Locate a Lost Mac, iPod, iPhone, or iPad

You can use iCloud to locate a lost or stolen Mac, iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad. Depending on how you use your Mac, iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad, you can end up with many details of your life residing on the device. That is generally a good thing, but if you happen to lose your device, you have also lost those details, plus you have created a large privacy problem because anyone can now see your data. You can locate your device and even send a message to the device using an iCloud feature called Find My iPhone, which also works for Macs, iPods, and iPads.

Locate a Lost Mac, iPod, iPhone, or iPad

Locate a Device on a Map

Sign in to your iCloud account.

Note: See the “Sign In to iCloud” section, earlier in ...

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