Many thanks to my ex for inspiring my new MacOS app, Someone Was Here.It takes a photo of whoever uses your Mac while you're away, whether you left it unlocked or they know your password, and sends their photo to your iPhone if the face isn't yours.I built Someone Was Here as a menu bar app making use of Apple Vision and a local face recognition run via Core ML. It all runs locally on your Mac with no tracking or ads.Real-time remote alerts are available via one-time $4.99 lifetime purchase via the free companion iPhone/iPad app, Pushover, ntfy, Telegram or a webhook.
Show HN: Someone Was Here – Find out who used your Mac while you were away
A Mac app that takes a photo of anyone who uses your Mac while you're away and sends it to your phone.

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A new app called Someone Was Here detects who uses a Mac when the owner is away, taking a photo and sending it to an iPhone.
- The app uses facial recognition to identify users of a Mac when it's unattended.
- It sends a photo of the person to the user's iPhone within seconds.
- The app does not alert the user when they themselves use the Mac.
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