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On 26/02/2025 22:44, David wrote:
> *Why didn't you respond to this post of mine*?
> 
> =
> 
> Apple has total control over my Apple devices if fired by Apple software.
> 
> Does Apple still have access to my old 24 inch iMac which is running 
> Linux Mint?
> 
> It seems that it might!!! This is what Chat GPT helped me to find:-
> 
> 
> david@david-iMac:~$ sudo efibootmgr
> [sudo] password for david:
> BootCurrent: 0000
> Timeout: 5 seconds
> BootOrder: 0000,0001,0080
> Boot0000* Ubuntu 
> HD(1,GPT,eecbee81-1d74-414b-9764-2f0e5f291cfc,0x800,0x80000)/ 
> File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
> Boot0001* MX Linux 
> HD(1,GPT,eecbee81-1d74-414b-9764-2f0e5f291cfc,0x800,0x80000)/ 
> File(\EFI\MX\grubx64.efi)
> Boot0080* Mac OS X PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)/ 
> HD(2,GPT,91ee5c37-7d10-4bc0-ae45-429938a266c1,0x64028,0x3a2e1fe0)
> Boot0081* Mac OS X PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1f,0x2)/Sata(0,0,0)/ 
> HD(2,GPT,1a03b12d-4501-4d31-9577-92ea1e134d85,0x64028,0x3a1ec0c0)
> BootFFFF* PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1d,0x0)/USB(0,0)/ 
> HD(2,0,00000000000000000000000000000000,0x21c4,0x2800)/ 
> File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.efi)
> 
> =
> 
> david@david-iMac:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i apple
> ii  cinnamon-control-center-data 6.4.1+xia    all configuration applets 
> for Cinnamon - data files
> ii  gir1.2-matepanelapplet-4.0:amd64 1.27.1-2build3        amd64 GObject 
> introspection data for MATE panel
> ii  gkbd-capplet 3.28.1-1build3                             amd64 GNOME 
> control center tools for libgnomekbd
> ii  libayatana-indicator3-7:amd64 0.9.4-1build1     amd64        panel 
> indicator applet - shared library (GTK-3+ variant)
> ii  libetonyek-0.1-1:amd64 0.1.10-5build1 amd64        library for 
> reading and converting Apple Keynote presentations
> ii  libimobiledevice-utils 1.3.0-8.1build3 amd64        Utitilies for 
> communicating with iPhone and other Apple devices
> ii  libimobiledevice6:amd64 1.3.0-8.1build3 amd64        Library for 
> communicating with iPhone and other Apple devices
> ii  libmate-panel-applet-4-1:amd64 1.27.1-2build3      amd64 library for 
> MATE Panel applets
> ii  libplist-2.0-4:amd64 2.3.0-1~exp2build2 amd64        Library for 
> handling Apple binary and XML property lists
> ii  nvidia-prime-applet 1.4.4                                      all 
>       An applet for NVIDIA Prime
> 
> =
> 
> david@david-iMac:~$ sudo fdisk -l
> Disk /dev/sda: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
> Disk model: CT500MX500SSD1
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
> Disklabel type: gpt
> Disk identifier: 75DF666E-BCDD-44B3-9D7D-D8B4362B7C30
> 
> Device         Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
> /dev/sda1       2048    526335    524288   256M EFI System
> /dev/sda2     526336 488648703 488122368 232.8G Linux filesystem
> /dev/sda3  488648704 976771071 488122368 232.8G Linux filesystem
> david@david-iMac:~$
> 
> =
> 
> Looks like I've got a bit of work to do to clean up the old iMac!  ;-)

Oops!

Posted to wrong group first time around!

Thoughts/advice welcomed.

-- 
Kind regards,
David