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iPhone -FindMyiPhone app- locate, ring, erase, or lock your phone - https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my-iphone.html
Android Device Manager - Locate, ring, lock, erase your phone - https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
Note: The above are probably already on your phones! There are third-party apps you can purchase/install, but these come with iOS and Android.
The Apple Music Family Membership requires iCloud Family Sharing (1). It's 6 Apple IDs. The Family Sharing limit is 10 devices per account, 5 of which can be computers (2).
(1) Number 2 at the bottom of this page - http://www.apple.com/music/membership/
(2) Bottom of this page - https://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/
The main problem is that it uses this feature: https://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/
>All new iTunes, iBooks, and App Store purchases initiated by family members will be billed to the organizer’s account
get to the nearest computer and
1) find your phone and lock it and/or wipe it:
I guess i'll say make it's location public via twitter and facebook.... SPD are suffering budget cuts so they tell us these types of crimes are lower priority. Good luck getting it back.
That Dirty Harry movie where the kidnapper tells Harry to go to a bunch of pay phones in order to make sure he's not being "followed." FindMyiPhone would mean the entire SFPD would be aware of Harry's location.
From https://www.apple.com/icloud/
> Apple takes the security of your data and the privacy of your personal information very seriously. Because of that, iCloud features are designed to keep your information safe, secure, and available only to you.
And....
> Two‑factor authentication is an extra layer of security designed to ensure that only you can access your account. That means your account can only be accessed on devices you trust, like your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
Photo Stream is capped at 1000 photos, and as you add a new picture it deletes the oldest one.
What you want is iCloud Photo Library, which saves all of your pictures to iCloud Drive. There are certain software compatibility things that have to be in place, I suggest looking at the page on Apple's website.
I've been using iCloud Photo Library since it was in beta, and it's great! All my photos, 8000 plus, are in iCloud, and optimized versions get synced to all of my devices with a full version available for download at any time.
iPhone -FindMyiPhone app- locate, ring, erase, or lock your phone - https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my-iphone.html
Android Device Manager - Locate, ring, lock, erase your phone - https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
https://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/
Shared payment methods, purchases, with an administrative account managed by one or more members.
Lot of people are making a fuss about 6 people on one Apple Music account, but for most iPhone users I know the above makes it a total non-starter. Wonder if new restrictions will be in place for Android users, or if Android users will just straight up have a better experience re: sharing accounts (since Android users have no reason to care about other shared iCloud elements)
Most people who have that large an iCloud plan are no doubt using it for iCloud Photo Library. It backs up all of your photographs to iCloud and syncs them across all your devices:
and in case they have an android phone.
Either will tell you the last location within a few meters so long as OP didnt disable the service.
I don't know if I should....
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my-iphone/
The iPhone is "lost" and you just check the GPS location of the phone from any device really, doesn't have to be an iPad.
well if you don't care about legality go over and beat them up that's how I got my phone back a while back but since its an Iphone isn't there this track my phone thing provided by apple itself edit: https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my-iphone.html
You can all have your own library (as it should be), but if you have Family Sharing set up (same credit card attached to all accounts), and one person buys a song, then everyone can download it. Same with apps. You can read more here: https://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/
> I thought it was common knowledge that pretty much anything you have on your phone has the potential to be stolen, but I guess it isn't.
It really, really isn't.
I'm almost 100% sure that if these were taken from iCloud, they were taken from shared photo streams. I'm assuming this because there were videos, and iCloud doesn't automatically back those up. So my guess is that the images were probably intentionally shared with a husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/whatever in a shared stream and this guy somehow gained access to that part of iCloud.
The average person doesn't have any fucking idea how this shit works, and it's safe to assume that if they're sharing a picture, they think it's just being sent to the other person's phone. I don't think they understand that the images are uploaded to a server. And it's not because they're stupid or anything like that, it's just not something that most people are really interested in. A lot of people think of celebrities as being different than the rest of us but they're just people like everybody else (well, except they tend to be rich and hot). Shared photo streams are super easy to use and are supposed to be private. I can totally believe that they're just not very savvy and they didn't understand what they were doing.
Also, iCloud upgrades are now a subscription thing (icloud+ https://www.apple.com/icloud/) and typically Apple has you manage their subscriptions on the device so you would probably have the option to do it on the iphone settings itself anyway (and Apple really isn’t able to design a website page fir this specific thing?).
> There's videos too.
So what was hacked was most likely shared photostreams. -- iCloud doesn't automatically backup videos (I think this will change with iOS8 but I'm not sure). These had been shared in a photostream, probably between husband and wife or whatever.
Honestly it's fucking disgusting that this person shared them. Just awful.
Don't use the same Apple ID for everyone.
Create everyone their own ID and use Family Sharing. That solves this and a lot of other potential problems.
(Besides that, you can disable automatic app downloads on each device in the settings.)
You are "sort" of correct.
Yes, the link above does say you need physical access to the device to see the history
However, if OP and husband are on Apple's Family Share (I believe OP might meant this when she said that she and her Husband share location), OP can put Husband's iPhone on Lost Mode to keep track of their location.
/u/yoginny, by any chance, are you and your husband on Apple's Family Sharing feature (assuming both use iPhone)? Do you know his Apple ID and password (assuming he uses iPhone)
The problem is iCloud is not meant to be shared. The kid should have his own iCloud account, but signed up as a child (and make his mom's icloud the parent account). Apple calls it Family Sharing. That way they can share iTunes/App Store purchases and the credit card/gift cards and they won't share texts, emails, phone calls, etc.
You can check under restrictions in settings and disable iMessage altogether, but he may still be able to read or answer other things like mail, notes, phone calls, etc. That could be an ok option if she doesn't mind her kid having access to other things on the icloud account (notes, email, phone, etc). Also turning off text forwarding in settings could be a solution. You can read more about family sharing here https://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/
I'm assuming she/you already filed a police report. Did she have the find my iphone app on any of her apple devices? She will be able to see where the iPad and mac are.
Anyone with apple devices, please install this now if you haven't already. It's easy to set up and could mean the difference between recovery and being S.O.L.
yea, its simple.
Create a shared photo stream, and then invite your co workers to it.
From there you choose which pictures you want to upload to the stream and share with the others. This is great especially since all of you guys are on iPhones.
more info: https://www.apple.com/icloud/icloud-photo-sharing.html
> my entire family is on the same Apple ID
Just don't do this.
Create each person their own ID and then use Family Sharing to share apps and media.
What type of phone?
Android? https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
iPhone? https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my-iphone.html
Windows? http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/how-to/wp8/settings-and-personalization/find-a-lost-phone
There are two different approaches when managing photos:
Via Finder, that's what you're doing right now. You can just drag and drop images to a folder. Where you place the folder is up to you, the default
Picturesfolder is placed in your home directory, so in/Users/YourUserName/Pictures, so not inDocuments, but near it.Use the Photos.app to manage your pictures. You can import them into Photos directly from your camera or phone without using the Finder. But you can also add pictures from Finder to Photos. When doing this, the images are copied into Photo's library, so you can then remove the other copy in Finder. The images will be managed through Photos then.
To add photos from your Mac to your iPhone (or other iOS device), there are two options again:
Open iTunes, select your device, go to the photos tab, and select from where to sync. You can select either the Photos.app or a folder.
When you're using Photos.app to manage your pictures, there also the option to use the iCloud Photo library. (More details)
I can buy that Kelly had an iPhone, and that she had it set up to be found using that website, and even that the kid had all the relevant information to log in and actually use the site. I can maybe even accept that it was possible to get all that to work even though the internet was "shut down".
But why depict it like that? It felt like the show was insulting my intelligence. Doing the proper steps would have taken the same amount of time, and wouldn't have been cringe-inducing. I cannot understand their decision here, as far as the visuals go.
If you have iCloud Photo Library activated, it will delete the photo everywhere. iCloud should not be thought of as an external hard drive in the sky, it is instead a sync and backup solution that also can save space on the devices you use. It is designed to work in the background, not be manually managed. Here’s a really good description of its functions:
>the owners would have been notified
I said may.
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
>You can even find devices that are offline. > >If your missing device can’t connect to the internet, the Find My app can still help you track it down using the Find My network — hundreds of millions of iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices around the world. Nearby devices securely send the location of your missing device to iCloud, then you can see where it is in the Find My app. It’s all anonymous and encrypted to protect everyone’s privacy.
Have you looked into iCloud Sync & iCloud Drive / https://www.apple.com/icloud/ - It will sync all your documents and images across all your iDevices. If its just Files your looking for in a specific folder I use DropBox https://www.dropbox.com and all the files I want on all my devices are saved in my DropBox.
Yes it will, if you are using iCloud Photo Library. iCloud Photo Library is a sync and backup service, not an external storage drive. If you want to save space on your device, select "optimize storage" on your device and it will shrink the size of the local copies when needed. The full size copy will remain on iCloud and be pulled down when needed. It takes care of local storage space so you need not worry about managing photos.
For the iPhone, have they tried using the Find my iPhone feature? I think it's enabled by default these days, but all they should have to do is log into their associated iCloud account to get GPS on the phone.
Um, yeah, it gives you access to every feature of iCloud, to start. https://www.apple.com/icloud/
Edit: I might be misunderstanding what you mean by "linking my Mac login account to my iCloud account", I assumed you just meant putting your iCloud account on your Mac. Is there something else you're referring to?
You mentioned "iTunes account", "iCloud account" and "Apple ID" in your post. Just to be clear, they're all actually a single account called an Apple ID and it is the "main" account for all of Apple's products.
You should just use the "iCloud account" used on your MacBook on your iPhone and not create any more accounts.
If you have applications that you've paid for and wish to gain access to on your old Apple ID, you could utilize iCloud Family Sharing.
iCloud Photo Library
"Fill your library, not your device.
Now you can spend more time shooting pictures and less time managing them. iCloud Photo Library helps you make the most of the space available on your iOS device by automatically storing the original high-resolution photos and videos in iCloud and leaving behind the lightweight version that are perfectly sized for each device. You get 5GB of iCloud storage free, and other storage plans start at $0.99 per month."
https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/
Granted, while useable, it's still a Beta. YMMV
I'm pretty sure that's been working for us: I have the primary (upgraded storage) iCloud account, added wife's iCloud account as a family sharing account. Now we both have access to an auto-created Family album* that we both can feed photos to (i.e. manually choose images and share them).
Friend and family sharing is mentioned on Apple's "iCloud Photos" page: https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/
- Photos app > Shared (cloud icon) > Family album
Doesn't look like it. There's just this:
https://www.apple.com/icloud/preview/
But if you're wondering about prices, it's 5 GB for free, 20 GB for 99¢ a month, or 200 GB for $3.99 a month. Blah blah subject to change, et cetera.
First of all Gmail is an email service whereas Apple Mail is an app for accessing email. Or are you referring to the email service provided by iCloud+?
You can certainly set up Apple Mail app to access your Gmail account using IMAP protocol, (this is how I’ve accessed my Gmail account for years,) but none of the privacy features provided by iCloud+ service will help you here. Also, if privacy is your focus, Gmail is the last service to use. Their whole business model is based on scanning your email to determine how to better serve you ‘relevant’ ads.
You also seem to be confusing ‘iCloud Private Relay’ which hides your IP address when browsing with Safari with iCloud email’s ‘Hide My Email’ which allows you to generate unique, random email addresses that forward to your personal iCloud email inbox.
None of these things will help you with your Gmail account. If you want to take advantage of ‘Hide My Email’ you will need to switch to an iCloud email address.
To learn more about iCloud+ (scroll down to the iCloud+ section) https://www.apple.com/icloud/
Any apple device supported by "Find My": https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/scroll the whole page to see all possible features. So your kids would need to carry one of these from the list with wifi or cellular connections:
>iPhone
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>iPad
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>iPod touch
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>Apple Watch
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>Mac
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>AirPods
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>AirTag
I guess when they're old enough you can make an child Apple ID under your personal Apple ID and give them an iPhone that's locked down.
not necessarily i think find my can still connect to either a non protected wifi or nearby bluetooth now to track stuff. so as long as bluetooth and wifi are enabled it can get a location regardless of the computer was logged into. However, it does mean they at least turned it on. If you had no password on ur laptop then you might wanna wipe it, otherwise, if you do have a password, it just means it was turned on
EDIT: I would consider putting it into lost mode, and setting a different password to unlock the computer:
> due to the info and memories they hold
Back up your photos dudes! Google Photos and iCloud are just a couple of taps away!
There is no way to do what you wish to do with iCloud Photo Library. If you wish to save space you do so by activating "optimize storage" on the device or Mac and it automagically reduces the size of the photos when space is needed. The full size full resolution copies are always on iCloud. When you select one to view, it is pulled down in full resolution.
You need not worry yourself with photo management at all, you get everything everywhere optimized for the space you have.
That is not possible if you are using iCloud Photo Library. You will delete them everywhere if you delete them from your phone. It is intended to be a sync and backup service, not a off-device storage service.
If you need to save space on your phone, you turn on "optimize local storage" instead. It will be reduce the size of your local copies as needed to reclaim space. You will download a full copy if you select a photo.
Here's how it works:
iCloud Photo Library does not require you to manually manage your photos, nor put them in iCloud Drive. You simply turn in on and it takes care of backing up and syncing your photos. Here is information on how it works:
https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/
So, you do not put photo files in iCloud Drive. All you do is import your photos to Photos and let it manage and sync them for you.
There are plenty of options.
iphone:
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my-iphone.html
Android:
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
https://www.cerberusapp.com/
Cerberus is the most feature filled one, allows you to track location, read SMS log, record audio, take a photo, etc.
Are you some sort of celebrity? If not no one would care if your photos were on iCloud. You are 100x more likely to lose your photos because your phone fails. You should immediately turn on iCloud backup, backup your phone and photos and then you're all set.
Realistically, no. It'll work the same way "families" work now with Apple. It'll require Family Sharing, which basically means you all have to be sharing the same credit card.
have you gone on find my iphone and put it in lost mode? you should do that right now, and set it to show a number to call to get ahold of you.
this also has the side effect of making it impossible to unlock and sell. you can't bypass find my iphone if it's in lost mode with a message left. you might also be able to locate it, but even if you can't you should put that on there so it's way, way harder for them to sell or get rid of.
I assume you're asking for future interest's sake; beta releases are far from fit for commercial usage. (I'd also like to ask folks to please keep discussion limited to Apple's public announcements regarding the service, as per /r/AppleHelp policy!)
As far as I know, Apple hasn't announced any plans to provide Windows (or Android) support for iCloud Drive, so you would probably do best sticking with products such as Google Drive which do provide cross-platform support.
What iOS is on your 4s? You could use an older version of iTunes depending on your phone.
Or you can follow these steps:
3. Save photos from your iOS Photo Stream on your iPhone to your Camera Roll
Apple's Find My page states that the Find My network is end to end encrypted and they can't trace a specific device's location to a specific user by design.
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
> Just like every Apple product, Find My is designed to put you in control of your data. Location information is only sent to Apple when you actively locate your device, mark it as lost, or enable Send Last Location. Data is encrypted on Apple’s servers and kept for no more than 24 hours. And when the Find My network is used, everyone’s information is kept private — even from Apple.
It doesn’t matter if your phone was stolen at knife point, or not. It doesn’t matter if you lost it at the library. You can use another device with internet access, go to https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/. You can locate your phone, reset the code, wipe your phone. You can also reset your Apple ID password by going to https://www.apple.com/iCloud/apple-id . I didn’t know you could use the SIM for 2FA. I’ll have to look into that to see if that is a valid statement. I know you can use a USB key for 2FA. If they could quickly get into your phone, then your lock code was too easy.
> If your missing device can’t connect to the internet, the Find My app can still help you track it down using the Find My network — hundreds of millions of iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices around the world. Nearby devices securely send the location of your missing device to iCloud, then you can see where it is in the Find My app. It’s all anonymous and encrypted to protect everyone’s privacy.
Log into your icloud, change your password, been a while since I have been on that, but I think you get options to lock the iPad and or erase it if it gets connected to wifi. If not go here?
What you see on icloud.com are not in a backup, they were synced separate from an iCloud backup. You’ll set up as new and once at the Home Screen go to Settings > your name > iCloud and turn on each of the features to sync the same content back to this new iPad.
According to this article, you can't track the pencil with "find my" or with the help of the icloud page. At the moment "find my" can locate your iphone, mac, ipad, ipod, apple watch, airtag or air pods
I am pretty sure find my app requires you be logged into iCloud. Why would she ever be logged out?
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
Can't explain why you get location unavailable regularly. But a 5 or 10 second lapse does not seem to concerning to me.
iPads run almost the exact same OS as iPhones.
>You can even find devices that are offline.
>
>If your missing device can’t connect to the internet, the Find My app can still help you track it down using the Find My network — hundreds of millions of iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices around the world. Nearby devices securely send the location of your missing device to iCloud, then you can see where it is in the Find My app. It’s all anonymous and encrypted to protect everyone’s privacy.
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
Apple products are notorious for their privacy invasions. If the device is in any way attached to the people whom you dont want to be able to find you, dont even sell it just leave it at home. It doesnt matter if you wipe the device - the tracking feature is linked to the serial number hard-coded into the device itself. If you sell it, they will be able to track it to whomever you sold it to, and possibly permanently disable it by marking it as 'stolen'. If you're a minor, your guardians could probably compel Apple to aid them in tracking you even if the device is yours outright. If the device is yours outright, and they have never had access to it whatsoever (including apple store accounts or credit cards, even on previous wipes), sell it and get a cheaper tablet with a nice case.
TLDR if the device has in any way ever been connected to the emails of the people you are trying to avoid - they can track you, the can track who youve sold it to, and they can disable it remotely.
1) File a police report - Do this immediately if your stuff is stolen. If you have the serial numbers of your electronics, provide them as well. They can potentially recover your stolen property if you have a serial number that ties it back to you.
Additional tips you should do prior to losing your equipment:
2) Backup to the cloud - Makes for easy data recovery should your system ever get stolen or the system dies.
3) Install tracking software. Programs like FindMyIphone (free, built into IOS), Prey Project (free), Lock it Tight is another with a built-in keylogger, screenshot, and enables the camera to take photos of the culprit after it's been reported.
Apple describe that the Bluetooth tracking works when the devices are offline on the fucking help page mate. It’s not secret information. In fact they are releasing a tile tracking competitor soon that will allow you to use said Bluetooth tracking to find your bike or bag or what have you.
You really need to stop speaking with such confidence on subjects you have not even done a modicum of research on.
“Find your devices. Even when they’re offline.
Find My can help you locate a missing device — even if it’s offline and sleeping — by sending out BluetoothⓇ signals that can be detected by Apple devices in use nearby. These devices then relay the detected location of your device to iCloud so you can locate it in the Find My app. It’s all anonymous and encrypted end to end, so no-one, including Apple, knows the identity of any reporting device.”
The apple find my phone app works quite well.
for a stolen item (and a idiot thief) you can get real time tracking of where the item is that the police can use.
I had my own phone get lost/taken and showed up at a persons house with two cops at 3 am to get it back. They banged on the windows so hard I'm surprised they didn't break them - got my phone back.
She should log into her Apple account and track the phone's location... if she had that feature turned on.
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
Also, iCloud storage is $0.99 per month for 50gb. She can back up all her photos and memories.
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
Te logueás ahí... No debería pedirte código, te puede preguntar las preguntas secretas que seguro te olvidaste.
Si comprás un tel de terceros, justamente fijate que no tenga asociada ninguna cuenta en icloud... Caso contrario no va a ser nunca tu teléfono.
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
Scroll to the bottom where it says “Find your devices. Even when they’re offline.”
It was mentioned in the 2019 WWDC keynote when it was being talked about with macOS.
People’s devices will detect other people’s devices nearby which will send that location data to the correct user anonymously.
I figure if the AirTags use Bluetooth and the W1 chip, then I figure the system would be the same. It seems like the new Find My app and system was designed with the AirTags in mind.
You shouldn't deactivate find my phone, that is how find my iPhone works and you won't be able to find your device if you leave it behind somewhere. In order to stop the tile activated ring on your phone. Go into the Tile app and click on the device you want to keep from ringing your phone. Scroll down to "Tile Default Volume" and change the setting to Mute.
If you use iCloud, you may want to look into using Find My iPhone which is a service provided by Apple that lets you track your phone (and other devices). You can view where your devices are on a map, ping them, remotely wipe them, and more from the iCloud website or from within the “Find My” app on an iOS device.
That being said, if someone were to steal a device and turn it off, you would only see the device’s last known location.
Apple isn't the police. They don't have a task force dedicated to this, however it is possible for users to set up an email alert on their icloud account on linked devices.
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
Link for details; I have heard mixed info on people calling things in. I have been told that customers called in and reported, "hey my device was stolen!", which then locked service being performed on the device, but on the other hand when I was in a similar situation I was told they don't add notes for that sort of deal
SO might be worth like, calling Apple to be sure? Though in my experience, seems to be the severity of the situation
You might can get close with the IP address, but it's easily spoofed using a VPN or them connecting at a public access point - however people that steal phones are not usually that bright. And if they are connecting via cellular thats a lost cause. Go here and paste the address in - at the least it will be interesting
https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup
I'm guessing you were not able to use the find my phone mechanism? https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
I noticed that Apple says you can find your phone if it is turned off via Bluetooth location.
>Find your devices. Even when they’re offline.
>Find My can help you locate a missing device — even if it’s offline and sleeping — by sending out Bluetooth signals that can be detected by Apple devices in use nearby. These devices then relay the detected location of your device to iCloud so you can locate it in the Find My app. It’s all anonymous and encrypted end-to-end so no one, including Apple, knows the identity of any reporting device.
From here: https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
> Correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s my understanding that even if the thief removes the SIM and turns off WiFi, you can still GPS locate it with Find my iPhone.
No, that’s not correct IIRC, it has been three years since I worked for AppleCare so their is a tiny chance something has changed since 2015. If the device isn’t connected to the internet via cellular or Wi-Fi Find my iPhone can not locate a device. Nor can you wipe the device all that you can do is tell iCloud to lock or erase the device the next time it comes online.
You really should have erase after 10 failed login attempts turned on, IMO. There is never a guarantee you can remotely lock or erase an iOS device.
Especially if you are using iCloud backup to keep your data backed up on the iPhone. Their is zero benefit to not having it on, and plenty of potential risk.
Especially if you simply use a 4 or 6 digit passcode to lock the iPhone.
EDIT:
Check up on Apple’s kBase to make sure if my comments were still was the case, they are, from https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my-iphone/.
“Find My iPhone enables you to locate iOS devices only when they are on and connected to a registered Wi-Fi network or have an active data plan.”
You cannot locate, erase, lock, or ping any iOS device that isn’t connected to the internet and/or powered off. You can, set it for the device to ping, erase, or lock, the next time it’s powered on and connected to the internet.
Also it will tell you the last know location of the iOS within the last 24 hours If it’s offline, IIRC.
Their may or may not be a third party service like low jack that can somehow track a phone while it’s powered off and/or not connected to the internet BUT Apple cannot through Find My iPhone.app.
The iCloud software for Windows will sync iCloud Bookmarks with various browsers on the Windows side of things. That's great, but as far as I can tell there's no such functionality on the Mac side, and iCloud syncs bookmarks only with Safari on my Mac. Since Safari is no longer available for Windows, they necessarily offer bookmark syncing with other browsers. (See for example How to Sync Safari Bookmarks with Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.)
I'd be interested to hear how you're keeping bookmarks in sync between browsers on your Mac, since I don't see any such option in the iCloud settings on my Mac -- just Safari. (See also the screenshot on Apple's iCloud page here.)
Are you aware that with iCloud Photos if you delete the photo from your device, it also deletes from iCloud? iCloud Photos shrinks the size of the photo on your device if space is needed. You need not worry about space, nor manage your own photos.
It has to be turned on and allowed to update/push those photos to iCloud Photo Library.(up to the cloud) my 16,000 Library took roughly 3 days. Much more thorough explanation here. https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/
What is iCloud: https://www.apple.com/icloud/
iMessages vs SMS: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207006
How to use Messages: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201287 (see also the Learn More links at the bottom)
You seem to be going about this the wrong way, as there clearly are shared photo albums limited to those you choose.
“With iCloud Photo Sharing, you can create a shared album to control who sees what — because sometimes you only want to share your photos with the people who truly appreciate them. Simply choose a photo (or photos) to start with and invite a few friends to join in, make comments, and even add their own shots.”
What? That’s definitely not how it works. You can make a shared photo album, but even then it wouldn’t work that way with deleting.
Just to be clear, this is assuming you are using iCloud Family Sharing. Everyone sharing the same AppleID is a different story and not recommended.
There is no way to do what you wish to do with iCloud Drive. However, you can use iCloud Photo Library to manage your pictures for you. If you wish to save space you do so by activating "optimize storage" on the device or Mac and it automagically reduces the size of the photos when space is needed. The full size full resolution copies are always on iCloud. When you select one to view, it is pulled down in full resolution.
You need not worry yourself with photo management at all, you get everything everywhere backed up and optimized for the space you have.
Using iCloud is essential to getting the most out of your Apple devices. iCloud can be used to backup and sync your content, so you can have access to it everywhere without having to even think about it. Here's a description of what it can do:
There is no way to do what you wish to do with iCloud Photo Library. If you wish to save space you do so by activating "optimize storage" on the device or Mac and it automagically reduces the size of the photos when space is needed. The full size full resolution copies are always on iCloud. When you select one to view, it is pulled down in full resolution.
You need not worry yourself with photo management at all, you get everything everywhere backed up and optimized for the space you have.
You are correct that if you wish to save space you do so by activating "optimize storage" on the device or Mac and it automagically reduces the size of the photos when space is needed. The full size full resolution copies are always on iCloud. When you select one to view, it is pulled down in full resolution.
However, it still stores a reduced size copy on the phone. You need not worry yourself with photo management at all, you get everything everywhere backed up and optimized for the space you have.
https://www.apple.com/icloud/photos/
In your case though, it seems not to be able to upload new full sized versions to her iCloud Photo Library. This could be for two reasons, her free 5GB of iCloud storage is full, and she will need to purchase an additional 50GB of space for $0.99/month. Alternately, her phone isn't able to upload and sync photos to iCloud because it doesn't have enough connection time. Maybe she needs to insure it is on wifi at night...
There is no way to do what you wish to do with iCloud Photo Library. If you wish to save space you do so by activating "optimize storage" on the device or Mac and it automagically reduces the size of the photos when space is needed. The full size full resolution copies are always on iCloud. When you select one to view, it is pulled down in full resolution.
You need not worry yourself with photo management at all, you get everything everywhere backed up and optimized for the space you have.
You are making regular backups of your Mac, right??? MacOS includes the dead simple Time Machine backup software, all you have to do is use it:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250
Now, there is iCloud Photo Library for Mac, which is also a good idea. It works just like on an iPhone:
Yes, actually iMessage will do that. Not always, but it will.
Family Sharing handles all of this automatically — a shared "Family" calendar, sharing of purchased apps, the whole nine yards. I highly recommend you seriously consider it!
And on the iCloud drive page: > iOS automatically stores all your files in iCloud Drive. And with the iCloud Drive app built into iOS, you have one easy place to find, organize, and share them
If you need to wipe your phone, you should log out of iCloud first to be safe. Because if you are using iCloud Photo Library you will delete them everywhere if you deliberately delete them from your phone. I have never needed to wipe a phone that I wasn't selling or trading in, so I always log off of iCloud and turn off find my iPhone.
If you need to save space on your phone, you turn on "optimize local storage" instead under iCloud settings. It will be reduce the size of your local photo copies as needed to reclaim space. You will download a full copy if you select a photo. iCloud is a sync service that makes sure all your photos are backed up and available to you everywhere, it isn't just a storage drive in the sky.
Here's how it works:
Other than that The Verge article, I cannot find any info on this at all. When I google, I only get relevant results from 2014. Apple's website has not been updated with these tiers either.
I really hope this is true, it's the one thing that would push me to upgrade my iCloud plan to use iCloud Photo Library.
EDIT: After reading some posts here, it looks like this would come into effect on September 16. Unfortunately I cannot find anything on that either.
Of course you can do that! As an iOS user, we always find ways to transfer data among iOS device. If you want to transfer data from iPad to iPhone, you can apply iCloud(https://www.apple.com/icloud/) /iPhone Transfer(http://www.recovery-ipad.com/iphone-transfer.html). This is a way about iCloud for you. Tap "Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup" on your iPad to select "Back up now" to back up your iPad data. Secondly, power on your iPhone and sign in with the same Apple ID to restore from iCloud backup of iPad.If your data is too large, you will wait for a long time and you'd better buy more storage for this backup files.
I would like to point out that the Photo Stream folders will hold up to 1,000 images but only sync the photos from the last 30 days. If you had 1,000 images and were to erase a device and set it up again, the Photo Stream would then only have the last 30 days worth of images.
Photo Stream also does not do video, which is where having iCloud Photo Library comes in because it will do both and use the storage plan.
A good thing to do is read the summary next to each service in the Settings as they do a pretty good job of summing everything up. apple.com/icloud is a great place to read up on all of the services too.
if you have a non-jailbroken phone you can use icloud and "find my iphone" (a service provided for free by apple that will lock your lost iphone, only allowing it to call a designated number provided by you and also showing you where it's located)
Does your friend have find my iPhone set up? I'm not familiar with it and it might be enabled by default.
If the phone is connected to a network you should be able to use that website to remote wipe it.
In order to confirm it worked I recommend asking the kid that bought it.
How aren't you getting this?
iCloud: suite of cloud services
iCloud Drive: (specific) file backup and can be used across multiple apps.
The advice from the store would only copy the physical data, so apps or new purchases won't be synced/updated. But can be moved in it's entire, data and the xml library files (not sure which OS you're using?) once those are copied iTunes will open all your stuff identical to the other computer.
There's family sharing, which sounds perfect since you're his son/daughter. Guide: https://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/
Yeah, it's pretty ambiguous at this point. There's nothing on Apple's website that says anything exactly how it's managed. Hopefully more light will be shed on this in the coming days/weeks.
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my-iphone.html
It's a neat app especially in the case that you end up losing/getting your phone stolen. Can track your phone, or even lock it out and display a message on the screen remotely. Uses your Apple ID. Also, if the phone is stolen and this is activated no Apple store will unlock it for you.
I work at best buy and we had a lady freaking out that someone stole her phone out of her purse. One of our mobile reps helped her get logged into the app, and it turned up she had left her phone in her car and never even brought it into the store.
I get it now. Your iCloud email address is already an Apple ID. That's why it won't let you change it. I ran into the same issue back in the .Mac days. I just ended up abandoning the Apple ID with my gmail address and started using the other one. Thankfully that was before the app store, so I didn't have any apps linked to that account. I never found a way to merge the two accounts. Someone else here might know how to do it. However, with family sharing coming, I think you could make the iCloud account the "parent" and the gmail account a "child" and not lose any purchases.
Why do people keep saying iCloud doesn't back up videos?
https://www.apple.com/icloud/icloud-photo-sharing.html
> With iCloud Photo Sharing, it’s easy to share photos and videos with exactly the people you want to see them.
Also,
> And we are going to just a random post on 4chan with absolutely nothing to back it up?
You do realize that evidence is just information that helps you steer closer to the truth right? That's the definition of evidence. I didn't say I had the smoking gun. I just gave the evidence that people were going off of. Evidence can be proven wrong with additional evidence.
> find my iPhone
hey idiot, he didn't make a typo...
https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my-iphone.html
try educating yourself, or even a simple search before going ~~grammar-nazi~~ full retard.