How To Use Find My Iphone To Help A Friend

On your iphone ipad or ipod touch open the settings app.

How to use find my iphone to help a friend. The me tab is where you ll find options to stop sharing your location with your friends edit location names. If you want friends and family to know where you are turn on share my location. You can also mark the device as lost activating lost mode to help in its recovery. That s where the magic happens. Select the device to see its location on the map.

To see your device even when it s offline turn on enable offline finding. Now there should be a box in the upper right hand corner of the browser window. Choose directions to open maps and then follow the directions to arrive at your friends location. If your location appears below your friend s name you aren t following them. With your finger on the pill shaped drag handle bring the me tab up over the map to reveal the.

Choose the devices tab. Nearby devices securely send the location of your missing device to icloud then you can see where it is in the find my app. Open the find my app. Open the find my app and select the people tab. 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 friend s device tap on add in find my friends from the top right corner. Just click the all devices drop down menu and choose your iphone. If you belong to a family sharing group you can see the devices in your group. 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. You can set up the program to tell you the next time your missing iphone goes online.

Under people choose the name of your friend who is sharing their location with you. Tap on your contact and select share indefinitely. 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. Tap find my device then turn on find my device.