I Found a MAcBook and would like to return it

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I Found a MAcBook and would like to return it

This MacBook was in a case lying in the street near Kaiser Hospital in Baldwin Park. We plugged it in and it wasn't password protected so we were able to connect it to our wifi because it appeared FaceBook was signed in and we wanted to post that we found their laptop on their page. Unfortunately, it rebooted and then the screen indicated the 'This Mac has been locked with Find My Mac' then there was a message that seemed to be cut off "Please Return......

Last night at 1AM an alarm went off and now the screen is black.

The police have been evasive about helping and the Apple store said they can't help us. What is the point of 'Find my Mac'? How can we 'Return this Mac'?

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Posted on May 16, 2019 10:31 AM

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macjack

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May 16, 2019 11:18 AM in response to ShineyChandelier

What I'm saying is that if the owner knows the location of the Mac, they'd be foolish to go and show up at your door. Chances are they'd call the police and you'd have stolen merchandise. Better to let it sit on the shelf in the police station.

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macjack

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May 16, 2019 10:35 AM in response to ShineyChandelier

Find my Mac will display the location of the device to the owner as soon as anyone goes online. So the next knock on your door may not be a pizza delivery. The best thing to do would be to turn it in the to police.

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May 16, 2019 11:13 AM in response to macjack

I hope so. I would love to give this back to the owner. Kind of concerns me that if I lose my MacBook and it's this hard to return it to someone....what is the point of 'Find my Mac'. The police said it would just sit on a shelf if I left it with them....they weren't motivated to take it....as if I was burdening them. They said we would have a better chance working with Apple to find the owner. So far this is is a joke.

Thank you for replying.

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macjack

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May 17, 2019 6:32 AM in response to ShineyChandelier

Yes, it works. That's good news and I'm glad to hear you were not arrested!

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May 16, 2019 7:49 PM in response to macjack

Thank you! I am happy to report that two policemen showed up at our front door today and we were excited to hand it over! 'Find my Mac' works!

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