iMac stolen and how it can be recovered or tracked?

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iMac stolen and how it can be recovered or tracked?

Hello techies,

A month ago I was robbed and my iMac which I purchased around a year ago, is lost. Now police is doing nothing and they closed my case, saying there is not enough points to go ahead with case. I sold my iMac on ebay and the person who purchased it, hacked some one else's paypal account to pay for the imac. He paid and I transferred the money to my bank account and the buyer came to take the item with him and as he paid with the hacked account, money also went back as unauthorised transaction PLUS my iMac too gone... 😟

I was wondering, is there any chances of tracking it through my Macbook or other laptops. I read many posts and people say alot of softwares are there to track the stolen items, but are those softwares were to be installed in my lost iMac or current Macbook to track my other devices. They haven't specified that and I am not interested in waiting for theif to come to apple store and get my imac repaired if any damages. So if you techies can tell me any way to track my lost iMac and save my iphone and macbook for future robberies, I will be grateful... I really want my iMac back as I cannot shell out 1100 bucks again for the current iMac becuase I am a student...!!!

Thank you...

iMac

Posted on Jan 19, 2013 9:11 PM

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Kappy

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Jan 19, 2013 9:15 PM in response to harshi123cool

You cannot do something after the fact. There is software for tracking computers, but it must be on the computer before it is stolen or lost. You are just out money because of someone craftier than you or you just were careless.

What To Do If Your iDevice or Computer Is Lost Or Stolen

If your Mac, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, or iPad is lost or stolen what do you do? There are things you should do in advance - before you lose it or it's stolen - and some things to do after the fact. Here are some suggestions:

1. Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product

2. Find my lost iPod Touch

3. AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon can block stolen phones/tablets

4. What-To-Do-When-Iphone-Is-Stolen

5. Lost or Stolen iPhone? Here’s What to do

6. 6 Ways to Track and Recover Your Lost/Stolen iPhone

7. Find My iPhone

It pays to be proactive by following the advice on using Find My Phone before you lose your device:

1. Find My iPhone

2. Setup your iDevice on MobileMe

3. OS X Lion- About Find My Mac

4. How To Set Up Free Find Your iPhone (Even on UnsupportedDevices)

Third-party solutions for computers:

1. VUWER 1.5.4

2. Sneaky ******* 0.2.0

3. Undercover 4.7

4. LoJack for Laptops Premium Mac

5. STEM 2.1

6. MacPhoneHome 3.5

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Jan 19, 2013 9:15 PM in response to Kappy

for my iphone, when it was stolen on road 3 months ago, i used find my iphone app and to some extent, i could find the phone but within few minutes it was gone. police never got my iphone and 5000 pounds worth of other stuff... 😟

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