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After 14 years of Undercover recovery successes, we need to inform you that we'll no longer be developing or supporting Undercover.
On the same date, the undercoverhq.com website and the Undercover recovery service will stop operations as well.Undercover uninstall instructions can be found below in this blog post.
If you want to continue protecting your Mac, we recommend switching to HiddenApp.

Why are we halting Undercover development

The main reason is that over the past 6 years, Apple has significantly increased security on macOS. While that’s a good thing in general, it makes it increasingly more difficult to reliably run hidden software like Undercover.
Another key point is that FileVault has become mainstream. This means that a thief won’t be able to access your files without your password - again a good thing. However, this also means that Undercover won’t be able to function properly, as third party developers don’t have access to the recovery partition that is being used when a thief boots your Mac without knowing your password. Only Apple has access to this recovery partition, where it can run FindMyMac.
Undercover (or any other third party application) can’t run on this recovery partition and will be useless if FileVault has been enabled.
A third reason is that with macOS Catalina, Apple is refreshing its FindMyMac app (now called FindMy) and will leverage its large installed base of Macs and iPhones to track stolen devices, even if they never connect to the internet. They do so by using Bluetooth connections of nearby devices that are connected to the internet. Again a great idea from Apple, but Undercover or any other third party application, do not have access to this functionality.
When launched in January 2006, Undercover was groundbreaking software. The fact that Apple has replicated Undercover-like functionality and embedded it deep into iOS and macOS shows the value of the theft-recovery genre that Undercover has pioneered. At this point, however, we feel that we can no longer deliver reliable software due to security restrictions, while having a hard time carving out a successful business model competing with free Apple software that is installed by default on every Mac and has access to system features that we can only dream of.
We're proud of the literally thousands of stolen Macs that have been recovered thanks to Undercover. We're also proud of the fact that Undercover helped bringing a little bit of justice in a world that's often unfair. Undercover even provided critical evidence to arrest a drug gang.
We would like to thank you, as a user, for your continued support over the past 14 years. It has been a great journey!
- The Undercover Team

Uninstalling Undercover

You can only uninstall Undercover if you are an administrator of your Mac.
Please follow these instructions:

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• Go to the following folder in the Finder: /Library/LaunchDaemons
• Remove com.orbicule.uc.plist
• Go to the following folder in the Finder: /Library/LaunchAgents
• Remove com.orbicule.UCAgent.plist
• Choose Go To Folder from the Finder's Go menu
• Enter the following path: /usr/local/
• Remove the uc folder in this folder
• Reboot your Mac

This will remove Undercover from your Mac.
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Vuescan scanner. Apple's iPhone is full of hidden features and tricks we're constantly discovering. For instance, did you know the Notes app has a hidden document scanner? Yeah, pretty cool. The latest hidden feature that's been popping up on Twitter and blogs is another type of scanner, dedicated to QR codes, and it's better than the one built into the camera app.

Yes, you can already scan QR codes using the shortcut in Control Center, or just open the camera app and it will scan a QR code. And you're right. Both of those methods work just fine. But the dedicated Code Scanner app takes the job one step further by presenting more of the information I want to see about a scanned code.

For example, the camera app uses a small notification at the top of the screen to open a link or show you information, whereas the dedicated Code Scanner app makes it very clear what's inside the QR code you just scanned. But here's the rub: The Code Scanner app isn't found on your home screen, nor is it found in iOS 14's new App Library.

© Provided by CNET Code Scanner is an app on your phone, but there's only one way to find it. Screenshots by Jason Cipriani/CNET

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As far as I can tell, the only way to find the Code Scanner app is to use the iPhone's Spotlight search feature. Go to your iPhone's home screen and swipe down in the middle of the screen. A search bar will appear at the top of your screen, along with app and shortcut suggestions below. Type either code or scanner. As you type, you'll see the Code Scanner app icon show up as an app suggestion. Tap to open it.

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The flashlight icon at the bottom of the screen acts as a flash to illuminate a code if your phone is struggling to read it.

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If you don't have the QR scanner shortcut added to Control Center yet, here's a post showing you how to customize Control Center to your liking. For more hidden features, check out our list for iOS 14. We also cover more general, but useful features in iOS 14.