Stolen macbook pro - gmail syncing question

Hi,
My macbook pro was stolen from my apartment at the weekend - sometime between Saturday morning and Monday evening. Unfortunately I do not have 'findmymac' or anything enabled. Knowing the time that the thief got into the apartment would make it much easier to identify the guilty person for reasons I won't bother to go into here - so I decided to look at my gmail, facebook and dropbox activity to see when they were last used. My gmail device history tab lists the last 'sync' with my macbook as happening as 12.28pm on Saturday - roughly one hour after we left the apartment to go away for the weekend. What could explain this sync? I left my gmail logged in, and my macbook on sleep mode, so could someone opening the macbook have triggered the sync? Or could a sync somehow have been triggered without anyone touching the laptop?
Many thanks for your help.
CB

mnkun3 wrote:
So just accept it? Are there any successful examples that people get back their stolen mac/iphone/ipad ?
Plenty. I read about them all the time in my local newspaper.
Like Kappy told you previously, move on and/or buy another.
The good news:
If you have homeowners or rental coverage check w/them. Most policies cover stolen property. If your MBP was stolen from your car, make a claim w/your auto carrier.
If you purchased your computer w/a credit card, check w/them also. You just may be covered for stolen items.

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