Tuesday, May 10, 2016

iCloud: Find My iPhone overview - Apple

Find My iPhone overview

Find My iPhone helps you locate and protect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac if its ever lost or stolen. With Find My iPhone set up on your device, you can do the following:

Find your family members devices

If you joined Family Sharing, you can use Find My iPhone to help find and protect your family members iOS devices (iOS 8 or later) and Mac computers (OS X v10.10 or later). First, each family member needs to set up their devices to share their locations with other family members. For more information, see the Apple Support article Family Sharing and location.

Learn more about Activation Lock

When you set up Find My iPhone, Activation Lock is turned on automatically. Activation Lock makes it harder for anyone to use or sell your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch if its ever lost or stolen. For more information, see the Apple Support article Find My iPhone Activation Lock.

Last Modified: Mar 25, 2016