GPS Tracking Options for Macbooks in the event of theft
I travel 80% of the time for work. A few weeks ago, I had a window busted out of my rental car, and my backpack stolen, which contained my macbook pro and lots of valuable data on different drives. Find my Mac still has not pinged the location of the mac, which is no surprise because it will only ping if the laptop comes online to a known network or internet with no password. This feature helped me none. I worked at apple support in the past and I can speak for others by saying the Find My Iphone/Mac app does not usually yield any helpful data when a device is stolen. It is typically only helpful if you lose a device within range of a known network aka around you or a friend's house.... Once again, not very helpful.
That being said, there are many apps that will track a stolen device when it comes online or when it comes in range of bluetooth, but I am of the opinion that these options are very limited just like the Find My iPhone app. I believe the only solution that will be sufficient for finding a device after it is stolen is to have GPS tracking on it that communicates with some form of cellular service.
The only thing that even looks helpful is not even intended for devices, it is GPS tracking for your animal. (Link below) The battery has to be recharged often, and it is a bulky piece that I would have to keep in the bag that my laptop is in, because it would be hard to attach the laptop. Either way, I feel that having this in my backpack would give me a much better chance of finding my stolen laptop than other solutions.
Link: https://tractive.com/us_en/pd/gps-tracker-3g
Surely, there is something else out there that is a solution for me that is a better option than the above? We have GPS tracking on all kinds of items, yet I can't find what I'm looking for.
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2016), iOS 10, null
