How To Use Find My Iphone To Help A Friend
Open the find my app and select the people tab.
How to use find my iphone to help a friend. Under people choose the name of your friend who is sharing their location with you. To see your device even when it s offline turn on enable offline finding. That s where the magic happens. On your device tap on your friend s contact in the app. If your location appears below your friend s name you aren t following them.
Launch the find my app on your friend s ios device. Choose directions to open maps and then follow the directions to arrive at your friends location. 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 you belong to a family sharing group you can see the devices in your group. Just click the all devices drop down menu and choose your iphone.
Now there should be a box in the upper right hand corner of the browser window. Select the device to see its location on the map. 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. Tap the me tab if it isn t already selected.
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. On your friend s device tap on add in find my friends from the top right corner. If you want friends and family to know where you are turn on share my location. With your finger on the pill shaped drag handle bring the me tab up over the map to reveal the.
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. Choose the devices tab. On your iphone ipad or ipod touch open the settings app.