Powerbook was just stolen

[benbaked]

Somebody stole an older Powerbook G4 out of our office today. I have the serial number, is there anyway that I can track the whereabouts of the laptop, provided the thief tries to use it instead of selling it? Thanks.

[Cheator]

Not that I can think of without installing a tracking system. Damn that sucks dude, sorry to hear that..

[Midnight Dream]

Contact Apple, as they would be the one who could best help you in this situation. I hope you get it back!

[benbaked]

Thanks for the advice, I will try that.

It was an older 400 MHz Titanium, kind of beat up, but still I should've known better then to leave a thuggish-looking homedude unsupervised for even ten seconds. :mad:

he wanted an application... :mad: Damn thugs.

[Kendan]

That sucks. Check out this program for future use:

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


Now check out this dumb thief: http://billmacewen.com/blog/2007/09/24/name-that-theif/


Good luck in getting your stolen laptop back.

[PhysX]

unless its being stolen for whats on it, the theif could "if they knew anything about computers", just format / install an os and it would be fresh right ? so technically its useless software ? or am i missing something.

[Kendan]

unless its being stolen for whats on it, the theif could "if they knew anything about computers", just format / install an os and it would be fresh right ? so technically its useless software ? or am i missing something.

This is from the undercover FAQ

What if someone does a clean install of OS X on my machine?

You can prevent this by installing a firmware password. You can find the firmware password utility on your Mac OS X Tiger DVD (in /Applications/Utilities/ on the disc). Make sure to reboot your Mac after enabling the firmware password.