Location

How to fix location errors in an iPhone app

Ankur Thakur ∙ March 21, 2022

Many apps need your location to function. This includes food delivery apps (like Uber Eats, DoorDash, GrubHub), ride-hailing apps (like Uber, Lyft), weather apps, bank apps, and more. Similarly, chat apps like iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram must have access to your location if you want to share your current location with friends and family.

If an app is unable to get your location, you see messages like "location not available on iPhone," "turn on location services to allow app to determine your location," "app does not have access to your location," etc.

This guide shows you how to quickly solve this problem and allow that app to access your location.

New Yorkers warned to be on the lookout for malicious AirTag users

Christian Zibreg ∙ February 16, 2022

New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued a warning about unwanted AirTag tracking and “malicious Apple AirTag users” that may be stalking them.

RelocateMe: A jailbreak app based on locsim for spoofing locations & routes

Anthony Bouchard ∙ January 25, 2022

A little over a month ago, a new Terminal add-on called locsim was released that allowed jailbreakers to spoof their current location without using tweak injection. While it was indeed a powerful add-on, some users prefer using a graphical user interface (GUI) over Terminal commands.

New locsim Terminal add-on unlocks location spoofing on jailbroken iPhones without tweak injection

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 16, 2021

There are many things you can do with a jailbroken iPhone that you could only dream of doing on a non-jailbroken iPhone. One of such things would be spoofing your handset’s location, which can make it look like you’re somewhere you aren’t.

Some of the best jailbreak tweaks for location services on iOS 14

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 22, 2021

With all the apps out there that like to pry at your device’s location all the time, it’s no wonder that jailbreakers take their handset’s location service usage very seriously.

iOS 15.2 lets you scan for sneaky AirTags that might be secretly tracking you

Christian Zibreg ∙ November 10, 2021

To help prevent unwarned AirTag tracking, iOS 15.2 lets you scan sneaky AirTags that might be planted on your person or in your car to secretly track you.

Chipolo ONE Spot review: how it compares to Apple’s AirTag

Sébastien Page ∙ May 18, 2021

I've been toying around with AirTags since they came out a few weeks ago, and I was impatient to try the only third-party alternative available at this time: the Chipolo ONE Spot. Chipolo is one of only three companies that have been approved by Apple at this time to be part of the Find My network. Out of the three, it's the only company that has built an item tracker similar to AirTag. So if you're in the market for an item tracker that works with the Find My app, your options are either the Apple AirTag or the Chipolo ONE Spot.

With that said, the folks at Chipolo sent me a ONE Spot for review ahead of their official launch later in June. This post will essentially be a Chipolo ONE Spot review and a direct comparison with AirTag.

How to find the serial number of an AirTag

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated February 6, 2023

Whether you have lost an AirTag or found one that doesn't belong to you, knowing the serial number can help you locate the owner or confirm if it is your own. In this post, we will show you how to easily find the serial number of an AirTag.

What it looks like when an AirTag is stalking you

Sébastien Page ∙ Updated August 2, 2022

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.

AirTag detected: What to do if an unknown AirTag is found moving with you

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 23, 2022

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.

AirTags cannot be tracked by and shared with multiple family members

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 7, 2022

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.

How to add third-party accessories to Apple’s Find My app to keep track of them

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated April 15, 2021

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.