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Pretty sure this is FileVault full disk encryption.

And so you can still use the computer just not keep your data.




No, it's also possible to set a firmware password, which pops up if you try to boot from any disk other than the startup disk. If you also can't log into any user accounts on the startup disk, there's no way in!




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