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iAlertU for Mac

Remote controlled motion-sensitive alarm for MacBook.

Free
In English
Version 0.80
4.0
Based on 21 user rates

iAlertU overview

iAlertU is the first of its kind of alarm system for your Apple MacBook computer. Basically iAlertU is a car alarm for your Apple Mac. iAlertU uses the built in accelerometer and other sensors to trigger an alarm and the iSight camera to capture an image of the thief. iAlertU can be configured to email details of the alarm event to a specific email address. In addition to this you can tell iAlertU to execute an Applescript when the alarm goes off. Some people use this to generate SMS alerts. With v0.71, the developers of iAlertU added a new interface that can be used by an external, authenticated application to control iAlertU, request photo's, and other information captured by iAlertU. The first such application is uAlertMe, an iPhone app available on Apple's app store (for more information, visit the developers webpage at http://www.pkclsoft.com/pkclsoft/ualertme.html).

What’s new in version 0.80

Version 0.80:
  • Replaced the obsolete use of whatismyip.com for a similar service. This in turn also fixed the sending of push notifications to the iPhone.

iAlertU for Mac

Free
In English
Version 0.80
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4.0

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Uniquepito
Uniquepito
Jun 30 2013
0.80
0.5
Jun 30 2013
0.5
Version: 0.80
Why the hell it needs to install Java!? I'd rather pay for native app. :(
Tubo
Tubo
Oct 10 2012
0.78
0.0
Oct 10 2012
0.0
Version: 0.78
Apparently (see website) the requirement 10.6 is wrong: there it is: 10.4.
Harold-H
Harold-H
Dec 12 2011
0.76
5.0
Dec 12 2011
5.0
Version: 0.76
I recommend iAlertU to all my Mac friends and colleagues as it provides essential security to my precious laptop. My company wants me to lock down my MBP with a physical lock but with this nifty app, combined with the iPhone app UalertMe I can leave it with my mind at ease.
THEE:LEE
THEE:LEE
Dec 5 2011
0.76
4.5
Dec 5 2011
4.5
Version: 0.76
Not sure if I would use it in pratice but sure was a great laugh when friends went to frape me :D
sattlerreader
sattlerreader
Sep 15 2011
0.74
5.0
Sep 15 2011
5.0
Version: 0.74
I was going to give it 4 stars before I learned how to get the alarm to keep going off even after the lid was shut. Because that's what a thief would do first if they wanted to steal my laptop while I left it unattended in the library. But now that I know it will go off no matter what the person does (I set it so that the alarm shuts off once the movement stops...AWESOME!!) I love this. Seriously, for a free product, the quality, design, and the user friendly controls set-up is simply astonishing. Keep it up!!
Uniquepito
Uniquepito
Jun 30 2013
0.5
Jun 30 2013
0.5
Version: null
Cjbolland
Cjbolland
Jan 26 2012
3.0
Jan 26 2012
3.0
Version: null
Harold-H
Harold-H
Dec 12 2011
5.0
Dec 12 2011
5.0
Version: null
THEE:LEE
THEE:LEE
Dec 5 2011
4.5
Dec 5 2011
4.5
Version: null
sattlerreader
sattlerreader
Sep 15 2011
5.0
Sep 15 2011
5.0
Version: null
Diaa
Diaa
Aug 20 2011
5.0
Aug 20 2011
5.0
Version: null
maxwelltsai1987
maxwelltsai1987
Jun 13 2011
5.0
Jun 13 2011
5.0
Version: null
JohnMitch
JohnMitch
May 19 2011
4.0
May 19 2011
4.0
Version: null
NoriMori
NoriMori
Apr 13 2011
0.5
Apr 13 2011
0.5
Version: null
Kzx72
Kzx72
Mar 29 2011
5.0
Mar 29 2011
5.0
Version: null
Magnus1108
Magnus1108
Feb 5 2011
1.0
Feb 5 2011
1.0
Version: null
Maxkotanov
Maxkotanov
Dec 15 2010
5.0
Dec 15 2010
5.0
Version: null
std-sahincolor
std-sahincolor
Dec 6 2010
5.0
Dec 6 2010
5.0
Version: null
Efm333
Efm333
Sep 30 2010
5.0
Sep 30 2010
5.0
Version: null
jcraig
jcraig
Sep 29 2010
1.0
Sep 29 2010
1.0
Version: null
Shk747
Shk747
Dec 6 2007
5.0
Dec 6 2007
5.0
Version: null
mac
mac
Jul 21 2007
5.0
Jul 21 2007
5.0
Version: null
Cjj
Cjj
May 17 2007
5.0
May 17 2007
5.0
Version: null
Larry2
Larry2
Apr 28 2006
4.8
Apr 28 2006
4.8
Version: null
Canadian-guilo
Canadian-guilo
Apr 27 2006
5.0
Apr 27 2006
5.0
Version: null
Timplaster
Timplaster
Apr 12 2006
5.0
Apr 12 2006
5.0
Version: null