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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Find My for iPad w/o cellular
Date: 22 Jul 2024 21:46:52 GMT
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On 2024-07-22, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > On 7/17/24 6:49 AM, Chris wrote:
>> >> Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>> Hi somebody just asked me something and I don't know the answer. If you
>> >>> have a iPad that only does WiFi, what happens if you misplace it
>> >>> somewhere or it gets stolen and you want to use Find My to find it? It
>> >>> can't connect to the Internet to say where it is unless it gets near a
>> >>> WiFi network it already knows.
>> >>> 
>> >>> I know maybe it can use Bluetooth if there are other Apple devices
>> >>> around, but that's more iffy. Iphones can get on the Internet with
>> >>> cellular and say where they are, but what about an iPad w/o cellular??
>> >> 
>> >> The same way it works with AirPods and AirTags neither of which have wifi
>> >> either. It's all bluetooth.
>> >> https://www.howtogeek.com/725842/what-is-apples-find-my-network/
>> >> 
>> > 
>> > Okay, so like I said it's iffy b'cuz it can only use Bluetooth so other 
>> > things have to be near it or you can't find it. Not like a iPhone that 
>> > can report where it is itself.
>
>> It's not at all iffy. It works very reliably because there are billions of
>> Apple devices above the world. 
>
> Well, in S. Korea Find My won't work far away. See 
> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255210088 :(.

It doesn't work on the moon either. :(.

That definitely means Chris is wrong, right? 🤡

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