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Sorry for being off-topic: my wife and I had our MacBooks stolen on the weekend and every ten minutes I think why in the hell didn't I have FileVault turned on.
by sigjuice 10y ago
Sorry for being off-topic: my wife and I had our MacBooks stolen on the weekend and every ten minutes I think why in the hell didn't I have FileVault turned on. Our whole lives were on those laptops and I cannot even fathom what sort of fallout to expect with our data out there.
- subliminalpanda 10y agoIf you're lucky they'll just wipe the drive and use it for themselves.
- ridgeguy 10y agoYou probably already know this, but just in case not: If you had Find My Mac enabled on those MacBooks, you can lock or wipe them [1]. I've read somewhere that if you select "lock" first, you can't then do a wipe. Not sure about that, tho. Good Luck. [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204756 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204756
- sigjuice 10y agoYes, I did this the minute I realized what had happened. Both my Macbooks and my iPad are in the "Erase Pending" state. Not sure if I still get notified of the location if the thieves replace or wipe the drives before ever connecting to the Internet.