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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Find My for iPad w/o cellular
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:03:15 -0000 (UTC)
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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 :(.

Interesting. Will bear in mind if I ever go to South Korea.  I suspect it
also doesn't work in North korea.