Review: Undercover For Mac
Having been the victim of a break in and losing my Mac in the process, I’ve wanted to make sure that I had a shot at getting it back if it happens again. So I figured that I’d use some sort of application that allows me to track my Mac live on the Internet. At the time I did some research and found an application called Undercover For Mac that suited my needs nicely.
Now someone is going to point out that recent versions of OS X do come with a feature that allows you to locate your Mac using iCloud called Find my iPhone/iPad/Mac. It can track your Mac and even send a message to the screen of the Mac or it can send a command to erase the computer remotely. Granted. That’s all good and there’s nothing wrong with that. But Undercover For Mac does so much more. Once you install the software (and there’s nothing on the computer that says that the computer has Undercover on it and there’s no way to get rid of it by the way), it will silently monitor the location of your Mac in real time. If your Mac gets lifted, simply go to www.undercoverhq.com and that where the magic begins. Here’s what you can do once you’re logged into the site:
- You can see all the locations of your Mac has been
- You can activate your Mac’s FaceTime camera to take pictures of the thief
- You can take screenshots so you can see what the thief is doing
- You can log the keystrokes of the thief
All of this is done silently so that the scumbag thief has no clue that he’s being monitored and tracked, and all of this can be bundled up into a “Thief Report” and handed over to your local police. That’s sweet. But it still gets better. Let’s say that none of this helps get your Mac back. No problem. There’s always “Plan B” which simulates a hardware failure on your Mac so the thief has no choice but to take it into an Apple Store for repair. Once you track it to the Apple Store you then send a command to the Mac to display a message on the screen saying the Mac has been stolen and to call police. Very sweet! If you combine all of those features with the Find My iPhone/iPad/Mac feature in OS X that allows you do a wipe of the data as well as using iCloud to log into the Mac, then you have the ultimate security solution for your Mac.
If you have a Mac, you must get Undercover. It’s a must buy as far as I am concerned. The cost is $49 and it’s a small price to pay to protect your Mac. By the way, there’s versions of this software for your iPad, and iPhone called Undercover Mobile. I haven’t used this myself, but seeing how good Undercover For Mac is, it’s worth considering if you’re an iPhone or iPad user.
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