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Mac Pro Stolen

I feel bad for you buddy. when my ipod was stolen the police took down the serial number from the packaging--i called local pawn shops, and amazingly one of them had it! the police even traced the sale to the thief--Apparently he had a bunch of stolen stuff from students around campus.
 
Sorry to hear about your loss, a personal idea tho for all of you who are cluthing at the thought of losing your Mac's in one way or another...

I have a Mac Pro hooked up to two acd 30's I left this past weekend for about 4 days natualy I have two things on my side, one I live in very safe apartments, two I live on the third floor with no elevator so lugging down a mac pro is a little hard.....

But me being as paranoid as I am I still regularly screen share my computer to make sure no one has been tampering with it and make regular checks to my mac pro email accounts.... Its truly a great way of spying on your own system.

Another idea is to get a web cam and screen share or get a program called iAlarmU it was designed for macbook's (pros) but can still be activated by anyone moving or typing on your keypad. Also with an added webcam you can take a photo of anyone who touched your computer GREAT for dorms and have it emailed to you...


Anyways I;m ranting, good luck and I hope you get the bastard(s) that did that to you. Hope you can still have a happy holidays.
 
Odd.. because I also had my MBP stolen. Possibly from someone in Fedex because I called them to pick up to get it shipped to Houston's repair facility and they received the box empty. I've been computerless for 2 weeks and don't know what to do. Oh, and Im located in Arlington.

Note: I've had problems with my MBP since Feb '08 and this 6th replacement gets stolen. Not happy with my Apple experience this time around.
 
That is terrible. Other than the small icon in the top of the screen, is there any notification that another user is sharing the screen? Also, can screen sharing be done when the computer is taken off of the network without knowing the ip address? I am thinking about some preventative measures.
 
Makes you ponder how safe your data is. With a machine like the Mac Pro, you're inclined to keep every little detail that's important in it but scenarios like this makes you pause. I've consolidated all my data into mine from the last 10 years and have yet started any contingency plan.

Sorry for your lost and best of luck in the new year.
 
Agree, undercover or other similar covert software will alert you
to thieves isp and take pictures of them using the system.

A good idea for everyone, especially laptop owners.
 
.Mac

a few months ago my MBP was stolen from my car. That week I read about a woman in the UK, i think, whose MacBook was stolen. fortunate for her, she had .Mac, Back to My Mac and NO login password. When the thief later booted the computer a friend of hers saw her online in the friends list in ichat and later congratulated her for the recovery of the MacBook. The woman then deduced that the thief could possibly be caught by the technology behind .Mac and waited till the thief came online again. When the thief finally came back online, she used BTMM to control the iSight and took a photo of the thief and before he knew what had happened, it was too late. She gave the picture to the cops and she got her MB back. Unfortunate for me, I had a login password and did not have BTMM or screen sharing enabled on the MBP.
 
supercooled said:
Makes you ponder how safe your data is.
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Data Encryption could help, or better yet, use a separate storage device for anything particularly sensitive (encrypted of course ;)), and keep it locked up in a hidden fire resistant safe. A little extreme perhaps, but considering the damage that can occur just from someone aquiring credit information, it may not be that paranoid these days. :eek: :p

I don't consider anything to be absolutely safe. Locks, biometrics,... are just layers to slow a thief down enough to force them to give up before getting the goodies. :p

Willis said:
Time like this to advertise Undercover

http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/

Nice little piece of software that would almost certainly help you in this case.
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Interesting piece of software. :D
A necessity for laptops IMO. ;)
 
For all of you saying that "atleast you didn't have to walk in on him..." I think I would almost like to have been there to either 1. do something about it or 2. call for some backup. Like everyone else has said, a Mac Pro is exactly the most portable mac around.

This makes me wonder, about my most recent mac purchase. I just picked up a macbook pro on craigslist for $300 bucks because it has a broken screen. The guy said he "was going to fix it" but when I hooked it up to my monitor to check it out all of the previous owner's stuff was still there. Now it is clean with leopard, but did I possibly get a stolen mac?:confused: I would hate to think I did. My wasn't exactly minty fresh like yours was.

I looked at your sig, and the only thing that stuck out to me was your 30" acd. Surely he didn't take that as well. If that is the case, then I definately would have wanted to be there.
 
nanofrog said:
Data Encryption could help, or better yet, use a separate storage device for anything particularly sensitive (encrypted of course ;)), and keep it locked up in a hidden fire resistant safe. A little extreme perhaps, but considering the damage that can occur just from someone aquiring credit information, it may not be that paranoid these days. :eek: :p

I don't consider anything to be absolutely safe. Locks, biometrics,... are just layers to slow a thief down enough to force them to give up before getting the goodies. :p


Interesting piece of software. :D
A necessity for laptops IMO. ;)
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Do you have first hand experience with this program? Any other recommendations?
 
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