Are there any reliable safe locks for the macbook retina ? I saw an option but it causes damage to the screen if not used correctly. And I already have a case on my macbook retina.
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how do you lock your macbook retina ?
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When travelling, I'm afraid of my laptop being stolen physically. Just want a lock to deter someone from stealing a laptop.
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If I were you get a backpack and master lock to lock the zippers.. That's what I do with my ipad to keep others from stealing it, and it's always with you
No offense but that's probably the first place thieves will look. There's little you can do to physically secure the laptop while traveling. The advice to keep it with you when ever feasible is about the best.
you can always buy one of those sweet briefcases that have the handcuff and chain built into the handle and then just handcuff it to your hand...however you will always need to be weary of someone carrying a sharp enough machete that could cut your hand off....other than that you should be good.
My advice for traveling with laptops/valuables
1. Don't take your laptop anywhere it doesn't need to go.
2. If you take your laptop, it stays on you, in a bag that does not look like a laptop bag.
3. Walk through nicer areas
4. Electronic safe: if you are moving, buy, if you are visiting, use the hotels safe. If you buy one, its about $80 but its a lot better than a cable lock, can secure other valuables, is fire proof, and its faster to put it in and out of there than detach and retach cables. Not to mention, its easier to remember whether its in the safe than if its locked up (for me at least). And its not visible in there.
5. If visiting, stay in a nice hotel. Its more expensive, but you are less likely to be robbed. There is usually somewhere in the room a laptop fits (behind the ironing board, under the socks, in a drawer under a bunch of stuff/wrapped in towels. If you can't hide/don't trust the hotel, take it with you in one of those backpacks that has a laptop slot. No one will know you have it, just make sure you don't get robbed.
1. Don't take your laptop anywhere it doesn't need to go.
2. If you take your laptop, it stays on you, in a bag that does not look like a laptop bag.
3. Walk through nicer areas
4. Electronic safe: if you are moving, buy, if you are visiting, use the hotels safe. If you buy one, its about $80 but its a lot better than a cable lock, can secure other valuables, is fire proof, and its faster to put it in and out of there than detach and retach cables. Not to mention, its easier to remember whether its in the safe than if its locked up (for me at least). And its not visible in there.
5. If visiting, stay in a nice hotel. Its more expensive, but you are less likely to be robbed. There is usually somewhere in the room a laptop fits (behind the ironing board, under the socks, in a drawer under a bunch of stuff/wrapped in towels. If you can't hide/don't trust the hotel, take it with you in one of those backpacks that has a laptop slot. No one will know you have it, just make sure you don't get robbed.
Funny I travel internationally extensively and never worry. Just use common sense, don't buy flashy designer computer bags, don't leave the computer unattended in public places, don't leave your bags out of sight when travelling.
Thief's are commonly opportunists, so don't give them that opportunity. One thing I do when I travel is link my bags together and to chairs, trolleys etc with two carabiner`s and a short piece of rope. Thieves at airports look for the distracted and distressed only needing very few seconds to make off with a laptop bag, equally it only takes seconds to link up the bags making it impossible for anyone to quickly snatch one specific bag without being caught...
Another tip is to make your baggage as conspicuous as possible, red, green tape etc, thief`s like to blend in, not standout. With my checked bags I tape them up, making them far more visible and far less attractive to the average thief...