Macworld - USA (2020-02)

60 MACWORLD FEBRUARY 2020

iOSCENTRAL HOW TO USE FIND MY APP

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PLAYING A SOUND TO HELP
FIND DEVICES
If you can’t find one of
your devices, but the
map shows that it’s
around here somewhere,
you can make it emit a
sound.
Select the device
from the Devices tab,
then tap the Play Sound
button. You’ll get an
alert on the target
device, after which it
will make a series of
increasingly loud
sounds.

It even works for

your AirPods, assuming

the battery isn’t dead.

MARKING A

DEVICE AS LOST

If you lose your device,

you can use Find My on

another one of your

Apple devices to mark

it as lost. This works on

almost any device with

a screen (so, not

AirPods).

Just tap the device

in the Devices tab, and scroll down to the

Mark As Lost section. Tap Activate and

you’ll get a series of prompts—your lost

Know your Apple device is somewhere nearby but still can’t find it?
You can make it emit a loud sound.

When you lose your device, you can quickly remotely lock it and

make it display an optional message and phone number.