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CharlesSoto8ixi 
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Posted 13 October 2011 - 05:05 AM
The one time I had to use it, I found my iPhone 4 INSIDE THE WASHING MACHINE. I usually do the laundry, but this time, someone else in my household (who will remain nameless *cough*wife*cough*) grabbed my jeans and a few other things to wash. I got it just in time!
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Posted 13 October 2011 - 05:52 AM
Find My Friend is very cool app. The app actually happens to an important plot device at the center of a novel I wrote just over a year ago... In final revisions now...
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Posted 13 October 2011 - 06:26 AM
works good with my iPod, MacBook Pro, & iMac, but now Find My iPhone no longer works with my iPhone 2G. Oh well, I'll have an iPhone 4S in a few weeks.
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aegluc
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Posted 13 October 2011 - 06:54 AM
would this use the GPS or only the towers ? Would this drain my battery everytime someone requests my location ? or even worse..is my lcoation updated constantly ? or only upon request from someone ?
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Posted 13 October 2011 - 08:35 AM
The accuracy of "Find my iPhone" seems to be overly exaggerated. The only time we've had to rely on that technology was when my wife thought her purse had been stolen. I jumped on "find my iPhone" from home to help track the location of the purse, which led to a wild goose chase four blocks away from her current location. After half an hour of fruitless searching, she returned to her original location only to discover that her purse (and iPhone) were, in fact, tucked under the bench where she and her friends were sitting.
Not reliable technology in my experience.
Not reliable technology in my experience.
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Dan Frakes
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Posted 13 October 2011 - 09:04 AM
Zukka, on 13 October 2011 - 04:36 AM, said:
Hi Dan,
You fail to mention that Find My Mac requires you be logged in as an Administrator. Otherwise, the option is grayed out and not selectable. Any way around this behavior?
You fail to mention that Find My Mac requires you be logged in as an Administrator. Otherwise, the option is grayed out and not selectable. Any way around this behavior?
Ah, great catch, thanks! Updated.
jldinsdale, on 13 October 2011 - 08:35 AM, said:
The accuracy of "Find my iPhone" seems to be overly exaggerated. The only time we've had to rely on that technology was when my wife thought her purse had been stolen. I jumped on "find my iPhone" from home to help track the location of the purse, which led to a wild goose chase four blocks away from her current location. After half an hour of fruitless searching, she returned to her original location only to discover that her purse (and iPhone) were, in fact, tucked under the bench where she and her friends were sitting.
Not reliable technology in my experience.
Not reliable technology in my experience.
It depends. The location determination is based on GPS and Wi-Fi signals, so it can vary depending on where you are, what's around you, and so on. That's why if you use the Maps app, a location-enabled app, or a GPS app, or even if you're using a hardware GPS device (which uses GPS only), sometimes your location is less accurate than others. I've found that the phone's location is usually pretty good—within, say, 20 or 30 feet—and it's often accurate within just a few feet.
Dan Frakes / Senior Editor, Macworld
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Posted 15 October 2011 - 06:51 AM
Worth noting: even if you share a primary iCloud account with another user (as I do with my wife), you can sign in to the Find my Friends app with a secondary iCloud account, in order to share your location independently.
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Posted 15 October 2011 - 10:15 AM
On my iMac it works for my iPhone & iPad, but all that shows for my iMac is a gray dot and "No location". On my iPad/iPhone it shows a green dot and "No location Available". Both locations, play a sound on the iMac.
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Posted 18 October 2011 - 08:26 PM
jgvp, on 17 October 2011 - 09:08 AM, said:
On my iMac when I wish to use the "Find My Mac", via iCloud, I find I am confronted with "recovery partition required", which completely confounds me. What on earth are they talking about ?
The Find My Mac feature requires not only Lion, but also the Recovery HD partition created by the Lion installer. This is because Find My Mac's computer-locking and -wiping features are handled by software on the Recovery HD partition.
Dan Frakes / Senior Editor, Macworld
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Posted 29 November 2011 - 10:50 PM
I lost my phone before downloading this app. I logged into i cloud and it says "actions will apply when this iPhone connects to the internet" if it's locked (because I always lock my phone)... how will it connect to the internet?
Or am I just SOL?
Or am I just SOL?
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 09:51 AM
On the find my iMac function on the iPhone app, when I send a message to the iMac it does not display. It plays the sound but does not display the message on screen. Any ideas please?
