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How to Use Find My iPhone to Track iPhone and Rescue Data

“I lost my iPhone 5, if anyone turns off the Wi-Fi and my phone, can I use Find My iPhone? How to use Find My iPhone to locate my iPhone?”

If your iPhone is lost, you can use Find My iPhone to track your iPhone. Or you just want to know the position of your iPhone or a family member’s iPhone. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to use Find My iPhone feature. Because we shall tell you how to use Find My iPhone on your iPhone/iPad/iPod/Mac, etc.

How to Use Find My iPhone

Part 1. How to Set up Find My iPhone on All of Your Devices

Before getting to know how to use Find My iPhone, you should first Enable and login to Find My iPhone on your iPhone/iPad/iPod/Apple Watch/Mac.Then you can locate and track your devices.

Set Up Find My iPhone on iPhone/iPad/iPod/Apple Watch

You can open Find My iPhone on your iPhone directly. If your iPhone is updated to iOS 12 or later, you can just go to Settings > iCloud > Find My iPhone, and tap Find My iPhone. You can tap Send Last Location to get the last location of your iPhone.

You can also tap Find My iPhone again to disable Find My iPhone. Then you need to enter Apple ID password to turn off.

Disable Find My iPhone

This all works the same on iPad, iPod and Apple Watch. You can follow the above steps to turn on Find My iPhone on your device.

Set Up Find My Mac on Mac/MacBook/MacBook Pro

You can also set up Find My Mac on Mac. First, you should click Apple icon in the top menu. Then choose System Preference > iCloud. Then, find and click Find My Mac.

Click Find My Mac

You can click here to know more details about how to turn off Find My iPhone.

Part 2. How to Use Find My iPhone to Track, Erase or Enter Lost Mode

Sometimes, you cannot find your iPhone and want know where it is. Or you are worried about your family member, and want to know his/her position. Or your iPhone is lost and you want to find it. Under these circumstances, you can use Find My iPhone feature.

Here we will tell you how to use Find My iPhone on your iPhone/iPad/Apple Watch with Find My iPhone App or via web. Check the following tips below.

Open Find My iPhone App

If you want to track your iPhone, you can operate it on your iPad or other iOS device. Or you can also use your friend’s iPhone to log in and track your iPhone position.

After turning on Find My iPhone on your iPad or another device, you can ask Siri “Where is My iPhone?” on your iPad or other iOS devices. Then Siri will tell you the location of your iPhone. Or, you can open Find My iPhone app on your iPad or a friend’s iPhone to locate your iPhone.

Track iPhone/iPad

Log in with your Apple ID and password. Then you can check your Apple devices on the map. If you and your friends share the same Apple ID, and then here, you could even find his/her iPhone without them knowing.

Click “Action” and then tap “Play Sound” to play ring on your iPhone.

Track iPhone or iPad

Enter Lost Mode

If your iPhone/iPad is lost, you can click “Lost Mode” and turn on “Lost Mode” to lock or track a missing iPhone/iPad. However, Lost Mode can be bypassed in the ways, and you need to pay more attention.

Lost Mode

Erase iPhone/iPad

You can also click “Erase iPhone/iPad” to erase all content and settings of your iPhone/iPad. You should know that the erased iPhone/iPad cannot be tracked.

In this case, all your iPhone data will be erased. If you want to recover your iPhone data, you can use this professional Apeaksoft iPhone Data Recovery to get all the deleted data back from iTunes or iCloud backup.

Check here:

Restore iPhone from iCloud backup.

Recover files from iTunes backup.

Use Find My iPhone with Apple Watch

If you want to play a sound on your iPhone with Apple Watch. You can ask Siri or scroll the screen and tap the iPhone icon.

Use Find My iPhone on iCloud via Web

You can also visit iCloud.com and log in with your Apple ID and password. Then find and click “Find iPhone”

Find iPhone

You can check all devices logging iCloud. Then choose your iPhone or iPad. You can click “Play Sound”, “Lost Mode”, or “Erase iPhone”.

Erase iPhone

If your iPhone/iPad/iPod is lost, you can just remove the device from Find My iPhone and protect your privacy.

Part 3. Recommended iPhone Backup Software to Rescue Your Data

Once you accidentally lost your iPhone, you can use Find My iPhone feature to track and locate your iPhone. But it will not be an easy issue to get your important data back. So, you need an iPhone Data Backup & Restore program to backup your important documents, photos, emails, contacts, and more. With Apeaksoft iOS Data Backup & Restore, you can easily backup your iOS data in one click.

  • Safely backup iPhone data to computer within one click.
  • Backup photos, note, messages, contacts, emails, videos, audios, etc.
  • Preview and restore backup to any iPhone/iPad/iPod without data loss.
  • Support iPhone 15/14/13/12/11/X, iPad Pro/mini/Air, and iPod touch.
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How to Use iPhone Backup & Restore to Backup Your Data

Step 1. Free download, install and launch iOS Data Backup and Restore on your computer. Choose “iOS Data Backup & Restore” from the interface.

Interface

Step 2. Connect your iPhone to computer with a USB cable. Select “iOS Data Backup” in the left side of the interface.

Connect

Step 3. You can choose “Standard backup” or “Encrypted backup”.

Encrypted Backup

Step 4. Select the data you want to backup and click “Next”.

Select

Then the program will backup the selected iPhone data immediately. You can also restore the backup data to iPhone or computer according to your need.

Backup

Conclusion

This article tells comprehensive tips about how to use Find My iPhone feature on your iPhone/iPad/iPod/Apple Watch/Mac in case of iPhone loss. Find My iPhone can help you get the lost devices back. To protect your iPhone data well, you can also backup files from iPhone to computer with the recommended iOS Data Backup & Restore. We hope that you can finally get your problems solved after reading this article.

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