My BIL's son died from Covid. He was single, worked from home for a tech company. He changed the password every month on his laptop. After his death, there have been some withdrawals from his bank accounts. My BIL needs to access the computer to locate any financial assets because his son did everything online...no paper statements, etc. He was told by someone (I don't know who) that a Mac laptop cannot be accessed without the password. Is this correct? Is there NO WAY to get into the Mac without the password even by techy wizards?
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If I remember correctly Mac’s come with a “recovery” cd ( not sure if that is the correct terminology) or at least they did in the past. I have done it to my old MacBook Pro(2010) in the past. I will try to find the procedure and post it if I can find it. -
Thanks! I wondered if the Geeks at Best Buy could do it.Originally posted by Pedernal View PostComment
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Some Best Buys have dedicated Mac specialists on staff so it might not be a bad idea to check. For years, my parents took theirs to a guy at the Best Buy in Bryan/College Station before they move a year-and-a-half ago. I believe his name is Leland. If you can’t find anyone locally, you might give him a call.Originally posted by Burnadell View Post
My condolences to your BIL and his family. I wish I had more to offer.Comment
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they might be able to do it or be able to lead him in the right direction. Or he might consider an Apple store and their “experts/geeks”.Originally posted by Burnadell View PostComment
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My son had an ipad he used in school that I used for a long time, it decided one day to lock itself and we tried every password he ever used to no avail.
Even the Apple store people could not get in it.
It is still in a drawer somewhere in the house.
Good luck
On one hand it is nice to have that level of security, on the other like you are dealing with now it is notComment
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Another option is go to the bank and freeze all withdrawals
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I was told the same from a Best Buy geek about having to have a password for a MacBook Pro. He said they can’t be hacked.
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Sorry to hear that. You might try a data recovery place if they can’t unlock the computer. (I don’t think they can). Depending on the computer they can take that hard drive and use it as a secondary hard drive and read it that way. Apple did integrate some of the hard drives and stuff which makes that harder sometimes but it’s an avenue to check out.Comment
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The version matters a lot. Plus if he was using disk encryption. Could be easy, could be really difficult.
Was the mac his personal or work computer?Comment
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The laptop was his personal computer. He had a desktop and 3-4 monitors for his work...those have already been packed up and sent to his company, Rackspace.Originally posted by Kevin View Post
I will try to find the Mac model, but don't you have to login to get the model off of it? My Mac has no info on the outside.Comment
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Tough deal.
Do y'all know his email address and can you try to get into his personal email? I'd imagine that's going to be an easier route then getting into the Mac.Comment
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Yes he has his son's email address. How do you get "into" that without a password?Originally posted by SmTx View PostComment
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If he has his AppleID/email he should be able to get in, regardless of the model. There is a recovery step using that method.
Model should be on bottom, but I’ll have to look at mine in a bit, apple is cryptic about that.
I do reverse engineering so this stuff is parallel to that line of work. If I had any time, I would offer to try.Comment
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