How to enable activation lock on M1 Air?

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How to enable activation lock on M1 Air?

Find My is enabled, security profile is Full. Still cant get Activation Lock to enable.

Unsure if this is just System Information displaying incorrectly or what.

Have the issue on 2 devices, second one was enabled, then I disabled it and transferred it to my partners account, where it wont enable.

Have tried toggled Find My, with reboots in between, and removing and re-adding iCloud account with reboots in between.

No obvious errors or issues, so quite confused.

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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.2

Posted on Nov 9, 2024 4:27 PM

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Answer 1

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6x6

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Nov 9, 2024 4:45 PM in response to Cam8945

It's a reporting bug that's being going on for some time. Other users have noticed it too, including myself. Even when Find My is turn on, System Settings > [your name] > iCloud > [your Mac] will show Find My off.

You can confirm that Find My is on, by opening the Find My application. You'll see that you can mark the device as lost and erase it.

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Cam8945 Author

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Nov 9, 2024 4:58 PM in response to 6x6

Find My does display as enabled, its System Info that says its off.

Nasty bug though, checking System Info is how I checked if this device was "safe" to buy second hand.

Thanks for your response

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