How To Find Your Iphone Using Mac

How to use Apple'due south Notice My on Mac to find your iPhone, AirTags and more

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Initially introduced as Discover My iPhone and Find My Friends, Apple's Find My service continues to gain new features. With Find My, you can continue track of people, Apple devices, and now, items such as bear bags, keys, and more. The free Observe My app is available on iPhone/iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch.

Fix upward Discover My on Mac

The central to using Detect My on Mac is turning on Location Services and Find My Mac.

To turn on Location Services, click on the Apple icon on the carte bar, then choose 'System Preferences'. Select 'Security & Privacy', and then 'Privacy'. Choose the 'Lock' icon at the bottom left and log into your Mac account. Select 'Location Services' on the left, and check the 'Enable Location Services' box. Bank check 'Notice My' in the list of apps.

To actuate Find My on Mac, click on the Apple tree icon on the bill of fare bar, so choose 'System Preferences'. Choose 'Apple ID'. Select 'iCloud' in the sidebar, then choose 'Observe My Mac' and click 'Allow' (if asked) to allow Find My Mac to use the location of your Mac.

The 'Find My' app is now gear up on your Mac.

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People

With Notice My, users can share their GPS locations on a temporary or indefinite footing. Once shared, you can come across the exact location of a person'southward device on a map and discover directions to their location. With notifications, you can also receive alerts whenever a person leaves or arrives at a ready location.

To share your location, click on the 'Find My' app on the dock or from the 'Applications' folder. Choose yourself on the list, then click 'Share My Location' at the bottom left. Type a name, an email accost, or a telephone number in the To field. As you type, Find My suggests matching addresses from the 'Contacts' app or from people yous've previously shared your location with. Select the '+' button to run into all of your contacts. Click 'Send', followed by how long you wish to share your location.

Y'all tin can share your location from your Mac if yous have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch signed in with the same Apple tree ID. If you merely have a Mac, you lot tin't share your location.

In turn, you'll receive sharing requests from other users. Equally you accept those requests, you lot'll come across their names pop upwardly under the 'People' tab in the 'Observe My' app beyond your Apple devices.

To find someone'due south location on Mac, open the 'Find My' app, then select the 'People' tab. Choose the person you wish to discover. Click on the 'i' next to the person's name on the map. From at that place, you can perform diverse tasks, including receiving directions, creating a notification, adding the contact to favorites, removing the contact from location sharing, and more.

Devices

During the setup procedure across your Apple devices, you're asked whether to share its location to aid you locate and protect it if it's ever lost or stolen. Regardless, y'all've already done this using the steps above. Each device tied to your Apple ID will show upwardly in the 'Find My' app.

To customize the settings for your Mac, go into the 'Find My' app on the dock or from the 'Applications' folder. Select the 'Devices' tab. Choose your device on the list on the left side of the app. Click on the 'i' next to the device'southward name on the map. From there, you can perform various tasks, including locking the device, playing a sound, and more.

To find another device from the list, click on information technology and meet its location on the map. An updated location and timestamp appear nether the device'southward proper name. If there's a bluish circumvolve around the device, the location is approximate.

If you tin can't find the device on the map, below the device'due south name, 'No location establish' appears. If you want to be notified when the location is available, click the Info push on the map, and so select 'Notify When Plant'. You receive a notification in one case it's located.

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Items

With macOS eleven.3 or later, you tin track items continued to an Apple AirTag or supported third-party tracker registered to your Apple ID. You tin apply Detect My to run into the location of a missing item and get directions to information technology.

To discover an item, select the 'Item' tab on the 'Discover My' app, then click on the object and run across its location on the map. An updated location and timestamp appear nether the device'due south proper noun. If there'southward a blueish circumvolve around the device, the location is estimate.

If you can't find the item on the map, below its proper noun, 'No location found' appears. If you want to exist notified when the location is available, click the Info button on the map, then select 'Notify When Plant'. You receive a notification once it'due south located.

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Bryan M. Wolfe is a staff writer at TechRadar, iMore, and wherever Future tin can apply him. Though his passion is Apple-based products, he doesn't have a problem using Windows and Android. Bryan'southward a single father of a 15-year-old daughter and a puppy, Isabelle. Thanks for reading!