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@downshift.eth
this turned out to be a saga... Apple no longer supports Monterey, so i had to find a third-party download and verify the checksum. even still, it took multiple attempts to successfully create bootable install media (Monterey's installer has a bug that allows you to bypass MDM by turning off your wifi router *just* before it reboots into the fresh install) you then have to use recovery mode to disable a security setting before wiping the MDM profile and blocking Apple's MDM domains using /etc/hosts finally, you can upgrade to a newer version of macOS with Software Update, but Monterey is so old that this requires multiple updates 🫠
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@goblen
Apple really doesn't make it easy to break free from MDM. Respect for pulling it off 🙏
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