Comments on: Find My Mac is reason enough to sign up for iCloud http://gigaom.com/2011/08/04/find-my-mac-is-reason-enough-to-sign-up-for-icloud/ Wed, 22 May 2013 07:25:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Giovanni Antonioni http://gigaom.com/2011/08/04/find-my-mac-is-reason-enough-to-sign-up-for-icloud/#comment-644938 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:52:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=388458#comment-644938 OK – so you have written this: “Even if your Mac is off when you send these commands, they will take effect the next time it’s online.” The implication here is that if a thief steals your Mac, as long as they restore and wipe the whole machine while there is no wifi available, the Find my Mac won’t work. Not only that, but a thief can access all your machine’s details while offline assuming you have no log-on.
I presume the Find my Mac feature is linked to the user’s name on each machine they own, not the individual serial number of that machine. A thief only needs a few cloned start-up disks, turn off the broadband, and restore! Then sell them on.

]]> By: Guest http://gigaom.com/2011/08/04/find-my-mac-is-reason-enough-to-sign-up-for-icloud/#comment-644792 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:11:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=388458#comment-644792 How unkind and untrue of you.

]]> By: Israr Saeed http://gigaom.com/2011/08/04/find-my-mac-is-reason-enough-to-sign-up-for-icloud/#comment-644760 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:18:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=388458#comment-644760 for downloads and much more visit………http://itechbee.blogspot.com/

]]> By: David http://gigaom.com/2011/08/04/find-my-mac-is-reason-enough-to-sign-up-for-icloud/#comment-644738 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:21:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=388458#comment-644738 “then money spent on iCloud rather than on improving home security is merely going to be wasted.”

Have you forgotten that this is a free iCloud service?

]]> By: Ian Kemmish http://gigaom.com/2011/08/04/find-my-mac-is-reason-enough-to-sign-up-for-icloud/#comment-644736 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:16:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=388458#comment-644736 This article appears to have been written with the humorous conceit that a computer is the only article of value in your home. If you’re not attempting humour, and you really believe that this is the case, you need to get out more; if it isn’t, then money spent on iCloud rather than on improving home security is merely going to be wasted.

]]> By: David http://gigaom.com/2011/08/04/find-my-mac-is-reason-enough-to-sign-up-for-icloud/#comment-644729 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:08:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=388458#comment-644729 Yes, a person with a Mac who wasn’t interested in any of the other iCloud features would probably sign up for this alone. The reason: it’s free, and what do I have to lose?

]]> By: Christopher DeMero http://gigaom.com/2011/08/04/find-my-mac-is-reason-enough-to-sign-up-for-icloud/#comment-644709 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:41:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=388458#comment-644709 You got it all wrong, it’s the email. The thief would wipe it clean anyway no getting it back…

]]> By: J B http://gigaom.com/2011/08/04/find-my-mac-is-reason-enough-to-sign-up-for-icloud/#comment-644705 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:38:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=388458#comment-644705 Yes, gives an approximate location. Not exactly great is it. Hidden takes photos of the thief and sends them back to you, more chance of the police being able to find them.

]]> By: Brandon http://gigaom.com/2011/08/04/find-my-mac-is-reason-enough-to-sign-up-for-icloud/#comment-644700 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:15:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=388458#comment-644700 Reason enough to sign up? I don’t think so… Maybe with all the other features, but this alone isn’t enough.

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