Find My Iphone

Official Apple Find my iPhone app now in App Store

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Jun 18, 2010 a 8:18 am

Apple has released an official Find my iPhone app, and it's a universal binary for both iPhone and iPad. (Yes, it's still called Find my iPhone on the iPad and iPod touch, what's in a name?)

It works pretty much as you'd expect -- enter your MobileMe login (it asks for the password each time, which might annoy you until you realize someone could use it to track you or your family members), see a list of your devices, tap one to locate it, send it an alert, lock it, or remotely wipe it.

I couldn't get locate or alert working in my quick tests, but it could still be rolling out. I'll try again later. If you installed it, let me know how it's working for you.

iPad screenshot after the break.

[iTunes link]

Find My iPhone Working on iPhone Safari, iTunes Preview Categories Now Working on Web

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Feb 19, 2010 a 2:12 pm

Apple has changed MobileMe's me.com site, previously inaccessible from iPhone or iPod touch Safari, to not only allow access to Find My iPhone, but to offer help in setting up accounts and getting additional apps. iTunes Preview, meanwhile, has duplicated even more of the media and app browsing experience on the web by adding support for categories.

Apple "Improves" MobileMe, Find my iPhone, Updates iDisk Public Folder

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Oct 9, 2009 a 12:42 pm

Apple's MobileMe News page has posted two updates today, one on recent MobileMe service improvements, including direct access to Find my iPhone, and the other on iDisk public folder updates.

First up, the service improvements:

iPhone 3.1: Remotely Set a Passcode Lock via MobileMe

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Sep 9, 2009 a 4:29 pm

Apple's MobileMe News "blog" is touting a new feature: you can now remotely set a passcode lock with Find My iPhone and iPhone 3.1:

With Find My iPhone, you can help protect the information on a missing iPhone by remotely assigning a four-digit passcode lock. This is especially useful if you've never set a passcode before or if you want to set a new one.

This is a nice half-way ground between leaving it wide open, or having to wipe it clean, if you can't find it but aren't sure you've personally lost it.

iPhone Law and Order - TSA Recording and Find My iPhone Locating

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jun 23, 2009 a 6:22 am

In the justice system of internet zaniness, iPhones are represented by two separate yet equally important groups. Apple, who creates cool technology, and the badapps people who put it to use. These are their stories...

First up, reader Matt pointed us towards an article on CNN.com where a passenger traveling within the US, carrying over $4000 in cash, was held for questioning and all he had to defend himself was:

a pocket edition of the U.S. Constitution and an iPhone capable of making audio recordings. And he used them.

UPDATED: Find my iPhone for iPhone 3.0 on Me.com Today!

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jun 9, 2009 a 1:39 pm

UPDATE: Enable your iPhone via Settings > Email > Mobile > Find my iPhone. Then go to me.com, login to your Account tab, and choose Find My iPhone from the sidebar. Voila! Thanks to everyone who sent this in. Screen grab after the break!

ORIApple just announced via their MobileMe News "blog" that:

Find My iPhone can be found at me.com today, but you also need iPhone OS 3.0 (available on June 17) installed on your iPhone to use the feature.

MobileMe Update Coming June 17: Find my iPhone, Remote Wipe, iDisk Mobile, File Sharing, Public Folders

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Jun 8, 2009 a 3:35 pm

As part of the WWDC keynote today, Apple announced new features for their MobileMe service as it pertains to the iPhone:

Find my iPhone shows map location
Find alerts sends text or sound to advise of lost iPhone or help find it
Remote wipe lets you clear data from a lost iPhone, or restore it via login or iTunes
Mobile iDisk App gives access to viewable files right on your iPhone
File sharing lets you send links to files via email with access control
Access public folders lets you share files on your friends' iDisks

Like iPhone 3.0, the MobileMe updates will be available June 17.

iPhone 3.0: Find My iPhone to be MobileMe WebApp?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, May 1, 2009 a 6:29 am

A minor tweak in iPhone 3.0 Beta 4 changes the language for the -- still-unannounced by Apple -- "Find My iPhone" feature from simply saying it uses your MobileMe account at me.com, to saying it uses a MobileMe Web application.

The assumption has always been that this feature would let you track a lost iPhone (or perhaps the child for whom you bought it), web application sounds -- at least to us -- a tad more substantial in terms of implementation.

iPhone 3.0: MobileMe has "Find My iPhone" Setting?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Mar 18, 2009 a 6:27 am

BGR, who claims to have chanced upon the iPhone OS 3.0 developers beta via shinobi-affiliated sources, also came across an interesting looking new setting in the MobileMe account page:

Find my iPhone

They wonder allowed if this is a new GPS locate feature for iPhone (like an iPhone low-jack). That would be a very cool update to MobileMe indeed, though limiting it to MobileMe wouldn't be anywhere near as cool.