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lost iPad

What does it mean If an iPad character appears on the map in a particular position but

can't be found there?


iPad Air 2, iPadOS 15

Posted on Mar 9, 2023 5:44 PM

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Posted on Mar 9, 2023 6:04 PM

If you can see your iPad on the map in the Find app, and you have subsequently been to the location physically and ascertained that it is not there, it is because it is your iPad's last known location that you have seen on the map.


It also means that your iPad has not been online since. I hope you find your iPad again.


You can find more useful information here:

Use the Find My app to locate a missing device or item - Apple Support

If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen - Apple Support


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Mar 9, 2023 6:04 PM in response to slowSusi

If you can see your iPad on the map in the Find app, and you have subsequently been to the location physically and ascertained that it is not there, it is because it is your iPad's last known location that you have seen on the map.


It also means that your iPad has not been online since. I hope you find your iPad again.


You can find more useful information here:

Use the Find My app to locate a missing device or item - Apple Support

If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is lost or stolen - Apple Support


Mar 11, 2023 5:06 PM in response to slowSusi

Thanks for the helpful comments. The outcome was interesting. Continuing my search at sunset the low light incidence revealed my iPad in my quad bike. It had fallen down behind a radiator grill out of sight (even when I had searched there with a torch). So everywhere my bike went so did the iPad avatar. Up and down the hill to work. I nearly lost my reason and the relief one week later when I just happened upon the iPad was profound. It had 10% charge left, just enough to keep feebly signalling.

I am now working on my back ups.

lost iPad

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