Stolen Mbp

[HLdan]

The Best way is that contact Apple and provides your info then you got solution

Apple can't do anything about it. Reason being is if the thief ever took the MBP in for servicing and a note was on system about it being stolen, the thief could say he recently made a private purchase from the guy who reported him. There's no way to prove that it wasn't a legit purchase. Who knows if the guy that sold it to him got angry for some reason and maliciously reported the computer stolen when it really wasn't.
Apple cannot confiscate someone's computer or get the police involved unless the computer was stolen from their store.

 

[angelwatt]

Untrue. If you are in a campus environment, and you believe the machine may still be being used on campus, the people who run the network switches should be able to translate a MAC address to an IP fairly easily (I do this all the time at work).

I was speaking more broadly, like across the city or another state, not somewhere on the same network. That's a different ball game.

The thief likely has wiped the system or sold it on eBay if they have much sense (yes that could be expecting a lot).

 

[ADMProducer]

You guys got trolled badly lol, I didn't believe him from the second post.

 

[Psychmike]

ok forget what i said before What i mean is i have a 2 week holiday

A 2 week academic vacation in September, just when classes in most of the Western world have just started?

 

[angelwatt]

A 2 week academic vacation in September, just when classes in most of the Western world have just started?

Well, considering he used the word "holiday" he likely isn't from the Western World (read: US) and is likely in Europe. Also, here in the US, my old college had a two week break at the end of Summer before Fall classes started in mid-to-late September. My old college always started later than most because it was on quarters rather than semesters.

 

[gldubzakjr]

This is one reason the first thing I do for ANY new laptop computer is purchase a subscription for LoJack for Laptops...

A four year subscription will cost you around $100, they'll give you data deletion services, locations services, recovery or if they cannot recover it, $1000 refund.

I have had to use this once before, they suspect was arrested and convicted of theft, burglary, etc. I never actually got the laptop back, but I did recover the $1000 which went towards a new computer.

LoJack for Laptops is worth the $100: if for nothing else the data deletion and location services.

Good luck and sorry for your loss...

 

[alphaod]

If it's a student they will most likely use it. So report the MAC address to campus security so they know when it shows up and report your S/N as stolen to Apple and the police.

Hope you recover it.

 

[tatical]

MAC probably won't be in any ARP cache.

I'd imagine that if a student were using it, he/she would probably be using it with a wireless router. Most folks use wifi routers just for convenience.

Unfortunately if a wifi router (or wired) is being used, the MAC address won't make it to the campus routers, it'll get stopped at the wifi router. Routers don't forward MAC address, they forward IP address (switches forward MAC address). The campus ARP cache would just have the MAC of the wifi router (if one is being used).

 

[alphaod]

MAC probably won't be in any ARP cache.

I'd imagine that if a student were using it, he/she would probably be using it with a wireless router. Most folks use wifi routers just for convenience.

Unfortunately if a wifi router (or wired) is being used, the MAC address won't make it to the campus routers, it'll get stopped at the wifi router. Routers don't forward MAC address, they forward IP address (switches forward MAC address). The campus ARP cache would just have the MAC of the wifi router (if one is being used).

Most if not all campuses usually either forbid personal routers or forbit person DHCP, so I'm pretty sure the DHCP server that any school uses will have a list of connected clients.

 

[tatical]

Most if not all campuses usually either forbid personal routers or forbit person DHCP, so I'm pretty sure the DHCP server that any school uses will have a list of connected clients.

If routers aren't permitted, then thankfully they shouldn't be an issue. But I am curious as to how they enforce this though.

 

[bamf]

If routers aren't permitted, then thankfully they shouldn't be an issue. But I am curious as to how they enforce this though.

I enforce that rather easily on my Cisco network at work. Just don't allow the port to forward anything more than 1 machine's traffic. I can block all the little baby wifi routers with ease...

 

[tatical]

I enforce that rather easily on my Cisco network at work. Just don't allow the port to forward anything more than 1 machine's traffic. I can block all the little baby wifi routers with ease...

I see, you just mad me realize how long its been since I used IOS

 

[bamf]

I see, you just mad me realize how long its been since I used IOS

That made me chuckle. I do love the IOS (that's with a capital I folks).

Hehe.

 

[GGJstudios]

You can try to contact Apple and report the MB as stolen with serial number. If and when the thief decides to bring the laptop in for service, they will know.

The Best way is that contact Apple and provides your info then you got solution

I'd second (or was it third?) the idea of contacting apple with the serial number. If if ever comes in for service, it'll be flagged as stolen.

For future readers of this thread, contacting Apple will NOT work.

How to report lost or stolen Apple product?

Apple does not have a formal flagging process for reporting stolen property. If you have lost or found an Apple product, please contact your local law enforcement agency to report it.

 

[WelshBluebird]

Old thread I know. But still.

I think the person that stole it is a student so he wouldn't be a computer genius

Why not? For all you know it could have been someone doing a Computing related course.

Huh? You mean that your ex girlfriend/boyfriend took it? This is information you completely failed to note in the OP. If you know who took it WTF are you doing here? Call the cops and get it back.

In the UK we often call the start of a school / college / University holdiday as "breaking up". Don't ask why, no idea.

 

[skate71290]

Serial Number is your best bet, monitor eBay and similar sites, and also don't forget to monitor local advertisements, knowing the configuration of your MBP will help, i doubt the police (campus/local) will help as anything suggested, monitoring networks raises a lot of privacy issues... a load of ******** really, if nobody has anything to hide they shouldn't give a **** and help other people out!