Comments on: How to Set Up Find My iPhone (or iPad, or Mac)

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Automatically Log Out of a Mac After a Period of Inactivity — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:52:40 +0000

[...] will gain the Find My Mac protection offered through it in the odd event the computer is stolen, making it trackable from the web, another Mac, or iOS device that has Find My iPhone [...]

By: Set Up the Guest User Account in Mac OS X

Set Up the Guest User Account in Mac OS X — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:15:31 +0000

[...] temporary use scenarios, but also to be able to track the Mac if it’s lost or stolen by using Find My Mac. We’ll focus on setting up the Guest User account for short usage by your friends and family, [...]

By: Improve Find My iPhone By Locking Down Location Services

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By: 9 Essential New Years Resolutions & Tips Mac Users Can Do Right Now

9 Essential New Years Resolutions & Tips Mac Users Can Do Right Now — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:37:15 +0000

[...] Use Find My Mac – Part of the free iCloud service, Find My Mac is the OS X version of the Find My iPhone ability that lets you quite literally pinpoint a Mac precisely on a map. If it happens to get lost or stolen, you will know exactly where it is, and precise location information like this can help you or the proper authorities recover your hardware again. I have personally had friends and colleagues recover missing hardware using this service, it’s free, and it’s invaluable. If you haven’t set up Find My Mac (and the iPhone and iPad versions too for that matter), take a few minutes to read our guide and do it now. [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:05:58 +0000

Well, Had this enabled on iPad32-WiFi only that was ripped off… Problem is that I didn’t have auto-join to untrusted networks for various reasons (other safety issues) and without — it just doesn’t work. What we need is something that Apple can do to reg. a ser. number/uuid and track it should someone try and activate via iTunes.

By: Jared

Jared — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:09:11 +0000

Not only did he not do anything with it (except shove it in his sock), but he stayed 20 feet away from where the police were. “Here’s your sign!” – Bill Engvall

By: Benny

Benny — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:05:45 +0000

I’m still not understanding the benefits of find my iPhone – especially from a police/criminal perspective as this story was published. If you stole an iPhone, wouldn’t you: A)Wipe it B)Remove the SIM C)Turn off find my iPhone ??? How people out there actually steal an iPhone and continue to use it with the stolen SIM and personal data as if it were their own phone? 1 in a million, and that’s the story we’re reading about.

By: Kermit

Kermit — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:32:39 +0000

Matt, it’s funny but yes. Until maybe 5.1 is out. Cause even if you set up lock password for device, iOS still allow to shut down(and restart) device without password demanding.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:09:25 +0000

So we’ve a thief that didn’t noticed that he could shut down the device? A genius

By: Eric S

Eric S — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:32:56 +0000

This is arguably the best part of iCloud, for now at least.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:58:52 +0000

That is why the officer entered the victims credentials into his iPhone and tracked the device:

“Punching in the victim’s Apple ID … he quickly determined by the location of a small gray phone icon on a digital map that the robber was near Eighth Avenue and 51st Street.”

By: Brian G

Brian G — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:19:17 +0000

This is not technically how “Find My Mac” works, as a police office could not simply enter a phone number and see it’s location… You can only see devices when logged in to Icloud that belong to you…