How To Use Find My Iphone To Help A Friend

If your location appears below your friend s name you aren t following them.

How to use find my iphone to help a friend. If you want friends and family to know where you are turn on share my location. Nearby devices securely send the location of your missing device to icloud then you can see where it is in the find my app. On your friend s device tap on add in find my friends from the top right corner. Choose directions to open maps and then follow the directions to arrive at your friends location. Open the find my app.

With your finger on the pill shaped drag handle bring the me tab up over the map to reveal the. Just click the all devices drop down menu and choose your iphone. Choose the devices tab. Tap the me tab if it isn t already selected. Under people choose the name of your friend who is sharing their location with you.

You can also mark the device as lost activating lost mode to help in its recovery. Tap find my device then turn on find my device. The me tab is where you ll find options to stop sharing your location with your friends edit location names. On your device tap on your friend s contact in the app. If your missing device can t connect to the internet the find my app can still help you track it down using the find my network hundreds of millions of iphone ipad and mac devices around the world.

That s where the magic happens. On your iphone ipad or ipod touch open the settings app. Tap on your contact and select share indefinitely. Now there should be a box in the upper right hand corner of the browser window. Select the device to see its location on the map.

Open the find my app and select the people tab. Launch the find my app on your friend s ios device. If you belong to a family sharing group you can see the devices in your group. You can set up the program to tell you the next time your missing iphone goes online.