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Find My User Guide

• Welcome
• Set up
• Find people
  • Share your location
  • Stop sharing your location
  • Add or remove a friend
  • Locate a friend
  • Notify a friend when your location changes
  • Get notified when friends change their location
  • Label a location
• Find devices
  • Locate a device
  • Play a sound on a device
  • Get notified if you leave a device behind
  • Turn on Lost Mode
  • Turn off Lost Mode for a device
  • Erase a device
  • Remove a device
• Find items
  • Locate an item
  • Play a sound on an item
  • Share an item
  • Share the location of a lost item
  • Get notified if you leave an item behind
  • Show contact info for a lost item
  • Turn off Show Contact Info for an item
  • View item details
• Customize Find My
  • Change how the map looks
  • Change or turn off Find My notifications
• Keyboard shortcuts and gestures
• Copyright and trademarks

You can set up Find My on your Mac so you can locate it and protect it if it’s ever lost or stolen. You can also share your location with others and find your Apple devices and items.

Note: When you add your Mac to Find My, Activation Lock is automatically turned on.

Turn on Location Services

Turn on Location Services to allow Find My to determine your location.

1. Go to the System Settings app on your Mac.

2. Click Privacy & Security in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)

   Open Privacy & Security settings for me

3. Click Location Services.

4. Turn on Location Services, then turn on Find My in the list of apps.

   Note: If you don’t see Find My, go to System Services in the list of apps, click Details, then turn on Find My Mac.

Turn on Find My Mac

Turn on Find My Mac in iCloud settings so you can locate, lock, or erase your Mac.

1. Go to the System Settings app on your Mac.

2. Click your name at the top of the sidebar.

   If you don’t see your name, click “Sign in,” enter your email address or phone number, then enter your password.

   Tip: If you forgot your Apple Account password, see the Apple Support article If you forgot your Apple Account password.

   Open Apple Account settings for me

3. Click iCloud, click See All, then click Find My Mac.

   If the Find My icon has a warning badge ,