How To Use Find My Iphone On Computer

Nearby devices securely send the location of your missing device to icloud then you can see where it is in the find my app.

How to use find my iphone on computer. Choose directions to open its location in maps. 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. Be sure you use a web browser recommended in the apple support article system requirements for icloud. On your iphone ipad or ipod touch open the settings app. Select the iphone you re looking for by clicking on it from the list.

You will see three options under it. Once you have chosen the device it s icon will be displayed on your computer screen. Click on the device icon located in the toolbar as shown below. Tap find my device then turn on find my device. Tap all devices at the top of the screen to view a list of all the devices that have find my iphone turned on and are linked to your apple id.

Connect your iphone or ipad to the windows computer using a usb to lightning cable and open itunes. If you want friends and family to know where you are turn on share my location. If you turned on offline finding you can see your device s location even if it s not connected to a wi fi or cellular network. Click on the restore iphone option located below the ios version as shown in the screenshot below. All of your devices will appear on a map.

Select the device to see its location on the map.