Hello Apple users, sadly my iMac has been stolen, I therefore paste the question I previously typed at the from front page of Apple discussions…
If I had set a lock on my stolen iMac from Find My iPhone and the thief has had it online and the lock has been set, can Apple tell me or the police the location of where the iMac was when the lock occurred? Thanks in advance…
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), SSD Drve, 16GB Ram
Once you lock your iMac, it cannot be connected to the Internet because it only shows a screen with a textbox to type the passcode you set. This means that your computer cannot be tracked, so it is impossible that Apple nor the police can locate it.
However, Apple (or maybe you) can access to the last place where your Mac was located through Find my iPhone
Sorry, that was not the question, to be more specific maybe I should ask, can Apple inform me of its last location as I expected it to be in the email info of the lock happening.
Thanks again
Read the last paragraph of my first comment.
I recommend you to try to contact with Apple and see if they can give you the last tracked location of your Mac > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57 You can even try it yourself by going to http://www.icloud.com, logging it with your Apple ID and selecting Find my iPhone
Sorry, me bad, over looked the last paragraph and jumped the gun. Tried iCloud and it's just saying off line, but I'll try the support page you linked and let ya know the outcome.
Cheers ;)
You are welcome. Merry Christmas!
And you too
I had a discussion with a support member in the iCloud section and basically came down to what I knew and what You said about not after it being locked but said to get the police to contact them and they will pass all information they have. Didn't specify if they have an IP of the last location, but hopefully some good will come put of that. Also Apple emailed the chat transcript to me which I fwd to the investigation officer I'm dealing with.
I'll leave this topic open for now for anymore details I may add or anyone else who could of been or going through the same ordeal if that's ok.
Thanks.
You are welcome
Stolen iMac location
