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In every new release of the macOS, there are lots of features added or improved considerably. Some of them, like editing documents in Quick Look, are used almost universally. Others might be thoroughly enjoyed by smaller segments of the Apple audience — which, of course, makes them no less important.

The new release of macOS Catalina scheduled for the fall of 2019 contains over 120 new features that improve nearly all aspects of the operating system — from transporting Screen Time to Mac via iOS to the ability to use your iPad as a second screen to finding your friends and devices through a single Find My app.

Download Find My Friends and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. ‎Find My Friends allows you to easily locate friends and family using your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Just install the app and share your location with your friends by choosing from your contacts, entering their email addresses or phone numbers, or using AirDrop. The Find My app combines Find My iPhone and Find My Friends into a single app for iOS 13, iPadOS, and macOS Catalina. The Friend Pass has the same download size as the full game. It is only available digitally through the Origin, PlayStation, and Xbox stores. Once you’ve downloaded and installed the Friend version, you can find it in your game library just like any other game you’ve bought. When you get an invite from a friend, it will be sent through your.

What Is The New Find My App?

The new Find My app combines all scattered apps and utilities that helped you find your friends and devices before. Previously, Find My iPhone and Find My Friends were available as separate iOS and watchOS apps, with a possibility of accessing them through icloud.com as well. Quite confusing to say the least.

With the release of macOS Catalina, a single Find My app will be available on macOS, iPadOS, and iOS to unify the experience among all devices. Good news is, if your Mac is newer than 2012 and passes all minimum requirements, you can download macOS Catalina today and try the apps and features right away. Now let’s dive into how to use Find My app specifically.

Find My Friends inside the Find My app

Since iOS 8 and watchOS 3, you’ve been able to locate your friends anywhere they are if they connected with you through the Find My Friends app. Not much has changed for those devices in the new Find My app — Mac, however, got its own version, which unlike the one in icloud.com is now full-featured.

If you haven’t used Find My Friends before and would like to now, first you need to share your own location:

1. Go to icloud.com.
2. Select Find My.
3. In the bottom left, click on your avatar.
4. Check Share My Location ➙ Done.
5. Great! Now others can request your location too.

When you launch Find My in macOS Catalina, you’ll see a list of people you’ve shared location with on the left and the map on the right. The map lets you see all you friends as well as yourself. You can also change the map interface from the default (drawn) to Hybrid or Satellite.

To add a new person to the list:

1. Scroll through the list and click Add.
2. Enter their email address ➙ Send.
3. As soon as your friend agrees to share location, you’ll see them on the list.

After your list of friends is complete, click on any name to either see their contact info or directions in Apple Maps of how to get to them. You can also remove people from the list that way or stop sharing your location with them.

Find your devices easily

If you catch yourself frequently misplacing your devices, you’ll be glad to know that finding your iPhone or Mac became even easier in the new Find My app.

To find your devices through the Find My app, you first need to enable the option in your iCloud settings:

1. Launch System Preferences.
2. Select iCloud.
3. Check the box beside the Find My Mac option.

Now you’ll be able to see all your devices when you open the Find My app and switch to the Devices tab at the top. If you click on any given device, you’ll see its location and have the option for it to play a sound (so you can locate it locally), see directions in Apple Maps, and mark the devices as lost.

When you say that one of the devices is lost, Apple will lock the device along with its Apple Pay capability and ask anyone who picks up the device for the account information. A welcome new feature here is being able to locate your phone or laptop even if it goes offline through a new encrypted algorithm that pings nearby Apple devices through the Bluetooth signal. Genius!

Always shred your sensitive files on Mac

Download Find My Friend On Macbook

As our devices are now more portable than ever, and most of us sport MacBooks in cafes and co-working spaces around town, the possibility of losing them increases exponentially as well. The first step in securing yourself from the unexpected is to have a backup — and luckily, with iCloud and lots of backup solutions on the market, most of us do.

What’s discussed much less frequently is the amount of sensitive data (personal and corporate) that we process every day. Tax information, financial statements, medical records — you name it. And when we’re done we just delete it thinking it’s gone forever. But it’s not. Identity thieves can easily recreate the recent contents of your Trash if they get access to your Mac. The only secure solution here is to use the digital shredder:

1. Download a free Shedder included with CleanMyMac X (by many accounts the most thorough one on the market).
2. Launch the app and navigate to Shredder in the sidebar.
3. Click Select Files.
4. Choose which files you’d like to delete completely.

From now on, every time you encounter a sensitive file, make sure to use the Shredder to get rid of it. After that, it’s also a good practice to use an algorithm to clean your Trash without any issues:

1. In CleanMyMac X, navigate to Trash Bins.
2. Click Scan.
3. Review Details and then Empty when you select everything that applies to your situation.

Now that your Mac is free of sensitive information and unneeded files — you’re finally safe and secure in case your Mac goes missing. Besides, feel free to explore other available scans in CleanMyMac X, which is a top-rated optimization software for Mac overall. Start with System Junk, take a look at Maintenance, try Malware Removal, and more! Even if you decide not to upgrade to Catalina beta just yet — you should know that CleanMyMac X works on macOS Mojave too. What a no-brainer!

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Use the Find My app

Find My combines Find My iPhone and Find My Friends into one app in iOS 13.

Set it up

Set up Find My on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. You can use it to find your AirPods or Apple Watch, too.

Share locations

Easily locate friends and family members. Share your location with others, and let them share back.

Find devices

With Find My [device] and Location Services turned on, you can locate a lost or missing device.

How to use Find My

Use the Find My app in iOS 13 to help locate lost devices and share your location with friends.

Download Find My Friend On Mac Os

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Use Find My on iCloud.com

Turn on Activation Lock

Find My includes Activation Lock, a feature that prevents anyone else from using your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch, or Mac if it's ever lost or stolen.

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Still can't find your device?

If you think your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple Watch, or AirPods is lost or stolen, these steps might help you find it and protect your data.