Find My Iphone

Sprint location glitch leads owners of stolen phones to the home of unknowing Las Vegas man

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 a 5:44 pm

Services such as Find my iPhone are great as long as they work the way they're supposed to. Wayne Dobson, a 59 year old Las Vegas resident, has learned the hard way what happens when cell phone tracking programs malfunction. Owners of lost cell phones keep showing up at his door demanding their phones back. The only problem is, he doesn't have them. The problem seems to be isolated to Sprint cell phone users and due to a glitch that shows owners of lost devices that they are located near Dobson's home.

How to delete an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac from Find my iPhone

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Dec 21, 2012 a 5:11 pm

Find my iPhone is a great way to track lost or stolen devices. Once you've got the service set up and configured you're pretty much good to go. But what if you want to delete an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac from Find my iPhone? You will have a need to do this if you ever upgrade and sell your old device, have to swap something out for a new one at the Apple Store, or had a repair done that changed the identifier on the logic board.

So if you've got an entire clutter of devices in your account and some of them aren't even active anymore, we can help you clear those out so you only see the ones that matter right now. Follow along and we'll get it done together.

Find my iPhone now has driving directions to device locations

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012 a 2:23 pm

Apple's Find my iPhone app has been updated to include driving direction to device location. The Play Sound, Lost Mode, and Erase buttons also now appear separately from the map view. The driving directions feature requires iOS 6, so users still on iOS 5 will not be able to enjoy this convenience.

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How to use iCloud to share appointments, apps, and more for the whole family

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Jul 17, 2012 a 4:25 pm

If you have a family and more than one iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch floating around, iCloud can make it much easier to share everything from doctors appoints to game purchases, but it can be a challenge to set things up perfectly. Deciding which devices sync which services, and what if any parental restrictions need to be put in place are all important choices to make.

Here are your options and some ideas to get started.

How to set up and use Find my iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Apr 22, 2012 a 1:26 am

Everything you need to know about setting up, tracking, messaging, locking, and wiping a lost or stolen iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad with Find my iPhone

Find my iPhone -- or Find my iPod or Find my iPad -- keeps track of your iCloud enabled devices so you can track them down if they're lost or stolen, and even remotely message, lock, and erase it to keep your data secure.

Are you using iCloud? [Poll]

By Georgia, Thursday, Apr 5, 2012 a 10:25 am

iCloud has been called Apple's key to the next decade, an online hub in the clouds to replace the outdated Mac hub in your home -- but are you using it? Introduced alongside iOS 5, iCloud was the subject of Steve Jobs' final keynote appearance and the way Apple finally "cut-the-cord" to iTunes and kicked off their Post-PC era.

How to use Find my iPhone to track down a lost or stolen iPad

By Gary Mazo, Monday, Mar 19, 2012 a 12:54 pm

You just spent a good deal of cash to purchase the new iPad. Have you given thought as to what you would do if it were lost or stolen?

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to “track” your iPad and know exactly where it was at all times? Well, fortunately, there is. If you signed up for Apple's free iCloud service (and we all should) you have an easy way of always locating your iPad –- Find my iPhone.

Adult star Jesse Jane's purse gets stolen, uses iCloud to find the culprits

By Jared DiPane, Thursday, Dec 8, 2011 a 12:02 am

Adult star Jesse Jane took to Twitter to let everyone know her purse -- including her iPhone -- was stolen, and that she was going to use iCloud and Find my iPhone to hunt it down!

After tracking the phone to Hollywood, she took some guys with her and went to get her stuff back from the people who stole it.

Don't mess with the power of technology!

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Source: @JesseJane

iPhone patent applications reveal better Find My iPhone, social matching, and a way to stop users from recording concerts(?!) [Patent Roundup]

By Andrew Wray, Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 a 4:21 pm

A few interesting patent applications from Apple have recently surfaced, showing they have some bold ideas surrounding Find My iPhone, social-matching, and a way to lock the camera so we can't make bootleg concert recordings and plaster them on YouTube (?!).

Reminder: Apple, like any big company, routinely patents just about anything and everything they dream up, and there's no way to know when, or if, they'll use any them in actual, shipping products. Still, it's interesting to see what they're working on deep inside the secret Cupertino labs...

Follow on after the break for the roundup!

Will iCloud keep the MobileMe web apps?

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jun 13, 2011 a 4:20 pm

There's some debate as to whether or not Apple will keep the MobileMe web apps, like Mail, Contacts, and Calendars around after the transition to iCloud. Some have heard no, that Apple will trash them and go 100% apps. Others have heard yes, that Apple will keep them around.