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#Find my iphone icloud not set up how to
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The Find My service also works for your iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods and Mac, so you can keep track of all your Apple devices. It is easy to set up, and quite possibly the most valuable app on your iPhone (since iOS 13 the app has been called Find My, but was previously called Find My iPhone).

#Find my iphone icloud not set up how to

How to find your iPhone with the Find My appįind My is a free service provided by Apple. Turn on Personal Requests for the appropriate device(s).

The service also requires iCloud Keychain to be set up on the device you are using. You’ll need a device with the Home app on it, so an iPad if you have one. It is possible that you will need to turn on Personal Requests for this to work, in which case follow the steps below.

Say yes and listen out for your iPhone.

If the iPhone is close enough, Siri will hopefully say, “I found iPhone near by, should I make it play a sound?”.

Say to your HomePod: “Hey Siri where’s my iPhone?”.

You might be thinking you could equally call your iPhone from another device – which is true, but assumes that you have the audio on and that you don’t have multiple other devices that will start ringing when your iPhone is called! You can use your Apple Watch or a HomePod to ping it, if you have either of those devices. But there’s a quicker way: if you think you have just misplaced your iPhone at home, in the office, or at any venue where you are currently residing, you can ‘ping’ your iPhone to get it to play a sound so you can locate it. My daughter’s first piece of advice, when I told her I was writing this article, is that if you have lost something tidy up because then you’ll find it. There are two places you might have left your iPhone.

#Find my iphone icloud not set up Offline

How to find a lost iPhone (even if it is offline or turned off) There is a section below that explains how to do this. However, you might be able to use the information provided by Find My to help the police with their enquiries. (He claimed he lashed out in self defence after being stabbed by the mugger, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide, and was jailed for six years.) There was even a case of a man tracking down and killing the person who stole his son’s iPhone. There have been cases of people attempting to recover stolen iPhones using Find My iPhone and being hurt, or worse. What you should never do is attempt to retrieve your iPhone if you think it has fallen into the wrong hands.