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iAlertU 0.77

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Remote controlled motion-sensitive alarm for MacBook. Free

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Originally developed by Randy Green, now maintained by others.

What's New

Version 0.77:

Prevent arming without a valid disarm password.
Optimise the interface to uAlertMe so that connections are quicker.
Fixed an intermittent problem that could prevent photos
being included in emails or displayed on the Camera tab of the preferences panel.

Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later

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iAlertU User Discussion (Write a Review)

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Harold H reviewed on 12 Dec 2011

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.

[Version 0.76]

+12

THEE:LEE reviewed on 05 Dec 2011

Not sure if I would use it in pratice but sure was a great laugh when friends went to frape me :D

[Version 0.76]

sattlerreader reviewed on 14 Sep 2011

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!!

[Version 0.74]

kburra999 commented on 14 Sep 2011

Hi, I just installed iAlertU and played around. Now iAlertU automatically starts upon boot, but it will not stop while entering my password. I installed iAlertMe on my iPhone but its not connecting, since I didn't ticked the box in iAlertU. I rebooted my mac but I cannot stop starting iAlertU so it does what is should very good... If someone nows the tric to solve this please...thx

[Version 0.74]

kburra999 commented on 14 Sep 2011

Hi, I just installed iAlertU and played around. Now iAlertU automatically starts upon boot, but it will not stop while entering my password. I installed iAlertMe on my iPhone but its not connecting, since I didn't ticked the box in iAlertU. I rebooted my mac but I cannot stop starting iAlertU so it does what is should very good...;-) If someone nows the tric to solve this please...thx

[Version 0.74]

+23

Davidpabian commented on 20 Aug 2011

Can't get email notification to work under any combination of names, ISPs, settings, etc. Earlier versions worked well (but I've moved to Lion since). Otherwise, a nifty, highly-recommended app, but the email notification is indispensable.

[Version 0.74]

1 Reply

+23

Davidpabian replied on 21 Aug 2011

Got email alert going, so disregard above (users should be able to remove posts here). Deselected SSL and used port 587. Funny thing is, tho, that I tried that combo yesterday with no results. I did a slew of maintenance on the mac yesterday, so it's possible that a combination of factors helped, but the point is email alert is working and all seems well.

+19

Diaa reviewed on 20 Aug 2011

This App is one of the most important apps in my laptop, because of the active developer who always updates his iAlertU and fix the issues, Also, it is very important for who have intruders people in their homes!!

In addition, it gets a new features which is really really cool.

The one thing that i noticed that, sometimes it's not stable and i got some bugs which force me to shutdown my laptop.

[Version 0.74]

-1

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maxwelltsai1987 reviewed on 13 Jun 2011

This is actually pretty good! I like it. I used it to scare two little kids that were so interested in macs. I said something like if you make it the mac "screen" the police will come. From that time on, they don't dare touch my mac.

[Version 0.73]

-5

-3

NoriMori reviewed on 12 Apr 2011

Oh, great software. It's really great to configure the application, close your computer, and be greeted with a sound like a car alarm even though you never armed it, without being given any options for turning the alarm off. It fills me with so much joy to restart my computer 10 times trying to disarm the application before the alarm goes off, and then try to Trash it before the alarm goes off but being unable to do so because it's already open. It's the mark of truly excellent software that I had to open the package contents and trash the "Contents" folder to put my computer back to normal. Never downloading this piece of crap again.

[Version 0.71]

3 Replies

+14

Culture Of One replied on 22 Apr 2011

Sorry to hear about your troubles with iAlertU. I've been using it for some time, and never experienced this problem. Of course, I've also never installed any security program and left it running without a) figuring out what it's supposed to do and b) configuring it and testing it thoroughly first. Your configuration should have included entering a password, choosing whether to allow dis/arming with an Apple remote, enabling arming from the menu or hotkey, and selecting whether or not it requires a password to arm (all on the General preferences page). There is a further detailed configuration panel (the Alarm preference pane) for what will trigger the alarm and the level of sensitivity. If indeed you clearly specified all of these things and still encountered the described problem, then there is a bug that needs to be addressed - provide details on precisely what you did and I'm sure the developers will do their best to track down the bug. (In fact, I see v0.72 corrected a Sleep bug.) If not, then the fault is not in the application; as we used to say in the s/w design world, it's a "seat-to-keyboard interface problem" ie this software clearly wasn't designed for a user of your towering capabilities. Perhaps LoJack would be a better option for you.

One thing you have proven: once this sucker is armed, it's a beast to disarm if you don't know how. In other words: it does EXACTLY what it's supposed to do! It is indeed the mark of a truly excellent piece of security software that it is this difficult to circumvent. Impressive for a piece of free software that isn't even at version 1.0 yet. Bravo!

pkclSoft (developer) replied on 14 May 2011

As Culture of One said, if you're having trouble, by all means let me know via the sourceforge website.

I will always try to help when I can. If it's a password issue, then I will help via private email.

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Radiorhaeem replied on 18 May 2011

PEBKAC

-2

Magnus1108 reviewed on 04 Feb 2011

What shall I do if I can't disarm it? I have trying to enter my password but it won't login..

[Version 0.69]

1 Reply

pkclSoft (developer) replied on 15 May 2011

If you've either forgotten the password, or there is something else getting in the way that prevents iAlertU from disarming for you, the easiest way to deal with it it to use a paired remote if you have one, or uAlertMe if you have an iPhone.

Failing these (and uAlertMe won't help if you've forgotten your password or changed it on the Mac but not on the iPhone), your best bet is to contact me directly. I can provide instructions on how to deal with this scenario, but I prefer (given iAlertU is a security app) to do so privately, and not in a public forum like this.

ezsource (pkclSoft)

kburra999 had trouble on 14 Sep 2011

Hi, I just installed iAlertU and played around. Now iAlertU automatically starts upon boot, but it will not stop while entering my password. I installed iAlertMe on my iPhone but its not connecting, since I didn't ticked the box in iAlertU. I rebooted my mac but I cannot stop starting iAlertU so it does what is should very good...;-) If someone nows the tric to solve this please...thx

[Version 0.74]

kburra999 had trouble on 14 Sep 2011

Hi, I just installed iAlertU and played around. Now iAlertU automatically starts upon boot, but it will not stop while entering my password. I installed iAlertMe on my iPhone but its not connecting, since I didn't ticked the box in iAlertU. I rebooted my mac but I cannot stop starting iAlertU so it does what is should very good...;-) If someone nows the tric to solve this please...thx

[Version 0.74]

DNG had trouble on 12 Jun 2011

after download ialertu on my macpro the app fails to open. Any suggestions? thanks

[Version 0.73]

2 Replies

+88

Macupdate Warren replied on 13 Jun 2011

Have you tried visiting the developer's support page? http://sourceforge.net/projects/ialertu/support

pkclSoft (developer) replied on 20 Aug 2011

If it's not even opening, then I'm wondering what version of Mac OS you're running. Anything newer that iAlertU v0.69 won't run on Leopard.

As Warren suggested, feel free to report an issue on the sourceforge site where I check daily, and provide a copy of your console log including only iAlertU log entries of course.

Antioche had trouble on 16 Oct 2010

The alarm would always go off a few seconds after activation on my MacBook Pro Unibody. I noticed that disabling the Device detection sorted the problem...

Great little software otherwise!

A.

[Version 0.68]

1 Reply

pkclSoft (developer) replied on 15 May 2011

Yes, device state changes can cause this problem, and each macbook model has a different complement of internal devices, some of which trigger iAlertU. The latest versions of iAlertU have a filtering mechanism that can be configured. It's not ideal, but it does improve this sort of situation.

ezsource (pkclsoft)

+14

Culture Of One had trouble on 12 Oct 2010

Great program, but I can't seem to upgrade to 0.68; I get an error from SourceForge when I try the Download link. When I try a direct download, I get an empty ZIP file. When I try to upgrade through v0.67, I get permission errors. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[Version 0.68]

1 Reply

+14

Culture Of One replied on 13 Oct 2010

Never mind; finally managed to upgrade via the "Check For Update..." function. Don't know why it failed the first several times.

emaschietto had trouble on 10 Sep 2009

Perfect software, works perfect in leopard, but in snow leopard, do not. Still closing when start to take pics.

[Version 0.29b]

timad8ter had trouble on 03 Jan 2009

How do you activate it with the apple remote?

[Version 0.29b]

1 Reply

Spartansspot commented on 28 Nov 2009

To Activate it with the apple remote hold the menu bouton for like 5 sec. it should work

CJJ had trouble on 13 May 2007

I would use it if

IT DIDN"T PERMINETLY BLUR UP MY SCREEN

ahhhhhhhhh!!! Im so mad

[Version 0.24b]

+17

Cjbolland rated on 26 Jan 2012

[Version 0.77]

JohnMitch rated on 19 May 2011

[Version 0.73]

+62

Kzx72 rated on 29 Mar 2011

[Version 0.70]

Maxkotanov rated on 15 Dec 2010

[Version 0.69]

-3

Doctorfo rated on 06 Dec 2010

[Version 0.69]

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Version Downloads:1,756

Type:Utilities : Security

License:Free

Date:26 Jan 2012

Platform:Intel

Price:Free

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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).

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