Use This App to See If Someone Is Going on With Your MacBook.
The best way to make sure no one is trying to open your MacBook, log in, or otherwise tinker with it is to make sure they don’t have physical access to your laptop. This is not always possible.
For example, suppose an unsafe safe in a hotel room is too small for your large laptop. Maybe you’re forgetful. You may be aware that it can be a little weird if you ask your other half to turn around before you go to bed for the night, because you need to hide your laptop somewhere in your room. Such things.
It’s good to be proactive about security and privacy, but it’s hard to be perfect. And for those moments when you accidentally or intentionally decide to leave your MacBook idle, an app likeDo Not Disturb can give you a little more peace of mind by sending you a quick notification when someone tries to tamper with your hardware.
No, not like “Do not disturb”
While its name may be a little misleading, since this open source application doesn’t help you block notifications on your MacBook, Do Not Disturb is a great lightweight tool for tracking lid open events. Sure, a person might just burst into your room and leave with your laptop, but if he’s trying to besuper spy , he’ll open the lid, hack your security system, copy important data, and leave it where it was. You will never know.
With Do Not Disturb Mode, you can link your macOS app to a separate iOS app (which requires a $ 10 annual subscription) to receive alerts when someone opens your MacBook. Yes, that means the utility runs when you open the lid of your MacBook, if it’s running in the background. And, yes, that means you have to physically close your MacBook instead of letting it fall asleep with the lid wide open if you want to know when someone is trying to mess with it.
If you get a Do Not Disturb alert on your iOS device, you can have some fun. This includes instructing your MacBook’s built-in webcam to take a picture (or multiple pictures) of the offending device and shutdown your MacBook from afar. The latter won’t help much if someone gets away with your MacBook, but you can always use Apple’s built-in tools to find and / or erase it, at least.