Saturday, November 22, 2008

Because you know there are thieves out there who will steal your baby the minute you're not paying attention. Be it at the airport, at a cafe, or in the school library. It's easy being a notebook thief these days when the machines are becoming smaller and lighter.

That's when you need to consider Lockdown, a free Mac anti-theft software. Lockdown allows you to secure your notebook by taking advantage of the motion sensors, built-in iSight camera, and Apple Remote. Once your notebook is "armed," you'll hear a chirp (much like car alarms), and you can even arm it by using the Apple Remote. Lockdown settings include detecting motion, detecting keyboard/trackpad/mouse activity, detecting external devices, detecting lid closing, and detecting the MagSafe power adapter. Also, you can set it to take a snapshot of the perp and email it to your inbox! Lockdown plays a very loud alarm (configurable) when triggered in hopes to deter the thief from taking the system. How cool is that?

This is a must-have utility for Mac notebook owners, especially when it's at no cost (donations accepted). The only gripe I have, and this is no fault of the software maker, is that my MacBook Air's speaker quality sucks, so the Lockdown alarm didn't sound as loud as I'd liked. But at any rate, it's still a wonderful tool and allows me to feel better when leaving my notebook at a table in a cafe while I take a quick restroom break...