How To Use Find My Iphone Mac

If you want to be able to find your lost device on a map make sure that location services is turned on.

How to use find my iphone mac. If you belong to a family sharing group you can see the devices in your group. Learn how it works how to turn off activation lock. Open the find my app. In macos open the icloud system preference pane and make sure find my. Find my includes activation lock a feature that prevents anyone else from using your iphone ipad ipod touch apple watch or mac if it s ever lost or stolen.

Tap find my device and then turn on find my device. Because it works via icloud find my iphone can be accessed by logging in to your icloud account using a web browser on any mac or pc. The following steps guide you through the process. If your missing device can t connect to the internet the find my app can still help you track it down using the find my network hundreds of millions of iphone ipad and mac devices around the world. To see your device even when it s offline turn on find my network.

To see your device even when it s offline turn on enable offline finding. You ll find an option there as well to send the last location of an iphone or ipad when the device s battery is nearly dead. To have the location of your device sent to apple when the battery is low turn on send last location. Tap find my device then turn on find my device. Locate your mac on a map open the find my app and select your mac from the list of devices to view its location on a map and get directions.

Nearby devices securely send the location of your missing device to icloud then you can see where it is in the find my app. On your iphone ipad or ipod touch open the settings app. If you want friends and family to know where you are turn on share my location.