Tag Archives: Find My iPhone

iPad with ‘Find My iPhone’ used to save crash victim

FindMyMacIconXIf you thought the Find My iPhone feature in iOS was only useful for recovering your lost or stolen device, think again!

Yesterday a Bay Area woman, Melissa Vasquez, was driving along a cliff in the foothills east of San Jose, CA., when her car veered off the road and down a 500-foot ravine, overturning and trapping her in the vehicle. Continue reading

Enhance Find My iPhone with ‘Last Location’ in iOS 8

FindMyMacIconXThe Find My iPhone feature that is part of Apple’s iCloud service is a great security option to enable, as it allows you to locate, erase, or message your device if it is ever lost or stolen. This service can be easily enabled for OS X or iOS devices, where once you have logged into iCloud in the OS X system preferences, you can check this option as one of the features to enable. In the case of iOS, you can toggle this option in the Settings > iCloud > Find My iPhone section. Continue reading