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Prey for Mac

  -  71.6 MB  -  Open Source
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Safe & Secure

Getting your laptop or your phone stolen sucks, but there is something you can do about it.

Prey for Mac is a lightweight theft protection software that lets you keep an eye over them whether in town or abroad, and helps you recover them if ever lost or stolen.

Features and Highlights

More than just geolocation
After installing the software on your laptop, tablet or phone, Prey for macOS will sleep silently in the background awaiting your command. Once remotely triggered from your Prey account, your device will gather and deliver detailed evidence back to you, including a picture of who's using it – often the crucial piece of data that police officers need to take action.

Prevent unwanted access
When your data is at stake, bad things can happen. The tool allows you to remotely lock down your devices and delete your stored passwords, to ensure that no one will have access to your private stuff.

Find my everything
The app works on all major operating systems, so it lets you keep track and trigger actions on all your devices from a single place. Like a universal remote control, but for laptops and mobiles.

Tough as an old boot
When theft happens, time is always against you. That's why every single thing the app does is battle-hardened and made to work under the hardest conditions. This also means consuming the least possible amount of battery, always

Privacy comes first
We should mention that sensitive data is gathered only when you request it, and is for your eyes only ‐ nothing is sent without your permission. You can always check source code if you want to make sure.

How to Use

Install the application on your Mac

Create a Prey account or log in

Grant necessary permissions:
  • Full Disk Access
  • Screen Recording
  • Camera Access
  • Location Services
Configure device settings via the Prey control panel

Use the control panel to monitor and secure your device

System Requirements

Operating System: macOS Mojave (10.14) or later

Disk Space: Approximately 50 MB of free space

Internet Connection: Required for remote tracking and management

PROS
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Remote device tracking
  • Data protection features
  • Open-source client
  • User-friendly interface
CONS
  • Limited advanced remote features
  • Requires manual permission settings
  • Dependence on internet connectivity
  • Potential compatibility issues with updates
  • Basic features in free version
Also Available: Download Prey for Windows

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What's new in this version:

- Feat: New Windows location orchestration system that coordinates native and Wi-Fi location sources, with periodic validation and persistent recovery across restarts
- Feat: Disk encryption data is now only collected and reported when the control panel explicitly requests it via backend configuration

Fixed:
- Fixed a bug where a missing Wi-Fi location would cause the location strategy to fail entirely instead of falling back gracefully
- New MacSVC 1.0.9 with a fix for screenshot capture on macOS
- New WinSVC 2.0.33
- On Windows, the native location source is now restricted to WinRT only, improving reliability by avoiding incompatible sources
- Windows location orchestrator now uses a finer-grained change verification strategy instead of a broad jump-detection threshold, reducing false location updates
- Increased the native location accuracy threshold from 100 to 200 meters for better location acceptance on Windows
- The lock action on Windows now correctly restores the taskbar and re-applies the lock when a Fast User Switch occurs
- The unlock password is now masked in WebSocket communication logs to avoid exposing it
- WebSocket reconnection backoff maximum wait time was reduced to 2 minutes to recover faster after connectivity issues
- Added timeouts to system calls (PowerShell/exec) to prevent the agent from blocking indefinitely when a command hangs
- Prevents report gathering from stacking up when the agent is under degraded conditions (slow storage or hanging commands)
- Fixed a border case where multiple simultaneous timers could open more than one WebSocket connection for the same device
- Fixed an error that caused the alarm action to fail silently when the device session was inactive

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