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Apple is right here though. Those cards are easily forged and there is nothing you can realistically do to prove the laptop is yours without also allowing thie
by threeseed 5y ago
Apple is right here though.
Those cards are easily forged and there is nothing you can realistically do to prove the laptop is yours without also allowing thieves/criminals to prove it's theirs. And so they have to err on the side of caution.
The onus lies on you to keep backups.
- threatofrain 5y agoYou can't backup a laptop, only your data. The laptop costs a lot. What Apple was "protecting" is the hardware value of the laptop, not any data. Also, Apple eventually unlocked the laptop.
- threeseed 5y agoBut you can always boot into Recovery mode and wipe the disk. In this case you are wanting to keep the data as well.
- threatofrain 5y agoThere was no interest to keep the data, only the hardware, which Apple initially refused to unlock. I wanted my parents to be able to do this via Apple support, and not by themselves.
- webmobdev 5y agoMy experience has been different - Apple support asked me to email them the invoice copy of purchase to verify ownership of an Apple device.