Why Macs Rock!
Okay … I’m back home and almost caught up on everything!
I came across this article in a news blog today and think it’s awesome … another reason why I love my Mac computers!
A remote-desktop access feature found in some Macintoshes is being credited with leading police to two suspects in the burglary of an apartment in New York.
In addition to flat-screen TVs, iPods, and DVDs, the thieves made off with two laptops, one of which belonged to Kait Duplaga, an Apple store employee, according to a report in The New York Times on Saturday.
While police in White Plains, N.Y., were coming up empty with their investigation, Duplaga learned that her computer was being used on the Internet, and she turned on the Back to My Mac feature installed on her Mac from another Mac, according to the report.
The feature allowed Duplaga to see immediately how the computer was being used at the time, as well as operate it remotely. Recalling that she had a camera installed on the computer, the fast-thinking Duplaga snapped images of one of the burglary suspects before he realized what was happening, according to the Times. Duplaga showed the image to friends, who recognized the suspect as someone who attended a party at the apartment.
The photo led police to arrest two suspects on Wednesday and recover nearly all the stolen property.
“It doesn’t get much better than their bringing us a picture of the guy actually using the stolen property,” Daniel Jackson, the deputy commissioner of public safety in White Plains, told the newspaper. “It certainly made our job easier.”
The Back to My Mac feature, which runs on Leopard-based Macintoshes, requires a $99 subscription to the .Mac online service.
whats up rev? i caught your teaching session at the PAOC general conference and thought i’d check out your blog.
hey, aren’t macs a little metrosexual for a biker?
grace and peace.
jt.
LOL … whatever
I’m man enough to handle metrosexuals!!
Macs are for smart people … S.M.R.T.
OOH that is too funny! and simply brilliant! Reminds me alittle of my nephew who with friends stole a car and went on a joy ride …..the boys found the owners digital camera and of course took photos of themselves – THEN dumped the car with the camera on the back seat…..boys.
Well I have never been a Mac fan, but you never know things could some day change. Does Mac have games ?
Do Macs have games??? YUP!
Also, because you can run Windows on a Mac, you can play any of your Windows-based games on a Mac computer.
Wow I did not know you could do that, too bad Macs are sooo expensive. Then again the money you save not having to get viruses removed helps to equalize the price lol.
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