Help! "find my mac" BUG: UNLOCKing PIN NOT working
Help me please,
i've got this big problem.
I needed to try to lock my
MacBook Pro (15", 2.4/2.2 10 with Lion installed)
via iCloud "find my mac".
I did it in remote with my iPod Touch app "find iPhone".
It worked (unfortunately). First it located my mac in the right place, then i tried to lock it.
It asked to choose a 6 digit PIN, then asked it again.
And so my powerBook really locked.
Now i expected it would reboot with a request for my PIN (i saw that screenshot in many web sites), but no...!
My mac just shows a neutral screen with a blinking folder icon with a "?" in center...
i tried command + "s"
command + "r"
"t"
other otions on restart but... no way, the firmware seems to be locked and i don't know how to unlock it
It seems a BIG BUG for iCloud "find my mac"
any other had heard about similar cases, or could find a solution?
thanks in advance
luca
Right answer, thanks a lot, you really saved me, i had a hurry-job to do for monday.
I thought i had already tried that way, but it seems i didn't...
now i just wonder why it's a mandatory pass to unlock you mac and it's not advised anywhere...
by the way, thanks again.
Ciao,
luca
ps
i was so happy about your right answer that i was going to say goodbye to you with an "I love you",
when i realized by your name that you are a woman, and my wife is here around, so i will bypass that,
but you can have an idea of my happiness by that...
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