Find My Mac Switched On for Developers
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Find My Mac, perfect for stalkers everywhere. Picture: Mac Rumors
Apple has switched on Find My Mac, a feature from the upcoming iCloud service which lets careless or unlucky Mac owners track down their computers. Currently in beta, for testing by OS X Lion developers, Find My Mac works a lot like the iOS app Find My iPhone.
Instead of using GPS to work out where the Mac is, Lion instead uses other location info such as that from nearby Wi-Fi networks (and probably the external IP address, too). Once the Mac-less user has logged in to Find My Mac on the iCloud Web site, he can see his computer’s location on a map, send a message to it, lock the computer’s screen from afar, and even perform a remote wipe of the hard drive. This last, combined with Lion’s new full-disk encryption, makes for some powerful security.
When enabled, users will also be able to track their lost or stolen Macs from the comfort of their iPhone or iPad using the Find My iPhone app.
The service should go live for everyone as soon as iCloud is released in September. Until then, try not to get too drunk when you take your brand new MacBook out with you for the night. Yes, I’m looking at you, Cult of Mac’s John Brownlee.
Find My Mac Goes Live For Developers [Mac Rumors]
See Also:
- How to Activate Find My iPhone for iOS 4
- Apple's 'Find my iPhone' App Almost Impossible to Use
- Apple iOS 4.2 Arrives, Makes Find My iPhone Free
- Find My IPhone
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