I was reading Cult of Mac article (http://www.cultofmac.com/man-recovers-stolen-macbook-thousands-of-miles-away-heres-how-to-recover-yours/94947) about how a man recovered his MacBook using a free service called Prey (www.preyproject.com). And I decided to try it out myself.
There’s a free recovery service by Apple (via MobileMe) but nothing has been written about it. Moreover, I dunno how long Apple will keep the service free (BTW, MobileMe is a subscription service). And to pay a subscription of more than US$100 a year is definitely a drain to my savings.
Installation is a whizz and with a very small footprint. The Prey software is undetectable in your MacBook and runs invisibly in the background. Once activated, you can log-in into your account (via Prey website) and indicated that your MacBook is missing. The software will then send you a report every 10, 20, 30 or 40 minutes to your email. The software is also able to capture the location of your MacBook, picture(s) of the culprit (via webcam), screenshots of what is being displayed on the screen, uptime and logged users (all these settings can be modified via Prey’s Control Panel).
I would like to report here that I have tried the Prey service thrice (that’s three times), and all three attempts works like a charm.
Prey works with Mac, Windows, Ubuntu, Linux and Android phones. The codes are open-source and available for download at Prey’s website.
Check out Prey introduction video above. May it prove useful to you.
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