How To Use Find My Iphone For Family Members
By default you can see the location of the devices for each family member.
How to use find my iphone for family members. Tap on the missing device to know more about it. Find my iphone must be enabled for the missing device. Under people choose the name of your friend who is sharing their location with you. Ios and ipados devices must have the find my option turned on. Here s how to use it to find your missing iphone then track down your phone s exact location.
If your location appears below your friend s name you aren t following them. Find my iphone must be installed on another apple device in order to remotely track down your iphone. In the devices tab on top you will see your devices. Nearby devices securely send the location of your missing device to icloud then you can see where it is in the find my app. If someone has.
See the location and online or offline status of your device. When you join a family sharing group you can help other family members locate their mac computers ios and ipados devices apple watch and airpods by using the find my app. On your iphone ipad or ipod touch open the settings app. By setting up find my iphone with your apple id and password it will send your last location to apple when the device is power off or offline. Family sharing must be set up.
If you turned on find my iphone on your missing device a family member can help you. Choose directions to open maps and then follow the directions to arrive at your friends location. How to locate family members devices using the find my app. You can download find my iphone from the app store. How to track a family member s device with find my iphone launch the find my iphone app from your home screen.
Sign in to your individual icloud account. Tap find my device then turn on find my device. Put your device in lost mode if it was already set up with a passcode. After that you will see the devices of your family members. 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.