How To Install Find My Iphone App On Mac

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Before you can share your location with your friends and find your devices, you need to turn on Location Services and Find My Mac. You can do this when you open Find My for the first time or later in System Preferences.

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Confirm that you want to enable Find My Mac. Now when you sign into iCloud.com on another computer or use the Find iPhone app on your iPhone, you'll be able to find and erase your lost or stolen Mac, as long as it is powered on and connected to Wi-Fi. Just make sure you sign in with the Apple ID that's in use on your missing Mac. Because it works via ‌iCloud‌, Find My ‌iPhone‌ can be accessed by logging in to your ‌iCloud‌ account using a web browser on any Mac or PC. The following steps guide you through the process.

Turn on Location Services

Install
  1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Security & Privacy, then click Privacy.

    If the lock at the bottom left is locked , click it to unlock the preference pane.

  2. Click Location Services on the left.

  3. Select Enable Location Services, then select Find My in the list of apps.

    If you don’t see Find My, go to System Services in the list of apps, click Details, then select Find My Mac.

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Set up Find My Mac

  1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Apple ID.

    If you don’t see Apple ID, click Sign In, then sign in with your Apple ID or click Create Apple ID (if you don’t already have one).

  2. Click iCloud in the sidebar.

  3. Select Find My Mac, then click Allow (if asked) to allow Find My Mac to use the location of your Mac.

    If a Details button is next to Find My Mac, make sure you turned on Location Services and Find My in Security & Privacy preferences.

For details about privacy and how you can control what information on your Mac is exposed, see Guard your privacy.

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