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Sorry for being off-topic: my wife and I had our MacBooks stolen on the weekend and every ten minutes I think why in the hell didn't I have FileVault turned on. Our whole lives were on those laptops and I cannot even fathom what sort of fallout to expect with our data out there.

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You probably already know this, but just in case not: If you had Find My Mac enabled on those MacBooks, you can lock or wipe them [1]. I've read somewhere that if you select "lock" first, you can't then do a wipe. Not sure about that, tho. Good Luck.

[1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204756

Yes, I did this the minute I realized what had happened. Both my Macbooks and my iPad are in the "Erase Pending" state. Not sure if I still get notified of the location if the thieves replace or wipe the drives before ever connecting to the Internet.

If you're lucky they'll just wipe the drive and use it for themselves.

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