Can I sell my old company laptops? I have 3 MacBook pros from holding companies that I worked at between 2021-2023.
I emailed each of these companies after I left asking how to give them back the laptops but they never responded. Is there anyway to sell them or would I get in trouble? These places are huge and do not seem to care

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Do a hard reset on them first

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I wouldn’t but I’m a coward

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Absolutely sell them. You’ve done your due diligence.

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Check out Mac of all trades… great place to buy and sell and they do full check on used laptops before selling

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They’re probably bricked by now and cannot be unlocked/ reset.

if they are "bricked", is there any way to reset them? It's been years, so not sure what to do with it

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I have 3 from 2 different holding companies. After reaching out multiple times, I tried resetting. They cannot be fully reset without knowing IT's initial set up passwords. I wanted to donate but sounds like holding companies are too busy to care ((

If they come asking. Just tell them you emailed them but they never responded to you so mailed them back years ago addressed to the [Agency name] c/o I.T. department

If they are locked out by IT and cannot be returned, I would just recycle them.

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