Security Lock For Mac

 



Activation Lock helps you keep your Mac secure if it's ever lost, stolen, or misplaced, and can improve your chances of recovering it. Activation Lock can continue to deter anyone from reactivating your device without your permission, even if you erase your device remotely. All you need to do is keep Find My Mac turned on, and remember your Apple ID and password.

Oct 07, 2019 How to check that Activation Lock is on Choose Apple menu  About this Mac. Click System Report. Click Activation Lock Status under Hardware.

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What you need

  • Upgrade your Mac to macOS Catalina.
  • Your Mac must have the Apple T2 Security Chip. You can learn whether your Mac has this chip in Apple menu  > About this Mac > System Report > Controller.
  • Enable two-factor authentication for your Apple ID.
  • Leave Secure Boot enabled on its default setting, Full Security, with 'Disallow booting from external media' selected under the External Boot section.

How it works

When you turn on Find My Mac, your Apple ID password or device passcode is required before anyone can turn off Find My, erase your Mac, or reactivate and use your Mac.

Activation Lock is automatically enabled when you set up Find My on devices that meet its system requirements.

If your Mac goes missing

If you ever misplace your device or think it may have been stolen, you can sign into iCloud.com or use the Find My app to locate your device on a map, play a sound, lock your Mac, or erase it. Activation Lock works in the background to make it more difficult for someone to use or sell your missing device, but you can still remotely lock your device with Find My to secure it with a unique passcode and display a message onscreen for anyone who may find it.

How to check that Activation Lock is on

  1. Choose Apple menu  > About this Mac.
  2. Click System Report.
  3. Click Activation Lock Status under Hardware.

Turn off Activation Lock before you send your Mac in for service, sell it, or give it away

Before you send your Mac in for service, sell it, or give it away, you should turn off Activation Lock. If you have access to the device, turn off Find My Mac to disable Activation Lock, and then sign out of iCloud.

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences.
  2. Click Apple ID, then click iCloud.
  3. Turn off Find My Mac.
  4. Click the Sign Out button.

If you can't access your Mac and you need to turn off Activation Lock, follow these steps.

  1. Go to iCloud.com and sign in with your Apple ID.
  2. Click Find iPhone.
  3. Select All Devices, then click your Mac.
  4. Click Erase Mac. Select Next until the device is erased.
  5. Click next to your Mac.

What to do if your Mac starts up to an Activate Mac window

If you've purchased a Mac from someone other than Apple or an authorized Apple reseller and the device starts up to an Activate Mac window, the device is still linked to the previous owner's account. You'll need to ask them to remove the device from their account.

Security Lock For Mac Laptop

Last updated on May 15th, 2018 at 11:29 am

If you are unable to access any app, or other security apps then you need to optimize some security and privacy settings. Privacy settings are sometimes also useful if you won’t let other to use the stuff you made private. Simply change the privacy settings and no one able to make any changes. Follow some simple steps to make your security and privacy settings.

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How to Change Security and Privacy Settings on Mac?

STEP 1: Open System Preferences by clicking on Apple icon on the top left of your Mac screen.

STEP 2: Tap on Security & Privacy to open it.

Security

STEP 3: Now under Privacy tab, click on Accessibility. Here you need to click the lock icon below to make any changes. This is to ensure that this Mac belongs to you only, here you need to enter the password to make any changes. If you forgot your password click here. After successful log in click on (+) button.

STEP 4: Now on the left side panel, choose your desired area where you need to make privacy settings. Let us select Applications here.

STEP 5: Select the application you want to access or block. If you want to access the tap on Open and after that again hit lock button to save changes you have made.

You are done with above steps. You have successfully made the changes to your security and privacy settings. In a similar way, you can select your desired location to make them accessible or to make inaccessible for others.

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