If you don’t yet have an iCloud account or a MobileMe account you’ll be migrating to iCloud, you can in a browser.) However, you won’t be able to use Find My Friends with your MobileMe ID until you

(This happens automatically when you sign in to iCloud under iOS 5 in the Settings app, or under Lion on your Mac via the new iCloud pane of System Preferences or by visiting You can also use an existing Apple ID with Find My Friends once you’ve converted that ID to iCloud.

If you’ve been using a MobileMe account or an Apple ID with Find My iPhone, you can continue using the service with those accounts. And my wife and I occasionally use the service to see each other’s progress during weekend errand runs. More than a few iPhone users who’ve misplaced their iPhone at home have used the Find My iPhone sound to reveal the phone’s location under a jacket next to the sofa. While Find My iPhone was originally designed as a way to recover-or, worst-case scenario, erase-your iOS device if it’s lost or stolen, it’s also become popular for other uses. Assuming the device has recently been on (and, in the case of Wi-Fi-only devices, awake) and connected to a mobile or Wi-Fi network, you can actually see its location on a map, as well as send a message to it, play a sound on it, remotely lock it, or even securely erase its contents. By using your iOS device’s location-determined using GPS circuitry or wireless activity (or both)-Find My iPhone lets you locate, and even track, your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, via the Web or aĭedicated Find My iPhone app. Ever since the Find My iPhone service debuted as part of the iPhone 3.0 software in mid-2009, Apple’s iOS device location offering been a popular feature.

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