- It is advised to erase the hard-drive prior to starting.
- It is advised to re-install MacOS using an external flash drive.
Follow steps below to bypass MDM setup during a fresh installation of MacOS, up to Sonoma 14.4.1 (23E224).
Upon arriving to the setup stage of forced MDM enrollement:
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Long press Power button to forcefully shut down your Mac.
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Hold the power button to start your Mac & boot into recovery mode.
a. Apple-based Mac: Hold Power button.
b. Intel-based Mac: Hold CMD + R during boot.
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Connect to WiFi to activate your Mac.
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Enter Recovery Mode & Open Safari.
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Navigate to https://www.github.com/assafdori/bypass-mdm
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Copy the script below:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/assafdori/bypass-mdm/main/bypass-mdm.sh -o bypass-mdm.sh && chmod +x ./bypass-mdm.sh && ./bypass-mdm.sh
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Launch Terminal (Utilities > Terminal).
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Paste (CMD + V) and Run the script (ENTER).
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Input 1 for Autobypass.
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Press Enter to leave the default username 'Apple'.
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Press Enter to leave the default password '1234'.
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Wait for the script to finish & Reboot your Mac.
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Sign in with user (Apple) & password (1234)
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Skip all setup (Apple ID, Siri, Touch ID, Location Services)
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Once on the desktop navigate to System Settings > Users and Groups, and create your real Admin account.
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Log out of the Apple profile, and sign in into your real profile.
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Feel free set up properly now (Apple ID, Siri, Touch ID, Location Services).
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Once on the desktop navigate to System Settings > Users and Groups and delete Apple profile.
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Congratulations, you're MDM free! ๐ซ