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Stolen MacBook Pro, concerned about my personal files?

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murkymudkip

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Jul 25, 2012
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ok, guys. My MacBook Pro was stolen a while ago. I'm over the fact that I lost an expensive piece of equipment, but I'm still worried about my privacy. When it was stolen, it was password protected. On my iPad, I could still see for a couple days that my iCloud tabs on my macbook were still open. Today, I noticed that there are no more iCloud tabs from my macbook.

What are the chances that my macbook has been reset and all the personal files are gone? I think it was probably reset, especially since I believe the thief didn't know it was my Mac before he/she stole it.

Thanks for your help!
 
maflynn

maflynn

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May 3, 2009
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The chances of someone cracking or trying to access your data is probably pretty decent. I'm not sure what's on there, but I'd start notifying your credit cards/banks to play it safe.

All things being equal, its probably a really good idea to encrypt the drive using FileVault, I know that's water over the bridge for you, but when you get a replacement.
 
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TheEnthusiast

macrumors regular
Aug 22, 2013
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If it was password protected, it would take a knowledgeable thief to crack it (home folders are hard to access), so my guess is the OS has already been re-installed. The iCloud tabs automatically close themselves, in the event that you are unable to do so or they don't refresh, after a few days. Even if they thief, tried to access files by connecting the HDD to another computer, home folders are still locked. I know, I've tried to do this when my Mac's screen wouldn't turn on and I wanted to access my important files. I couldn't even make modifications using Linux!
 
macfacts

macfacts

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Oct 7, 2012
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Cybertron
Too late for the original poster but for everyone else, besides the login password for OS X, you should also set the efi firmware password. When this is enabled, a thief can't reinstall OS X or format or boot from DVD.
 
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