Tips and Tricks To Help Find Your New iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch – Tutorial
If you’ve been lucky enough to of received a new iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch for Christmas this year then once the initial excitement has settled, you might be worried in case you lose it. Fortunately, there’s a lot you can do to prevent this from happening, check out the tutorial below and keep you magical device safe.
Find My iPhone
If you misplace your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, the Find My iPhone app will let you use another iOS device to find it and protect your data.
It’s very simple to install this free app on another iOS device, open it, and sign in with your Apple ID. Find My iPhone will help you locate your missing device on a map.You can then choose to display a message or play a sound, remotely lock your device, or erase your data on it.
There’s also another way to do this, go to Settings on your iPhone, tap iCloud, and enable Find My iPhone. Then if you misplace your iPhone, you can sign in to iCloud.com from any computer web browser or use the Find My iPhone app on another iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to display its approximate location on a map. It’s easy to activate this feature on your iPhone. All it takes is a few easy steps.
Location, Location, Location
Ok, so lets run this scenario, after using Find my iPhone you have now discovered that you have left your iPhone at the dentist. You can now write a message that will display on your iPhone such as ‘hi there, I’ve left my phone with you. Please phone me on 756-238-1987". The message will appear on the screen, even if the screen is locked. You can also choose to send a sound effect too at the same time.
Lock
If you’re not sure that you’ve lost your phone in a ‘safe’ place then you might want to add a passcode to protect the contents of your phone. You can do this remotely too.
Just select Remote Lock instead of Send Message, as above.
Wipe
If you really think your device has fallen into the hands of a stranger then you can remotely wipe all important and personal information from your device, including addresses, phone numbers, emails and photos. The wipe will restore the phone to its factory settings, problem is you won’t be able to locate it as it will also wipe this information. If and when you get your iOS device back you can restore the data using your most recent backup from iCloud or iTunes.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
