Can I safely erase my Mac and reset to factory settings?
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I used to work for a company that provided me a Mac (M1Pro). The company went out of business and let us keep the Mac computers. They told us they would remove all the MDM enrollments so we can freely do whatever we want with it.
It's been two years since; a coworker reached out last week telling me he was selling his Mac. After erasing it, he got an Activation Lock screen similar to this:
Now I'm worried they forgot to remove the MDM from my Mac too, so I'm terrified of erasing it.
If I run
and System Information → Managed Client and it's also empty:
Do you think I'm safe to factory reset it?

sudo profiles status -type enrollment
I get:
Enrolled via DEP: No
MDM enrollment: No
If I run sudo profiles show -type enrollment
I get:
Error fetching Device Enrollment configuration: Client is not DEP enabled.
I also checked in System Information → Profiles and it's empty:


Asked by Andres
(113 rep)
Feb 27, 2024, 12:15 PM
Last activity: Feb 27, 2024, 01:46 PM
Last activity: Feb 27, 2024, 01:46 PM