Someone Was Here launches Mac use monitor with photo alerts
What happened
On November 10, 2026, Hacker News featured Someone Was Here, a free Mac App Store app that watches whether someone else uses your Mac after you leave. The report says the app takes a photo when someone uses the Mac or tries to lock or unlock it, then pushes the photo to your phone through your own iCloud within seconds. Receiving photos requires the companion free iPhone app. The coverage so far focuses on the automatic photo and phone alert; no further updates are given.
Written by AI from the coverage · updated 2 days ago
Coverage
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- Hacker News front pageShow HN: Someone Was Here – Find out who used your Mac while you were away
Someone Was Here 是一款 Mac App Store 免费应用，当有人在你离开后使用 Mac、尝试锁屏或解锁时，它会拍下对方照片，并在几秒内通过免费 iPhone 应用经你自己的 iCloud 推送到手机。
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