I can't turn off Find My Mac?

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I can't turn off Find My Mac?

I have a notification on my iCloud that says some service require me to sign in again. There's a "Continue" button that doesn't really do anything. I want to log out of iCloud and then log back in and see if that fixes it.

However, whenever I try to log out of iCloud, it won't let me because Find My Mac is still on. When I try to turn it off, I get the message: "Find My Mac couldn’t be disabled. Please try again later."

This is not helpful. Why can't it be disabled?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Jun 2, 2021 9:46 AM

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Remi_202DC

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Jun 4, 2021 10:55 AM in response to pclaradactyl

Hi,

Honestly, I’ve never got this issue, and didn’t find anything interesting on internet.

I advise you to contact Apple Support by phone, they’ll certainly be able to help you.

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pclaradactyl Author

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Jun 2, 2021 10:48 AM in response to Remi_202DC

Maybe? The first guy said he set a password for the admin account (which I already have). The other uses the terminal. I might give that a try, but this is a work computer and I'm a bit wary of using the terminal to fix it if there is another way.

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pclaradactyl Author

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Jun 4, 2021 10:59 AM in response to Remi_202DC

Thanks! I did try them yesterday. I was able to sign out and in when I booted up in Safe Mode. I'm guessing it might be a configuration with my work computer that gets in the way? Find My Mac was reporting problems again when I rebooted as normal, so I'll probably just go back to safe mode to deactivate it and leave it as is if it doesn't cause other problems.

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Remi_202DC

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Jun 2, 2021 10:45 AM in response to pclaradactyl

Hi,

Reading this entire discussion may help you.

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I can't turn off Find My Mac?

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