HOW TO Find your devices and friends
Find yourself
The Find My app looks more or less identical on Mac, iPhone and iPad; it’s effectively Apple’s Maps. If you haven’t previously enabled location sharing, you’ll be prompted to do so the first time you run the app.
Look for someone
As you’d expect, tapping on People gives you a list of people who share their locations with you, shown on the map. Once again, family members you’re connected to via Family Sharing appear here automatically.
Raise the alarm
You can now get the device to do something: to play a sound you can hear if it’s fallen down the side of the sofa, to get directions to it, to notify you when it comes back online, or to erase it remotely if it’s lost or stolen.
Set your sharing
Tap the Me icon to adjust the settings that say whether other people can find your location. You can also rename your location to something that’s easier to remember such as home, gym, school, or work.
See where they are
As with Find My Friends, Find My will show you someone’s location, or their last known location if they’re offline. You can use the map like any other, switching between map, hybrid and satellite views, or just zooming in.
Delete a device
If, like us, your family has owned plenty of Apple devices, your device list may well include several devices you don’t have any more. No problem. Just select the device you want to remove and once again select the little “i”.
See your stuff
Tap on the second tab, Devices, for a list of all the devices that are connected to your iCloud account; if you have Family Sharing it’ll also show your family members’ devices here. Tap on a device to see where it is.
Locate your device
Find My works in exactly the same way for devices. Select the Devices tab and tap or click on a device to see its current or last known location. Then tap or click on the little “i” icon to make things happen.
Confirm deletion
Don’t remove a device if it still belongs to you, though! Find My is a key anti–theft feature, and by turning off Find My on a device that’s still yours, you’re making it possible for someone else to activate and use it.