Thursday, June 30, 2011

Find my iPhone

Do you worry about these little $200+ devices slipping out of sight? Well I do and here is a partial solution that I found. Ok, so it is a little late since iCloud is right around the corner, but you can use Find my iPhone to track your iPod Touch's. Go to Settings (or straight to mail if an account hasn't already been set up)/ Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Then click Add Account... and choose MobileMe. If you have iOS 4.2.1 or later, it will ask for you username and password. I put our school iTunes account information in and that worked. Then it prompts you to turn on Find my iPhone. Say Yes. Now go to any computer and go to https://me.com/find. Use the same iTunes account to log in and voila! You will see a map with pretty accurate details as to where your iPod Touch / iPad is. You can do this for several devices at once. I have about 20 so far and no problems. The device has to hit WiFi for it to be tracked. If nothing else, it could be a very good deterrent for sticky fingers in a school. Enjoy.

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