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When your Mac is Activation Locked, when trying to boot via OpenCorePkg it may panic with an IONVMeFamily panic - here’s how to fix it

August 16, 2026 · Show and tell · by @albert-mueller

By the way if you get an IONVMeFamily kernel panic, then it has triggered Activation Lock. At this point, hold CMD + R until it reaches the standard Recovery, then enter your Apple ID and password. Once done, restart your Mac and boot back into OpenCore.

Originally posted by @albert-mueller in #130

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@albert-mueller · August 17, 2026 · edited

If you see this panic here:

Then your Mac is Activation Locked via either Find My or somehow else.

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