Many of us are habitual of storing important official data, and highly valuable personal data in our laptops. The worst thing you can image being done to your laptop is it being stolen.
While most of the brainy people these days keep a backup of their data nowadays but still by backing up your data, you ain't gonna get the hardware you paid for, back? And it sucks.
Here we have compiled a short but still extremely useful list of some of the best software out there to track down your laptop in case it is nicked:
1) Prey
Available on: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and more.
Price: Free for 3 devices. Paid plans start at $5/month
Prey gives you the tools needed to help you find your devices easily via a web control panel. From there, Prey gives you a timestamp report on the current location of your laptop. You can lock and prevent access to your laptop and also take a candid picture of the thief and what his current session is on the screen.
It also lets you remote wipe your stored pass450-550ords so that the thief can’t abuse your online accounts or banking credentials. Prey is a multiplatform tracking tool that contains many useful features and is available for free for the first 3 devices. For more features, you can consider the paid personal version, available for $5 a month. Prey also offers protection for up to 500 devices in a variety of protection plans.
2) Find My Mac
Available on: Mac OS X, iOS
Find My Mac offers a few more services that Prey doesn’t. If you are heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem, you might want to take a look into the free app, Find My Mac. In order to enable this feature, go to System Preference > iCloud and ensure that the checkbox for Find My Mac is ticked. This is a free service that allows you track your missing devices using iCloud.
Along with tracking your Mac’s location, the app lets you remotely lock your Mac hardware to make sure no one will be able to use it unless they know a passcode which you set. In very extreme cases, you can remotely wipe your Mac, ensuring the safety of your data. Unlike the other apps on this list, you can use this on as many Apple devices as you want.
3) LockItTight
Available on: Windows
Price: Free for 5 devices. Paid plans at $1.99/mth to $9.99/mth.
The advantage of LockItTight is that it provides tools for you to spy on your would-be thief. With it, you can find their location, screen capture all of their activities (all’s fair when your laptop is stolen), take a picture using the webcam and see his browsing history.
Whatever the thief is doing on your laptop, you are surely gonna know about it using this extremely useful piece of software and obviously the more information you get from his activities, the higher chances they will be caught and you can get your laptop back. The app also provides a way to retrieve and/or delete files from your stolen computer, in case you need to get hold of important files that you didn’t create a backup of.
While most of the brainy people these days keep a backup of their data nowadays but still by backing up your data, you ain't gonna get the hardware you paid for, back? And it sucks.
Here we have compiled a short but still extremely useful list of some of the best software out there to track down your laptop in case it is nicked:
1) Prey
Available on: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and more.
Price: Free for 3 devices. Paid plans start at $5/month
Prey gives you the tools needed to help you find your devices easily via a web control panel. From there, Prey gives you a timestamp report on the current location of your laptop. You can lock and prevent access to your laptop and also take a candid picture of the thief and what his current session is on the screen.
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It also lets you remote wipe your stored pass450-550ords so that the thief can’t abuse your online accounts or banking credentials. Prey is a multiplatform tracking tool that contains many useful features and is available for free for the first 3 devices. For more features, you can consider the paid personal version, available for $5 a month. Prey also offers protection for up to 500 devices in a variety of protection plans.
2) Find My Mac
Available on: Mac OS X, iOS
Find My Mac offers a few more services that Prey doesn’t. If you are heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem, you might want to take a look into the free app, Find My Mac. In order to enable this feature, go to System Preference > iCloud and ensure that the checkbox for Find My Mac is ticked. This is a free service that allows you track your missing devices using iCloud.
Along with tracking your Mac’s location, the app lets you remotely lock your Mac hardware to make sure no one will be able to use it unless they know a passcode which you set. In very extreme cases, you can remotely wipe your Mac, ensuring the safety of your data. Unlike the other apps on this list, you can use this on as many Apple devices as you want.
3) LockItTight
Available on: Windows
Price: Free for 5 devices. Paid plans at $1.99/mth to $9.99/mth.
The advantage of LockItTight is that it provides tools for you to spy on your would-be thief. With it, you can find their location, screen capture all of their activities (all’s fair when your laptop is stolen), take a picture using the webcam and see his browsing history.
Whatever the thief is doing on your laptop, you are surely gonna know about it using this extremely useful piece of software and obviously the more information you get from his activities, the higher chances they will be caught and you can get your laptop back. The app also provides a way to retrieve and/or delete files from your stolen computer, in case you need to get hold of important files that you didn’t create a backup of.
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