. I signed out of iCloud, deleted it from my account, and reformatted the machine.

I gave it to a friend, who wanted to open the boot security to install Linux but needed my apple password to it.

I've had people donate to me with the same issues. It's crap.

If someone deletes the device from their iCloud account, you should be able to unlock the bootloader. Google does this easily with chromebooks

@coreysnipes it really breaks my brain. And it's just starting..

The ONLY solution seems to be this super long and complicated procedure of literally unsoldering the t2 chip, directly reprogramming it, resoldering it, and then hookign it up to another mac in DFW mode,etc.. HOURS of work just to use a machine you own

@Mindiell @maverick604 @bigzaphod In fact, @maverick604 is absolutely right. Apple absolutely doesn't prevent the reuse of devices, you just have to reset the device before handing it over to a new owner. It is as easy as going into Settings > Reset > Follow guide.