Undercover - Protection and recovery of your Mac

Commercialware ($39 USD) | Universal | OS X

I love my Macbook Pro. To protect my investment I use Undercover, from Orbicule. Undercover runs in stealth mode to protect your Mac if stolen or lost. Just report your Mac stolen and Undercover does the rest.

Undercover

Undercover is capable of recovering any stolen Macintosh. It works by transmitting the internet location of the stolen Mac, and by sending screenshots, in order to easily locate the Mac. We will then work with local police and/or law enforcement to recover the stolen Mac. If things go wrong, Undercover switches to plan B and simulates a hardware failure, forcing the thief (or someone who bought the Mac) to return it to an authorized reseller. To alert the reseller, Undercover will start displaying full-screen messages and it will shout that the Mac has been stolen.

If you can't afford Undercover, Theft Sensor offers some protection for your Mac.

Introducing TheftSensor

TheftSensor is a brand new application that makes it easy and fun to protect your MacBook. Simply press the play button on your Apple Remote and TheftSensor will be activated. From now on, moving your Mac will trigger a loud alert. Pressing the mute button won't help a potential thief as TheftSensor disables it. The same goes for closing the MacBook's lid: this will trigger the alert as well. Of course, you can still use your MacBook without launching the alert: simply press the play button again to disable the alert. View the video and see TheftSensor in action. Or - if you are lucky enough to own a MacBook - download the free public beta.

Also, try JackSMS.

JackSMS helps protect Mac laptops. Features include:

• Moving your mac laptops, closing lid, or disconnecting power cord will trigger the alarm.
• Send mobile text message when alarm goes off.
• Email iSight captured picture to user defined address when alarm goes off.
• Apple remote support (hold menu, left or right button) to turn on/off JackSMS.
• Option to lock screen while JackSMS on.
• Adjustable alarm duration and sudden motion sensor (SMS) sensitivity.
• Designed to work on iBook, PowerBook, MacBook, or MacBook Pro with built-in SMS.
• Applescript support to work with Salling Clicker or BluePhoneElite.
• Growl support for JackSMS status notification.