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Lap lock – leave your MacBook unattended worry free for a short time
- therobot24 12y agothis is really cool, i'm surprised something like this hasn't been implemented years ago it would be nice if you could text back the PC to turn on it's speakers like a car alarm
- jaxbot 12y agoThe more a think about it, the more genius this application is. Well done!
- joshmn 12y agoAn SMS when it's unlocked would also be great to see.
- praseodym 12y agoThis is pretty similar to https://www.virtualock.com https://www.virtualock.com who also provide a Windows version.
- nodata 12y agoYour first feature request is going to be for it to work without the power cord :)
- benzoate 12y agoI think it could actually be done. I know my MBPr has accelerometers in it that can be accessed. (visit http://mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google-gravity/ http://mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/google-gravity/ with Chrome on a MBPr)
- nodata 12y agoSo the thief should steal slowly? :)
- ivanmaeder 12y agoHehe verrrrrryyy slooowwwwly. The MacBooks with mechanical hard drives have the motion sensors.
- benzoate 12y agoI believe that's why they were originally added, to protect the disk in the event of a drop. My early 2013 13" MBPr definitely has both an SSD and accelerometers, though I don't know if they kept them for later models. Cool app/idea btw!
- fencepost 12y agoNifty, except in public places I usually have speakers muted (I assume Macs have the same capability). I also always close the lid prior to unplugging - does this require changing power management settings?
- saintmac 12y agoActually the speakers settings are set to loud just before the alarm goes off
- pmoriarty 12y agoNot like anyone's actually going to do anything when someone walks off with your laptop anyway. Witness how car alarms are regularly ignored. .
- nodata 12y agoCar alarms are ignored because they're mostly false alarms.
- saintmac 12y ago1. It also sends you a notification (SMS or Yo notification), so you can do something about it 2. In a cafe or coworking space, when people steal stuff, they just pretend they're theirs. Bit harder to pretend in this case if you can't unlock it
- timrichard 12y agoHave to agree with a previous poster; I would imagine it's more likely that people would stare at the thief running out of the venue, rather than get involved and take a risk. You can pick up a drawstring gymsack for a couple of bucks. It scrunches up to a very small size in your daily carry, and you can ensure any valuables are secure on your back if you have to be away for a short time while the rest of your stuff stays at the table. Low tech, but has been effective for me so far.
- omonra 12y ago1. Wait, what happens if the thief closes the macbook first? 2. Even if it works, wouldn't this be useless since the thief would not know about the app running? Ie most theft prevention mechanisms works because they manifestly inform the potential thief that it's not worth his trouble to bother with this one. But if this is just an app running in the background - there is no 'warning' shown.
- williamstein 12y agoWow -- that was fast: "You have OS X 10.9.5. The application requires OS X 10.10 or later."
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- ivanmaeder 12y agoI'm one of the developers. We created the app and service this weekend at a hackathon so it's still very new. We know there are limitations (especially: if you close the MacBook, the alarm will not work) but we're working on it. So thanks for all the feedback, it's very useful to know what areas we should address. If you would like to write to us directly: @laplockapp. Thanks!