More and more Apple devices have a Find My function. This means you can quickly locate your iPhone, iPad, Mac and other devices using your iCloud account and the Find My app.
It is recommended that you activate this important feature on all your devices. Nowadays, Find My iPhone, iPad, Mac, etc. is activated by default when you log in with your Apple Account. If this is not the case, you can manually activate the option.
Activate Find My iPhone or iPad
- Open Settings
- Navigate to your name
- Open ‘Find My’
- Tap ‘Find My [apparaat]’
- Enable the option of the same name
You can also enable ‘Send last location’. When the battery level is extremely low, the location of your iPhone or iPad is automatically forwarded to your iCloud account.
Activate Find My Mac
The Mac is also equipped with this option and you can easily activate it via  â–¸ System settings â–¸ your name â–¸ iCloud â–¸ Show more apps â–¸ Find my Mac, activate the function. Do you have macOS Monterey or earlier? Then you can activate this via  â–¸ System Preferences â–¸ (Apple Account) â–¸ iCloud â–¸ Enable the ‘Find my Mac’ option.
Turn on Find My AirPods and Find My Apple Watch
If your AirPods or Apple Watch are paired with your iPhone, these devices are automatically set up when Find My iPhone is turned on. The same is also the case for iPad and Mac. It is therefore important that you enable the find my function for these devices.
- Activate Find My Apple Watch
- Activate Find My AirPods
- Enable Find My Apple Pencil
- AirTag precise search
What is Find My Network?
In previous versions of iOS and macOS, devices could only be located when they were connected to the Internet. Great solution, but limited. Since iOS 13 and macOS Catalina, the Find My app can also locate devices that are offline. The Bluetooth chip in the device is used for this all iPhones, iPads and Macs that are nearby, you don’t have to be the owner of them.
The offline function works as follows: the Bluetooth chip of the lost device sends out an energy-efficient signal that can be picked up by other iPhone, iPads and Macs running the latest software. These devices can then anonymously retrieve the location data of your lost device and forward it to the Apple servers so that you can locate and possibly block your product via the Find My function. This will help all Apple users find lost devices.
Search and locate your Apple devices via iCloud
If your iPhone, iPad, Mac or other device is lost, or worse stolen, you can get it via iCloud.com or locate via the Find My application. From this app and web page you can then block the Apple product and possibly also delete your personal data by restoring it.
You can also play a message and/or sound on the missing device, so that the finder can contact you directly. You can find more information about these different options via the links below.
- Show message or play sound via Find My iPhone
- Block iPhone or iPad when it is lost or stolen
- Remotely erase iPhone, iPad or Mac
- Add and identify objects via the Find My app