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by javajosh 4544 days ago
Do MacBooks have the option to password protect the BIOS?
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ddinh 4544 days ago
Yes, you can set an EFI password on Macbooks: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1352
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javajosh 4544 days ago
Thanks. But it looks like the "Firmware Password Utility" is not available by default in OSX 10.9, and those instructions only describe how to get it for OSX 10.5 and below. Thoughts?
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ulms 4544 days ago
You have to boot into your recovery partition (Cmd+R on boot), then there's a menu option to set the firmware password, which will be active on the next reboot.
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