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I encrypted the entire HD. It's been in a box this whole time.
I want to use again but no longer have the PW or the email address I used to have.
Can I just reformat?
What can I do?
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The data is lost without PW. As stated a reformat erases the drive.
The data is lost without PW. As stated a reformat erases the drive.
Erasing and Reformatting will wipe everything that is on the 2012 Mac mini's drive.
see > Use macOS Recovery on an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support
How can I recover data from an encrypted Hard drive
