Back in Please don't touchThis Mac is guarded. Touching it sounds the alarm.
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Start it before you step away.
Click the shield in the menu bar. Five seconds later every screen frosts over, with one line on it: please don't touch.
Theft alarm for MacBook · Free
You step away. It keeps watch.
Off for a coffee, a call or the restroom? Leave your MacBook on the table. If someone touches it, it sounds the alarm, and your phone knows right away.
Download for Mac
iPhone app coming soon
Please don't touchThis Mac is guarded. Touching it sounds the alarm.
Walking by isn't recorded. Touching it is.“Back in 5” · 3:42 PM
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How it works
It does one thing: keep watch.
Alarm raisedYou're on camera. The owner has been notified.
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Touch it, and it speaks up.
Lift it, close the lid or pull the charger and the siren goes off at once. A key or the trackpad gets 10 seconds of warning first. The moments before the touch are saved too.
Welcome backAway 25 min. Nobody touched it.
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Back? One finger.
Rest your finger on Touch ID and the frost clears. It tells you how long you were away and whether anyone touched it.
Made for where you are
Library, Café or On the go. A knock on the table or a bag set down next to it doesn't count.
The 10 seconds before
When someone touches it, the 10 seconds before are saved along with everything after, on your Mac.
Your finger, nobody else's
Touch ID turns it off. A finger that isn't yours sounds the alarm.
Force quit won't stop it
Quit it by force and it opens again at once, still sounding.
Lid closed, still on guard
Closing the lid sounds the alarm, and the Mac doesn't go to sleep.
Try it in silence first
Test mode runs the whole alarm without a sound, so you know what to expect.
iPhone app · Coming soon
Your phone knows first.
When someone touches your Mac, your iPhone gets an alarm with a photo. Watch the camera live, then stop the siren or disarm from wherever you are.
- Alarms with a photo from the Mac
- The live camera and what happened, step by step
- Stop the siren, disarm or start guarding from anywhere
- Live Activity, Dynamic Island and widgets
Privacy
It only looks when it should.
Walking by isn't recorded
The camera keeps only the last 10 seconds, in memory. If nobody touches the Mac, nothing is saved.
Passers-by are blurred
Every face except the one closest to the Mac is pixelated.
No account, no ads
No tracking. Alarm photos are kept for 7 days, and you can delete them anytime.
Questions
Which Macs does it work on?
MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Apple silicon (M1 or later), on macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
Do I need the iPhone app?
No. On its own, the Mac guards, sounds the siren and records. The iPhone app, coming soon, adds alarms with a photo, the live camera and stopping the siren from anywhere.
What if a friend bumps it?
A knock on the table doesn't count. A key or the trackpad gets 10 seconds of soft beeps first: rest your finger on Touch ID and it stops.
Where do the recordings go?
They stay on your Mac, in Movies › Back in 5, for 7 days. Only a few photos of an alarm go to your phone through our server, and they're deleted after 7 days.
Is it free?
Yes, everything is free right now. No account, no ads.