The ace up the sleeve of Officer Garland, an avid Apple consumer was something called “Find My iPhone,” a free 5.4-megabyte piece of software, or app, that he had on the iPhone in his pocket. This friendly reminder comes to us from a recent New York Times article, which details the story of a police officer using iCloud to bust an iPhone thief and return the iPhone to its rightful owner using none other than the free Find My iPhone service:
Proof in the Pudding: Police Catch iPhone Thief Using iCloudĭon’t wait until it’s too late. The Mac will now be accessible via the iOS Find My iPhone app in the device list, and can also be pinpointed on a map using the website.
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It’s that easy to turn on, but you’re not quite finished yet because you will want to also install the Find My iPhone app for iOS.