I've been running some unscientific tests for the past few days, essentially stalking myself with an AirTag that was set up using an Apple ID other than mine. The goal was to find out how quickly I would get notified about someone tracking me, but I was also curious about what the process would be to alert me about it.
After several days of tracking myself, this is what I found out.
One of the AirTag safety features that Apple designed to discourage unwanted tracking shows a notification when your iPhone senses an unknown AirTag moving with you over time.
Besides AirTag, AirPods (3rd generation, Pro, Max), and other Find My network accessories can also be used to track. When that happens, you may see one of the following notifications:
AirTag Found Moving With You AirPods Detected, AirPods Pro Detected, or AirPods Max Detected "Product Name" Detected: For third-party Find My network accessories like Chipolo ONE Spot. Unknown Accessory Detected: You will see this message when a non-AirTag Find My network accessory is detected near you, but the Find My app on your iPhone has issues connecting to that accessory or the server.This tutorial focuses on what to do when an unknown AirTag is detected and found moving with you.
If you've been wondering whether AirTags, Apple's personal item trackers, work with the Family Sharing feature so you could share AirTags with family members, we have bad news for you.
Apple on April 7, 2021, opened up its Find My app to third-party products via a new program that permits non-Apple entities to take advantage of the company's secure Find My network. This enables users to track any compatible third-party devices using the Find My app. But before you can actually track devices and accessories not designed and made by Apple, you must add them first to the Find My app—and we walk you through the whole process.
Your iPhone and iPad take advantage of your GPS location for various built-in features. This is also part of Apple's crowd-sourced location gathering initiative aimed at improving its products and services. While location data is completely anonymous, the company does give you the freedom to toggle location access for each one of these services on or off.
Some of the system services that make use of location include setting the time zone, getting relevant content recommendations, sharing your location with friends and family, and whatnot. As mentioned, you can individually disable location access for each and every one of these built-in features, and we show you how to do it with our step-by-step tutorial embedded ahead.
While it’s nice that certain websites want to know our location, it’s not always necessary. Sure, you need a delivery service site to know where you are, but not a blog. And if you visit the same sites often, you probably don’t want them asking you every time.
In Safari, you can control websites asking for your location. You can allow certain sites to always know where you are, like in the delivery service example. And you can disallow sites you never want to know, like a blog. Here, we’ll show you how to do this on iPhone, iPad, and Mac so websites will stop requesting your location in Safari.
Using Location Services on your iOS device can be quite handy, but with it comes some privacy loss. There are apps and services that require your location and that Location Services be enabled. Apple apps like Maps and Weather, along with third-party apps like Uber and DoorDash obviously need your location to complete their jobs.
But if you’re growing more concerned about privacy and want to stop sharing your location with apps and services, you certainly can and here’s how.
You can stop sharing your location with apps you use if you’re concerned about privacy. But what if you want to quit sharing your spot with other people too?
If you’ve shared your location with friends or family, or just want to make sure no one, regardless of who they are, can see where you go, here’s how.
Maps on Apple Watch is probably one of those apps you only open when you really need it. Maybe you need directions or want to look up a recent spot. But you can explore Maps on Apple Watch just like you would on your iPhone or Mac.
Of course you can do things like see your spot on a map if you’re traveling and in an unfamiliar location. But you can also get the hours or phone number for a nearby business or check out one of the curated city guides introduced with iOS 14.
Make the most of the Maps app on your Apple Watch with these helpful tips.
Whether you're an avid cyclist or someone who happens to ride their bike every now and then as a way of stating in shape, Apple Maps offers biking routes as one of the transit options when looking up a specific location. Follow this tutorial to learn how to request and use Apple Maps cycling directions on your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
Some Apple Watch customers recently reported missing GPS mapping data when capturing their workouts in the Workout app on watchOS 7. Others have complained about excess battery drain after updating to the latest watchOS software. Apple has now released a new support document to acknowledge these and other issues, proposing a fix.
The Apple Maps electric vehicle routing feature helps environmentally-conscious drivers plan trips with supported electric cars by automatically adding charging stops along their route. With it, an iOS device offers to route you to the nearest charging station when your charge gets too low. Follow along with us to learn how to set up and use electric vehicle routing in Maps.