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Wow, some jerk just broke into my studio... - Anthony - 09-05-2011
and stole my laptop, a six year old macbook. Luckily, it is password protected, insured, and I have a backup of essential stuff. Odd thing is my classical violin was out in the room. Thank god for dumb@ss criminals.
The bummer is I'm self employed and use quicken 2006. There's an auto backup to mobile me but only when I shut it down, which had been awhile.
Sucks to be invaded like that.
Re: Wow, some jerk just broke into my studio... - space-time - 09-05-2011
sorry to hear that. At lest you have the violin, probably much more important that the old MacBook.
FYI: The password can be reset, so if you have personal data in there (SSN, tax returns) I would be very worried.
good luck.
Re: Wow, some jerk just broke into my studio... - DaviDC. - 09-05-2011
Indeed it does suck & I understand completely because my house was broken into a week ago.
You lost much more than I did.
Re: Wow, some jerk just broke into my studio... - Grateful11 - 09-05-2011
I hate to hear that, someone broke into our garage once took a $50 leaf blower but left a $400 string
trimmer, guess they didn't know the brand name. I have no use for thief.
Re: Wow, some jerk just broke into my studio... - Anthony - 09-05-2011
Space time: Yikes.
I had no idea passwords can be reset. How?
There is sensitive stuff on there. How hard is that to do?
Re: Wow, some jerk just broke into my studio... - space-time - 09-05-2011
if you forget your password, you can reboot from CD/DVD and you can reset the password for the account.
Re: Wow, some jerk just broke into my studio... - Anthony - 09-05-2011
Any ideas on what to do at this point?
Re: Wow, some jerk just broke into my studio... - Tofer - 09-05-2011
For your next laptop, install Prey.
Re: Wow, some jerk just broke into my studio... - Numo - 09-05-2011
Doesn't the iPad allow you to remotely wipe all info or disable it? Is this possible with a laptop?
Re: Wow, some jerk just broke into my studio... - volcs0 - 09-05-2011
Tofer wrote:
For your next laptop, install Prey.
Thanks. Just installed this on my MBP.
I've been using PhoneLocator on my phone for awhile. I might try this one also / instead.