How to Find your Missing Mac on OS X and iCloud

If there's iPhone Finder application, it is now available also for iMac. Here's the tutorial on How OS X and iCloud can help find your missing Mac.

OS X and iCloud can help keep your Mac safe even when you misplace it. Sign in to iCloud.com from another computer or use the Find My iPhone app on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to locate your missing Mac on a map. If your Mac is offline when you try to find it, you can ask to receive an email as soon as it makes a Wi‑Fi connection. You can also display a message on your Mac screen so whoever has it knows how to get it back to you. And until your Mac is back in safe hands, you can set a passcode lock remotely, or even initiate a remote wipe to delete your personal data and restore your Mac to its factory settings.

More ways to keep your Mac safe.

While no system can be 100 percent immune from every threat, OS X lets you do even more to keep your information as safe as possible. You’ll find most of these additional security features in the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences. Here are just a few of the things you can do:

• Turn on a firewall to prevent other machines from accessing services running on your Mac.
• Control access to your Mac by locking your screen after a period of inactivity.
• Set up secure file sharing.

• Securely delete outdated sensitive files with the Secure Empty Trash command.
• Use Password Assistant to create stronger passwords for local utilities like Users & Groups.
• Make sure you’re only running sharing services that you really need.