I have found a pretty good probook. Retina Mid-2012 - MC976LL/A. I want concrete steps to find the original owner to return this propbook.

If Apple does not see any need to take action that suits their public profiling and/or marketing strategy. I have a new sweet laptop and a clean conscious. 😝p

Thanks Apple!

Hi Bob,

Comparing a car to a laptop doesn't really seem relevant. Its a small effort for Apple to find the person behind the serial number. Instead the blur out the serial number in this post without making any concrete action to find the right owner.

I'm in eastern Europe now and bringing the laptop to the authorities could give the desired effect - but is not certain. What is certain is that I will loose a 1300 dollar laptop if I act as such. So once again; if apple doesn't want to use the possibilities that the secure registration of their products has - for whatever reason. I just got myself a brand new top-model laptop.

Have a good easter 🙂

This is usefull answer. So Apple has possibilities to find the rightfull owner. But has policy to just not give a a **** - as it probably does not generate any income. And as I read your reactions it is my 'moral' duty to give a useful product to the police.

The arguments that are given or not relevant;

- I have to be afraid. (As there is a possibility to track down a owner - but Apple decides when and how)

- Im responsible for a moral decission, but nobody is questioning Apple policy that they can and SHOULD use their fine registration system to get this device back to the rightfull owner.

They even removed the posted serial number. But policy somehow prevents to get closer to my goal. The argument that "hosts" on this forum just do their task and policy can't be questioned and accepted as such. And even worse...I have to adapt my behaviour to the choices of some company which I don't care about at all. That is moral blindness.

No. I already take the step to register here - get involved with you guys. And got nothing functional . I'm just going to play with MY probook. I will use the finders keepers principle as that suits me at this very moment. For sure I'm not willing to adapt my behaviour because some company - or its fanbase - all agree that I should change my behaviour due to chooses from Apple in their policy.

What a waste of time. And I regret trying to get this device back to its owner in the way I saw it fit.

Thanks for all reactions and happy easter 🙂

To make it better I will put Windows on it.

Dear evil macowners,

I'm still not in jail. I even went to the lost and found service at the place where i found this laptop. I asked the question (as it is a very small airport) if somebody reported a lost apple device. The answer was simply no. Besides that they wanted to divert the problem to the airline companies where i had to confirm that i did not recover this laptop from an airplane.

So i tried here to find the rightfull owner. And it seems that its generally accepted that Apple does not do any action. Even if they can. Instead they blur the posted registration number in terms of privacy?

Your remarks made me think. Even if they are not really constructive. So i visited the lost & found department from the airport and asked if somebody reported this device as lost. This wasn't the case. And was also exactly the reason why i didn't just bring it there. If it's not claimed then who get it?

I don't mind - and would even like - to give it back to the rightfull owner. But i don't see a need to make a random stranger happy if this device is not claimed - wich it turn out it is not. Besides my argument that Apple could play a role in this as i provided all necessary information to do so is completly ignored by all people whom responded.

Yes. I could give it back to the proper authorities. ' The lost and found department' from this airport. But that does not get the device back to the rightfull owner. Apple doesn't care and just follows policy and everybody on this community seems to completly agree. I guess next time i will see an Apple product somewhere i walk around it 😉