Find My 4+

3/8/24 just started using the app. First thing I noticed is it haves the wrong street name for our “Home”, and no apparent way to edit it. And no, the one it selected is not even remotely the closest. Looking at the satellite view, it shows a sat photo that is over 10 years old! I know this because our neighborhood isn’t even there. There is no explanation of the distinction between “Devices” and “Items”. There is no “Help” or other aid in using the app. It isn’t clear under what circumstances it will update location based on passing iPhones. Does it have to be in “Lost” mode? Is “Last seen” only for the owner, or per any iPhone that passes nearby? How about a track showing movement from one place to another based on updates when detected by other iPhones? So may opportunities! I just discovered that to share the device with a family member using Family Sharing, everyone has to use the SAME APPLE ID!!! Seriously? You want a 10 year old using the same Apple ID as their parents? What a preposterous idea!

This app let me know where my Mac was. It fell off the top of my car because I forgot I placed it there, I was getting my daughter in the car seat. Didn’t realize until an hour later on the way to my therapist appointment that my laptop was not in the car. I was freaking out , $2,000 laptop gone! It led me to where I took my turn down a street at a stop light, it was laying in the grass. The momentum of the car flew the laptop across the intersection. Only had a chip on the corner of the laptop. I was able to track the location down to the area perimeter. The “ring” to the device was no help in that situation -cause of the loud traffic. But the map helped me find it. I was about to just file a police report. But it was spotted near a sidewalk in the grass near the stoplight. I had a case on it at the time and it was inside a laptop sleeve. It was very hot. When I got home it was able to cool down then when I logged in…The app shut down the device and I had to go thru security question and login in from other apple devices I had tied to my account to get access into the computer. Thank you so much Apple for this! Saved my personal information and me from having to dish out more money for a new laptop. I had no insurance on it ..as it was a pay to own device from a third party seller.

I recommend this app even if you think it’s an app which takes storage or even might not be needed I think someday it will go to use for you not many but I really want to consider how thankful this app change the fact someone stole 3 Air Pods and money from a locker in my school. My air pod pros were connected to this app and it helped save my life it showed me the direction the distance and the address of who stole my air pod pros. The fact that it manage to track the place where it was taken and letting me disable them which allowed my air pod pros to not connect to their Bluetooth and device made a big difference and help for me. The information on this app allowed me to ask people around if they knew this place and I found someone who knew who lived there I won’t go into details but the help of the school and cops I manage to get a name and as suspicions goes on and the details the app gave me the place it showed me and how long ago my air pod pros were connected to this app made me feel relief and knowing that getting these type of information can make things the best case because in the end I got my air pod pros and I manage to help some other people out because theirs were stolen.