How to bypass an MDM lock on a Pre-T2 Mac! 

profile status -type enrollment (dont fortget the dash) type this in your terminal

Thank you! For everyone not seeing the option to not connect the Mac to the internet in the macOS setup, you need to erase Macintosh HD and reinstall macOS. You may accidentally connected it to the internet at some point, so make sure internet is disabled.

Thank you sooo much! Just did this today on an A1706 Mac book pro that had an MDM. Some tips for others: Had an old boot-usb drive with Mac Big Sur. Deleted the drive in recovery mode but accidentally logged in my WiFi. And couldn’t get it to remove so I opened the laptop and unhooked the 3 WiFi pins. Restarted and internet was for sure off now! I went back into recovery mode (command +r) and it wouldn’t let me install fresh. So I had an idea, boot with the bootable usb-big sur OS. Reboot the computer and hold “option” until you can boot from the usb to install a fresh copy. I followed everything else to the as close as possible! I did notice “cd System” command didn’t work. I just did cd Then the other directories The “..etc” didn’t work either When I got to “sudo” part it was blank and I put in the other stuff. Checked the status and that went well! Thanks again!

I tried this on a Late 2014 Mac Mini with Mojave and it works perfectly. Thanks a lot.

The correct command that work for me in part B was. profiles status -type enrollment Thank you very much.

Life saver, traded my gaming PC for a macbook with a local but of course the mdm lock didn’t pop up until a day after we traded, thought I was locked down for life, lolol. Sonoma doesn’t really let you use the Mac I had to downgrade to Big Sur then run this and then upgrade back up, we shall see here in this next week if upgrading back to Sonoma changes anything, lol. Thanks again

Fantastic video. Literally that one I was looking for.Thank you so much!

Where is the video to get it on the flash drive?

It's wonderful, this is a very wise decision but you can do it easier sudo nano /etc/hosts and then put the ip's

8:00 hey matt, what do I do after this? Do I press terminate on the terminal?

Are there any issues to install the macos again in a company laptop after bypassing mdm?

Hey, thanks for the video! Is there anyway this will work on a 2021 Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch M1 Max 32-Core ?

Worked like a charm! Thanks man!

What do you click or do after entering the IP? Thanks for the video very helpful

THANKS A LOT hermano! Saludos desde Colombia, your content was very helpfull , Macbook Air 2017, Im making an upgrade so we will see what happens

Thanks man I think it worked. This was very helpful.

This works on M1 Macs also tried and tested 👍🏻

Thank you! This worked perfectly installing Monterey on a 2016 MacBook Pro. From what I gather, I won't be able to install software updates online going forward?

got past the mdm lock thanks!! but starting from where you say you want to go to the root of your drive in terminal where in the info is blanked out, I could use some help trying to figure out the next septs. I tried to follow your steps and used the video descriptions notes u left but just doesn't act the same as yours. I am doing this on a Mac mini loading up os Catalina if that makes a difference

Thanks! This should help with my MDM Locked 2012 15 inch

worked on a 2015 MBair with Monterey - thx!

This will not work with T1 Macbooks meaning 2016 and 2017 Macbook Pros both 13 and 15 inch. Reason being that you will be prompted to connect to the internet to install a critical update. I did this method in this video on a 2015 Macbook Air after finding it mentioned on Stack Exchange. I just left WiFi disconnected. 2018 and on are T2 up until M1 silicon Macs in 2020 and you will definitely not be able to get around MDM in any way at all. Hence your video title is wrong. It works for pre T1 macs, so up to and including 2015 Pros and up to and including 2017 Airs.

God bless your soul for this!!

Pram reset not working on my end. 😭😭 i've been working on my macbook for 10 hrs and nothing worksss I'm so frustrated 😢

Thanks for the video, it was very helpful.... up to a point. I feel like you kind of breezed thru a couple of things... or I just didn't get what you were doing/saying. When you said that we should cut and paste the command codes you have listed, it looked like when you did in on screen you got some sort of response afterwards. I entered the lines (cut/paste) and... nothing. I hit ENTER.... nothing. I went to close the dialog box and I get a message that stated "Closing this window will terminate the running processes: pico, sudo". so, does that mean the inputted lines will be deleted? I guess I'm unclear on if I should I have got a response and how do I exit out of running process???

You should make a video testing gaming on a Mac or MacBook would be an interesting video

Very Interesting and helpful. Can you make a video on the iPod touch 2nd or 3rd gen if possible?

I have the same challenge than you on the video. However it is Macbook Pro 2021 with M1 chip. I do have a bootable USB stick with Monterey. After erasing the HDD (without internet), when I select "Install Monterey" is directly asks me for an internet connection before anything is installed. There no option to not choose internet. It says I need to connect via Wifi or Ethernet. So I am stuck...Any idea what is the cause for that (M1 Macbook, Monterey...)?

Great video, Thank you so much i have a question if you can give me an answer please when i run the command ( sudo nano hosts ) nothing appeared just this "( UW PICO 5.09 File: hosts ) and a blank page and some shortcuts at the bottom" and when i run the command ( profiles status -type enrollment ) this appeared ( Enrolled via DEP: No MDM enrollment: No ) Does this mean that my Macbook is MDM/DEP free? and can i reset it freely?

Wont work on Macs which shipped with Monterey and later but that's basically the M1 Macs and later any way.

After installing BOTH Ventura and Sonoma using the steps provided, both installs, when done, I have no wifi. I'm installing using the Opencore Legacy Patcher because the macbook is no longer supported. So how do I get the wifi to work?

Thanks for the video, it is super easy to follow. A couple of questions here; Why cd System/Library then go to etc? I still got the notification after restarting what should I do?

Does this work for activation lock

Could you link the video where you showed how to do the bootable usb previously?

i get a nessage in terminal when putting in cd System saying no such file or directory

tried on macbookpro 2021 M1 and an activation step is required, without internet mac can't be activated.

Thank you!!

Bro i did as u suggested and it says dep enorollemnt no so it means a green signal to me? Can I now connect my wifi?

After I choose my computer does not connect to the internet, my prompt says "a critical software update is required for your mac. Connect to a network to install this update. Your mac can't be used until this update is installed" Options are shut down or continue, which does nothing, takes me back to "How do you connect?" screen

A pin is asked for mine right now. How to bypass?

What about macs that 2019? Instead of older macs ?

When I attempt to type in cd ../../ect it's telling me there is no such file or directory, what am I missing?

After I copy and paste the prompt, what do I press

Hello Matt, tried on a macbook air 2017 with sonoma and went all trough until the HOSTS edit was different (didnt show all characters you had on the video) rebooted and started asking for the MDM. Will this not work on sonoma on unsupported mac this bypass? Thanks!!

Intel days without T2 were simpler.

Hi. Can you help with an MDM lock on an M1 Air please?

unfortunately they have removed the 3 option which allow to setup without internet

You might want to mention cd/ is needed to get to the directory that has System. Otherwise you are in you own home directory.

7:59 wondering if this will work on router for an M1 Mac whicu us promoting Apple ID login even before the recovery screen.

Hey Matt, were you able to test this on a post-T2 Macbook? I have a macbook pro with m2 chip, which is mdm locked. I'm just scared if it gets permanently locked even if I try this method LoL. Thank you so much in advance.

can this work for employee mdm locked iMac ?

@MattsTech, have you tried this process with OpenCore-Patcher, to install the latest macOS instead of the last supported macOS for the device?

Hey man, you still working on the iOS 7 iPod 4 project? i need help.

When install with ventura os there is no option without internet. Its only 2 option wifi network and ethernet. Do you know how to continue without internet then

Hey! Could you add the terminal commands to the video discription if possible?

So what will happen if we just wipe the OS and reinstall it? Is this works like iCloud Activation Lock?

can i upgrade the OS after this ?

I had an ex agree to give me the MacBook I bought her back ONLY if she could “share werkends” with my frenchie that I had BEFORE dating her. I mean my pup loves her so I thought why not. I get my MacBook and maybe we can be Civil and my pup peaches would be happy. Well I didn’t get my dog back and the MacBook was remotely iTunes locked. Idk what to do. I’m considering checkm8 but idk it’s a 2019 m1 MacBook Pro. Am I screwed? And btw. She knew she was leaving before I knew so all my dogs paperwork , receipts, service records. Even my birth certificate and ss card is gone. But let’s just say this chick wouldn’t think twice about falsely accusing any ex of 9:44 hers of ANYTHING even tho she was the hoochie behind the back. Falsely accused an ex of the R word and laughed and admitted one night while out drinking. I laughed but it scared tf outta me. Any help would be greatly appreciated

To continue the process MacBook need a connection with internet 😢

Great video. Quick question…I followed your instructions exactly, restarted and reopened Terminal and typed profiles status type enrollment but instead of getting what you said I should see, it says, “there are no configuration profiles installed on this system”. Can I assume that means the machine is free of MDM?

when I attempt to type commends telling me there no auch file or directory

it fails to erase the physical disk any troupleshoots?

Is this method working on m1 chips ?

Does it work om macbook air 2020?

Hi can you please help me out with my macbook air 2017 ? I did the factory reset and now it asks for password for remote management Can you please help me?

My etc file was in root, not at system/library and I am running Big Sur also

Hello Matt's Tech I just wanna know if its permanent fix?

Will the commands work in the terminal of the install? Sonoma has me locked out of the desktop.

Will this work on an iMac?

This is old solution which doesn’t work on latest MacBooks but i got the latest solution which can bypass any and i mean any MacBook even M3 Pro Max

thanks!

Why not just replace the hard drive??

profiles status type enrollment doesnt output anything to terminal... help

I tried doing this and still couldn't get it right. Can I just send you my laptop and you do it for me? I"ll pay you.

T2 su7ks hey.

This WILL NOT work !!

Has anyone tried this on a 2019 MacBook Pro, has it worked for anyone? Thanks!

I did the erasing of the disk, when I click to install Ventura, I get an error message that says “An Internet connection is required to install macOS”

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