With Find My, you can locate
and recover a missing device
and share your location
with friends and family.
We'll show you
how to turn on Find My,
how to locate devices,
and how to share your location.
When you sign in to iCloud with
your Apple ID on a new device,
you'll turn on Find My
automatically.
To check that Find My is active,
open Settings,
tap your name,
tap Find My,
and tap Find My iPhone.
If Find My is set up
on your iPhone,
your paired Apple Watch
or AirPods
will automatically be
set up too.
With Find My,
you can locate a device
even if it's not connected
to Wi-Fi or cellular,
and your device can send
its location to Apple
when the battery
is critically low.
That way, you can look up
its last known location
if your battery dies.
To locate a missing device,
open the Find My app
on any of your other devices
and tap Devices.
If you don't have
a second device,
you can sign in to icloud.com
using a desktop browser
on your computer
or a mobile browser
on a friend's device.
Here, you'll see a list of your
devices with Find My enabled
and a map with their locations.
Select a device
and swipe up on the handle
to see your options.
If it looks like your device
is nearby,
but you still can't find it,
tap Play Sound.
Your misplaced device will chime
and you'll hear this sound...
[PINGING]
...so you can easily find it
if it's in the next room
or under the couch.
Or tap Directions
if want you see it on the map
and want to track it down.
If your device is far away
or in an unfamiliar location,
you can mark it as lost
by tapping Activate.
This lets you remotely lock your
missing device with its passcode
and display a message
with contact information
in case someone finds it.
The missing device must be
connected to the internet
in order to activate lost mode.
Think your device
is lost for good?
You can erase it remotely
by tapping Erase This Device.
However, once you do this,
you won't be able
to track your device
and you'll have to restore it
from a backup
if you eventually find it.
You can also use the Find My app
to share your location
with family and friends.
To do this, tap People.
If anyone has shared
their location with you,
you'll see them listed here.
Next, tap
Start Sharing Location.
Find and select a contact,
and tap Send.
Now choose how long
you want to share your location.
Your friend will then receive
a notification on their device,
and can choose to share
their location back with you.
And that's Find My,
a one-stop shop for staying
connected with your friends
and tracking down
all of your devices.
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