Ask Gizmodo: Safety-fying a Mac mini?

Reader George write :

I am an admin at a pocket-sized college and I am go bad to deploy some Mac Minis in an neglected lab . What is the unspoiled way people have found to bind the mini down so they do n’t get pegleg and walk off ?

Well , George . I call back we have the sodding resolution for you . See that little notch on the top right side of the back of the Mac mini ? Well that is n’t just some random hole , it is actually the universal locking mechanism that is commonly used on laptops . There are a ton of devices out there to keep laptop and Mac mini alike secure . All you demand to do is sequester the machine and wrap the durable cable around the desk to keep the Mac mini from walking off . dispatch the jump for some more safety - fying confidential information and a review of Kensington ’s MicroSaver Combination Notebook Lock that wasrecently released .

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This is my first experience with a notebook lock and mayhap I just do n’t have enough experience with these , because it claim me a while to figure out how to dress the combination , but that is my lone complaint about this equipment . It required a coin to twist an extremely difficult - to - turn notch to arrange the combination . After I get the combining down it was meter for a true lastingness run .

The sharp-worded aim test was in favour of Kensington . Both scissors and a small tongue were not able to cut through the metal cable . Unfortunately with a sharp enough of a weapon or enough time , any kind of alloy cable television service will be able to be severed . The only strength engagement that may occur is breaking the whorl out of the Mac mini . The charge card back panelling of the mini would break before these undestroyable cables snatch up from forceful pulling .

Kensington also has this whorl available with the key - locks rather than compounding . It just depends on the preference of the user . For a lab environs such as the one George is putting together it would be a toss-up . If more than one admin have intercourse the compounding , there could be security measures concerns and key locks may be the better way to go . But for individual use of goods and services , the combining curl should be sufficient . Kensington has a change of locks uncommitted with monetary value beginning at $ 40 each , maybe less with a bulk purchase , George .

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For other security system fear , George , we suggest tying together the cable coming out of the Mac mini to aid keep any kind of peripheral theft . nix tie all of the cables together immediately coming out of the mini . Now this is n’t a full - proof 100 - per centum theft bar method acting , it will at least help and not allow someone to easily unplug the mouse or keyboard and take it for their own .

Hope we were able to aid , George . And good luck with your Modern Mac mini lab .

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