swineone

Count me in as someone who has the problem on a 2018 MacBook Pro, hasn't notified Apple, and in fact (compounded by a bunch of other things) will no longer be an Apple customer from now on -- this 2018 MacBook Pro will be the last Apple product I will have purchased. I'm sorry, but when I shell out $4000 for a computer, I fully expect not to need to service it a little after half a year. Will look at the competition from now on. Apple's insistence on this flawed keyboard cost me as their customer -- and of course, will also cost them in terms of iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, services, etc. sales. Oh, and did I mention my wife as well? And the dozens of people who I converted to Apple products and will be hearing only bad things about them from me from now on? The writing is on the wall -- Apple needs to change course and start listening to customers on certain key areas such as repairability, reliability, etc. or they''ll be dead in a decade at most. This coming from a former rabid Apple fanboy.

Suppose I'd like to make sure my MacBook Pro is as good as a paperweight for any potential thieves (assuming they don't know my password). Assume also I'm paranoid about requiring Apple's blessing at the time I'm reinstalling my OS. Setting Secure Boot to "Medium Security" should solve the second problem (or even "No Security", but unless you intend to install anything other than macOS, I don't see the point). To solve the first problem, set External Boot to "Allow", set a firmware password, and make sure you use FileVault full-disk encryption. This way, a thief can't boot your installed OS (either regularly or in single user mode) without your account's password due to FileVault, and can't boot an external drive to reinstall the OS without your firmware password. Thus, it's effectively a brick to them. Of course, it will also become a brick to you should you ever forget your passwords, but I heard you can take it to an Apple store or an authorized repair shop (presumably with some proof of ownership) to get it reset. Can anyone shoot holes in this idea?