Any friends who allow you to follow them will show as a purple dot on the application’s map. To allow people to follow you, they must first send an invitation requesting to see your location, which must be accepted before your whereabouts will be shown on their map. Obviously, allowing the App to “Use Your Location” is pretty necessary! This allows the GPS location of the device to be shared on a server, so it can be viewed on another iPad, iPhone or Mac.
The “Push” part means you’ll receive notifications without signing-in first to check for any updates. Push notifications are things like badges (pop-up, screen messages) and alerts (sounds), similar to an SMS notification, which update you with information about people you’ve chosen to “Follow”. Remember, you’ll need separate sign-in ID’s for target and viewing devices.Īfter installation and sign-in, the App will ask you to “Allow Push Notifications” and “Use Your Location”. The application will prompt you to create an iCloud account when you sign in, if you (or your kids) don’t already have one. You’ll first need to install the free “Find My Friends” App on both target and viewing devices and then sign in with an Apple iCloud ID. PC users require Windows Vista or later, MS Outlook 2007 and iCloud Control Panel for Windows v1.0.1. Note: You will need to be updated to iOS 5 on all your mobile devices to run this App, as well as Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 to use the iCloud feature on any compatible Mac. I’m going to focus on setting this App up on your child(ren)’s device(s) so you’ll know where your kids are -as long as they have their iPad or iPhone with them (which if they’re anything like me, is nearly always) -and to configure parental controls to prevent anyone else turning this feature off.įor clarity I’ll refer to the kid(s) iPad or iPhone as the “Target” device, and the parents’ iPad or iPhone as “Viewing” device from now on.
Together with the iCloud feature introduced with Mac OS X Lion, this map-based App uses the built-in GPS (Global Positioning System) on your iPad and iPhone, to allow you and your friends to share your whereabouts, temporarily or permanently. One highlight of iOS 5 for the Apple iPad and iPhone is the free “Find My Friends” App by Apple.
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