A stolen iMac is recovered by k-rad AppleScript hacking. The machine in question had a copy of the screen-sharing Timbuktu app installed, along with Timbuktu's DynDNS-like nameservice, which meant that the iMac's owner could locate and take control of the machine whenever it was dialled up to the Internet. This is a wonderful account of his battle to get his machine back. At first, he flirts with erasing his machine's drive remotely, but ultimately he solves it in an even sharper way, by reconfiguring the AOL client on the iMac to dial his home number, which gave him a caller ID trace through which he eventually recovered his computer.
Applescript used as low-jack on iMac
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