u/_Rohil__

Around 2.5 years ago I worked indirectly for one of the FAANG/MAANG companies through another company. I was there for only around 50 days and was issued an M1 MacBook for work.

When I left, I asked them multiple times to arrange pickup of the laptop, but for whatever reason it never happened. Nobody followed up afterwards either. The MacBook has basically been sitting unused at my home ever since.

I don't want to sell it or make money from it. At this point I'd just like to either finally return it or, if they've written the asset off and are okay with me keeping it, use it myself.

I've contacted the company again asking them to either collect it or confirm whether it has been written off/released.

My technical question is: what security layers could still be present on an M1 corporate Mac after this long? MDM, Apple Business Manager/DEP, Activation Lock, FileVault, Recovery Lock, etc.?

Is there a safe way to check what it's currently enrolled/locked with before erasing anything? And if the company formally releases the laptop to me, what would they need to remove on their end so I can completely erase it, reinstall macOS and set it up as a normal personal Mac?

Also curious whether anyone here has dealt with a similar forgotten company asset after leaving a job.

Hey guys, bit of a weird situation.

Around 2.5 years ago I worked indirectly for one of the FAANG/MAANG companies through another company. I was there for only around 50 days and was issued an M1 MacBook for work.

When I left, I asked them multiple times to arrange pickup of the laptop, but for whatever reason it never happened. Nobody followed up afterwards either. The MacBook has basically been sitting unused at my home ever since.

I don't want to sell it or make money from it. At this point I'd just like to either finally return it or, if they've written the asset off and are okay with me keeping it, use it myself.

I've contacted the company again asking them to either collect it or confirm whether it has been written off/released.

My technical question is: what security layers could still be present on an M1 corporate Mac after this long? MDM, Apple Business Manager/DEP, Activation Lock, FileVault, Recovery Lock, etc.?

Is there a safe way to check what it's currently enrolled/locked with before erasing anything? And if the company formally releases the laptop to me, what would they need to remove on their end so I can completely erase it, reinstall macOS and set it up as a normal personal Mac?

Also curious whether anyone here has dealt with a similar forgotten company asset after leaving a job.