How does Mac set up lost mode?

Many people know that the iphone has "Find My iphone" feature, once lost, you can use this function to locate and lock the phone, the luck can be recovered. In fact, this feature is not unique to the iphone, Apple Mac users can also enjoy a similar service, that is, find my Mac (look for my Mac), for objects including Mac Pro, Mac book Pro, mac book Air, imac and Mac Mini. Let's take a look at the details below to find out, I hope it will help you!

Below we will take a look at the Netizen "Free door" shared "Find My Mac" function, I hope to give this function is not very understanding of the netizens to provide some reference, together to see it.

First of all, we say "Find my Mac" function and set the method of Lost mode, it is necessary to note that the "free door" is only introduced the corresponding method, but does not recommend that users in the Mac is not lost in the case of the lost mode, or the consequences please your own pocket OH.

To turn on the Find my Mac feature, we can find the option "Find My Mac" in the Mac computer's "System Preferences >icloud", which will require a Mac user to turn on the location feature (if it's not turned on) on the first boot. The way to turn on targeting is: System Preferences > Security and Privacy > Privacy > Location Services.

When the Find my Mac feature is turned on, if a Mac is lost or stolen, we can do it with any computer that can be networked (Mac or WINDOWSPC):

1. Open "Find My iphone" on icloud or Iphone/ipad device, enter your Apple ID and password, select "All Devices" in "Find My iphone", select your Mac computer and lock it.

2. This time, the system will let you enter a PIN code. This lock code is very important, if lost, even if the Mac computer is back to use.

3. When turned on, the computer is deactivated and requires an access password.

In this previous tutorial, the gadget has introduced the firmware lock Setup method, that is, in the Boot boot section is locked, this is a motherboard lock, even if the replacement of hard disk can not be solved. icloud lost mode in Find My Mac is essentially a direct lock in the boot section, no boot without the correct pin, and no OPTION/COMMANDR/COMMANDOPTIONR instructions.

And the worst thing is to turn on the icloud lost mode and forget the PIN code, when you can only prepare the original purchase invoice and other supporting documents to prove your master identity, go to Apple for payment unlock, so do not lose Mac computer when it is not easy to turn on Lost mode.