Comments on: Recovering From a Laptop Theft

By: laptop acer

laptop acer — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:08:08 +0000

I’m a little paranoid about where I keep my laptop.

FWIW, Setting a password in preferences doesn’t do much. Anyone with a Mac installation CD can reset the password. The only way you can give your computer any level of security, is by enabling File Vault.

By: Business Advertising

Business Advertising — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:30:15 +0000

Your experience is very painful. I rely on my laptop for everything. May be for future reference, you can use a back up service so that at least you can recover your data.

By: du lich nha trang

du lich nha trang — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:30:37 +0000

terrible, I take care of places where my computer, thanks to what you told me

By: Linux Tutorials

Linux Tutorials — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:29:09 +0000

I mostly use a desktop windows based machine, so I don’t fear too much about theft. However, my external hard drive recently crashed. I was very glad I had all 50 gigs backed up online. I use Mozy, which I think now supports Mac, but I’m not sure.

By: Eugene Tyson

Eugene Tyson — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:09:53 +0000

Stumbled this today – thought I’d post it here.

I haven’t tested it yet

http://preyproject.com/

By: may tinh xach tay

may tinh xach tay — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:29:02 +0000

I’m really sorry to hear this bad news but relieved for you that you had done some backing up.

By: nisa

nisa — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:16:08 +0000

I’m very sorry about your loss. I’m very sure your post will indeed help reminding others of how important it is to keep the laptop safe and sound.

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:02:24 +0000

Note that the basic (but very functional) version of CrashPlan is now free from crashplan.com.

By: Scott Citron

Scott Citron — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:29:58 +0000

Dear David:
Just heard of your misfortune. Ouch-erooni! As others have noted, I can only hope those who don’t back up will learn from your experience.

Not patting myself on the back (or back-up), for years I’ve been preaching the gospel of “Back up what you can’t afford to lose.” My other favorite homily is “It’s not a question of if your hard drive will fail, but when.” Today, with hard drives so cheap, there’s no reason not to be vigilant about backing up.

My strategy is three-tiered. 1) use Time Machine (or Time Capsule for wireless back up) if you’re on Mac OSX; 2) use SuperDuper! or CarbonCopy Cloner for daily, incremental and unattended bootable back ups; 3) use an off-site, remote service like CrashPlan or SugarSync to also create incremental and unattended back ups.

You can never be too safe or too secure, and having a reliable back up strategy will make you sleep well.

By: Hortence Goss

Hortence Goss — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:26:23 +0000

Lowjack For Laptops is another great laptop tracking software that tracks stolen laptops usingthe IP address and also enables you to remotely erase sensitive data.

http://www.lojackforlaptops.com/