a snooping brother

strangebuttrue · Oct 10, 2009

hi.
i leave my macbook pro at home all day and i'm sure my brother goes on it and snoops around.
is there a program i can add that will record what gets typed on my laptop? then i can prove he's been using it and see what he's been doing.
thanks.

Sur3Mac · Oct 10, 2009

Why don't you password protect it... and if that doesn't work, kick his posterior...;D

No but seriously, go here, and you might find some useful info.

bobtomay · Oct 10, 2009

Does he have an admin account on your computer?

Two things:

1. System Preferences - Accounts - Login Options - turn off Automatic Login

2. System Preferences - Security - General tab - put a check next to and change the bold portion - Require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins

He'll no longer be on it unless you set up an account for him to log into.

gagnerants · Oct 10, 2009

bobtomay said:
Does he have an admin account on your computer?

Two things:

1. System Preferences - Accounts - Login Options - turn off Automatic Login

2. System Preferences - Security - General tab - put a check next to and change the bold portion - Require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins

He'll no longer be on it unless you set up an account for him to log into.

or option three: kick his butt.

Collin Bl · Oct 10, 2009

Sur3Mac said:
Why don't you password protect it... and if that doesn't work, kick his posterior...;D

No but seriously, go here, and you might find some useful info.

Think i would tread carefully here as this - quote;
Spector for Mac requires Mac OS 9.x, Mac OS X 10.2, or greater on G3. G4, or G5 processors, and a minimum of 16MB of memory. Spector uses just about 80MB of space to record a full day's activity. -
Seems to be PPC oriented and on a MBP may be a bit tricky.

clayneal · Oct 10, 2009

Don't forget option 4 - take it with you !

Sur3Mac · Oct 10, 2009

If you look further, you can see the article is written in 2004, of course it's not intel based yet.;D

Nobody makes PPC oriented software anymore, do they.
I was thinking they would have updated it by now.

But thanks for watching out for me Collin;D

McBie · Oct 10, 2009

strangebuttrue said:
hi.
i leave my macbook pro at home all day and i'm sure my brother goes on it and snoops around.
is there a program i can add that will record what gets typed on my laptop? then i can prove he's been using it and see what he's been doing.
thanks.

Someone is snooping around on your computer and your response is to install something so you can snoop around on what he has been doing.
This will not get you anywhere.

It is always better to do ' prevention ' than ' remediation ' so have a look at Bobtomay's advice and change all your passwords.

Cheers ... McBie

toMACsh · Oct 10, 2009

If you need to know what he has learned by snooping, you must have something to hide! If you have something to hide, don't hide it where someone can find it. (Yeah, just restating what's already been said.)

clayneal · Oct 10, 2009

You know I am starting to wonder who is doing the " snooping"

Sur3Mac · Oct 10, 2009

Oh my god, this thread's going south!! haha

Collin Bl · Oct 10, 2009

Have you thought of getting rid of your brother - as in 'send him to Australia'

harryb2448 · Oct 10, 2009

Hey we got too many snooping Kiwis here already!

cwa107 · Oct 10, 2009

NOTE: Thread moved to appropriate forum. Not just anything goes in Anything Goes