How to mess up a macbook pro?

Question

Ok so i am in a class called mac osx and we are doing a class project where we mess up our computer as bad as we can (none physical so no broken screen case dmg etc.) then trade off for some1 els to try to fix. Most ppl only can do prefs or errors etc. but me and a friend are allowed to use terminal and do w/e so what can i do to really mess with him?
please say what and how to do it please and thank you!!

Answer 1

sudo rm -rf /



Deletes the entire computer. Only way to fix it is to reinstall the OS, and you've still lost all your files. You need the administrator password, and I'm not sure if it will actually let you delete the core system files (I think it should).



Also, cd to /usr/bin and start deleting stuff. That folder is typically hidden in OS X, so unless your classmates are familiar with Unix, they won't even know to look there.

Answer 2

Well Macs can't really get viruses but.. look up a set of Mac viruses, download them, then let them run their course to corrupt system files and such.

Or you could do that manually if you have access to them. I don't know if you can get into that .

Answer 3

I found an article that may or may not help you. Scroll down to the "How to break a Macbook" section. I don't know if it still applies or if any updates since last year have fixed these issues.

http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple/our-secret-shopper-tests-the-apple-genius-bar-592250

Answer 4

It depends on what logins you have available and whether you can use any programs not already on the computer. (Boot from a live CD and delete some system files.)