Re: [LAD] Forgive me, for I have sinned, or: toss your Macintosh, as fast and wide as you can.

Did you rule out the obvious explanation, i.e., that this Mac had a
previous owner, and the previous owner invoked Find My Mac at some point?

As to a culprit, I would look to the reseller from whom you bought this
machine and not Apple itself. Was Apple even involved directly in this
transaction, other than the original sale of the new MBP to its first owner?

-Luddy Harrison

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> 1. Forgive me, for I have sinned, or: toss your Macintosh, as
> fast and wide as you can. (J?rn Nettingsmeier)
> 2. Re: Forgive me, for I have sinned, or: toss your Macintosh,
> as fast and wide as you can. (David Runge)
> 3. Re: Forgive me, for I have sinned, or: toss your Macintosh,
> as fast and wide as you can. (Albert Graef)
> 4. Re: Forgive me, for I have sinned, or: toss your Macintosh,
> as fast and wide as you can. (Louigi Verona)
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> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 10:37:19 +0100
> From: J?rn Nettingsmeier <nettings@email-addr-hidden>
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> Subject: [LAD] Forgive me, for I have sinned, or: toss your Macintosh,
> as fast and wide as you can.
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> Here's me, having to deal with a 48 channel live recording over the
> course of six shows. Since my MADI gear is kinda heavy and the rental
> company had a Dante system on offer, I dusted off the 2013 Macbook pro I
> bought used, purchased a Dante virtual soundcard license from Audinate
> and happily tracked the first three shows with Ardour.
>
> On the train on an off-day, I started a rough mix-down so that the
> client can begin the selection process. In the middle of exporting, my
> Mac shuts down and boots into a PIN unlock screen, telling me it has
> been locked via "Find-my-Mac".
>
> For the record, this Macbook had been purchased from a reputable large
> online dealer, and it had been factory-reset and completely installed
> from scratch.
>
> The first thing I find as I frantically research this issue (on my
> proper laptop, that is controlled by me, not by some iFuckwits), is that
> this iFeature even contains the option of a remote data wipe.
> My excuses to my fellow passengers who got in the way of a stream of
> expletives suddenly bursting forth from an otherwise unobtrusive
> business traveller, as said traveller notices he doesn't have a
> screwdriver to yank his data drive out of this ransomware machine, and
> cannot even be sure it's off when it says it's off because of course the
> battery cannot be removed without major surgery, either.
>
> Was able to salvage the data at home using a real operating system on
> real hardware, and today I'm going to find an authorized mac reseller
> and give the guy at the guru bar a day he will remember and testify
> about at the next Apple employee incentive day.
>
> Long story short: don't.
>
>
>
> --
> J?rn Nettingsmeier
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> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 11:27:29 +0100
> From: David Runge <dave@email-addr-hidden>
> To: J?rn Nettingsmeier <nettings@email-addr-hidden>
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> Subject: Re: [LAD] Forgive me, for I have sinned, or: toss your
> Macintosh, as fast and wide as you can.
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> On 2017-12-04 10:37:19 (+0100), J?rn Nettingsmeier wrote:
> > Long story short: don't.
> Holy...
>
> Glad you got your data at least. This would also freak me out a lot...
>
>
> --
> https://sleepmap.de
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> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 11:40:16 +0100
> From: Albert Graef <aggraef@email-addr-hidden>
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> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 10:37 AM, J?rn Nettingsmeier <
> nettings@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
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> > Long story short: don't.
>
>
> Holy cow.
>
> I like funny war stories like these. Of course it's only funny if you're
> not bitten yourself. :( I feel with you.
>
> At least you got a 2013 MB which is still half-decent hardware compared to
> the fancy shiny thingies they sell for premium prices these days. Where you
> can gain root without a password and need a USB-C dongle of substantial
> size to connect to just about *any* kind of useful, non-snowflake
> peripheral. Well, at least it connects to your power supply, isn't that
> great? :)
>
> Take care,
> Albert
>
> --
> Dr. Albert Gr"af
> Computer Music Research Group, JGU Mainz, Germany
> Email: aggraef@email-addr-hidden
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> Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 11:52:30 +0100
> From: Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@email-addr-hidden>
> To: Albert Graef <aggraef@email-addr-hidden>
> Cc: The Linux Audio Developers' Mailing List
> <linux-audio-dev@email-addr-hidden>, J?rn Nettingsmeier
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> You realize, of course, that this is probably a bug and that this was not
> intended by Apple? You should also understand that millions of people are
> using Macs everyday and their data doesn't get lost, right?
>
> Because, if not, I can supply many-many stories where I would loose data
> because of stupid Linux machines, lose gigs because suddenly the music
> software wouldn't start, although it did just yesterday. There are enough
> problems that stem from software not having an owner that from it "being
> controlled" by someone else. And then after bashing Linux, I can finish my
> email with a dramatic "don't".
>
> Any system can fail, and it is never at the right time. And in my
> experience, proprietary systems are generally much more stable than floss,
> and are less likely to fail suddenly and without warning.
>
> For instance, when preparing for the Sonoj convention, I had Carla start
> crashing on me and I could not complete music examples. I eventually had to
> revert to FLStudio to make them.
>
> At the Sonoj Convention, 10 minutes before my dj set, Mixxx has deleted all
> of my tracks library and I had to frantically search for a fix. I found a
> workaround, but could not include a couple of new tunes into the set.
>
> Did I write a post blaming floss for that? No.
>
>
>
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> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Albert Graef <aggraef@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 10:37 AM, J?rn Nettingsmeier <
> > nettings@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> >
> >> Long story short: don't.
> >
> >
> > Holy cow.
> >
> > I like funny war stories like these. Of course it's only funny if you're
> > not bitten yourself. :( I feel with you.
> >
> > At least you got a 2013 MB which is still half-decent hardware compared
> to
> > the fancy shiny thingies they sell for premium prices these days. Where
> you
> > can gain root without a password and need a USB-C dongle of substantial
> > size to connect to just about *any* kind of useful, non-snowflake
> > peripheral. Well, at least it connects to your power supply, isn't that
> > great? :)
> >
> > Take care,
> > Albert
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Albert Gr"af
> > Computer Music Research Group, JGU Mainz, Germany
> > Email: aggraef@email-addr-hidden
> > WWW: https://plus.google.com/+AlbertGraef
> >
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