Comments on: Mac software picks - Parallels, GMail+Growl, Uno & TheftSensor http://damieng.com/blog/2006/04/30/macsoftwarepicksparallelsgmailgrowlunotheftsensor A .NET developer in Redmond Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:08:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Damien Guard http://damieng.com/blog/2006/04/30/macsoftwarepicksparallelsgmailgrowlunotheftsensor/comment-page-1#comment-1481 Damien Guard Mon, 01 May 2006 09:26:00 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/archive/2006/04/30/macsoftwarepicksparallelsgmailgrowlunotheftsensor.aspx#comment-1481 They recommend you setup a guest account with no password to prevent people re-installing your machine.<br /><br />I've also been told that ordering any Apple spare part requires providing your serial number which is checked against a database of known stolen and insurance write-off's.<br /><br />Whether that is true is anyones guess - Apple certainly don't publish anything along those lines.<br /><br />[)amien They recommend you setup a guest account with no password to prevent people re-installing your machine.

I've also been told that ordering any Apple spare part requires providing your serial number which is checked against a database of known stolen and insurance write-off's.

Whether that is true is anyones guess - Apple certainly don't publish anything along those lines.

[)amien

]]> By: Steve http://damieng.com/blog/2006/04/30/macsoftwarepicksparallelsgmailgrowlunotheftsensor/comment-page-1#comment-1480 Steve Mon, 01 May 2006 07:44:00 +0000 http://damieng.com/blog/archive/2006/04/30/macsoftwarepicksparallelsgmailgrowlunotheftsensor.aspx#comment-1480 I just love the idea of Undercover, although I just know I'd forget to turn it off or lose the remote, and end up having some explaining to do. I'm sure it would only help for opportunistic thefts too, I'm sure anyone smart nicking your MacBook would wipe it with a stolen copy of OSX before they reconnected it. Great idea though, the only problem with great looking hardware like this is that it screams 'steal me'. I just love the idea of Undercover, although I just know I'd forget to turn it off or lose the remote, and end up having some explaining to do. I'm sure it would only help for opportunistic thefts too, I'm sure anyone smart nicking your MacBook would wipe it with a stolen copy of OSX before they reconnected it. Great idea though, the only problem with great looking hardware like this is that it screams 'steal me'.

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