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2024 Apple Pencil Pro “Find My” does not work on 2024 iPad Pro

2024 Apple Pencil Pro “Find My” does not work on 2024 iPad Pro. Apple Pencil Pro shows up in my long list of Apple devices but says “No location found”. It is paired, linked to my Apple ID. What am I doing wrong?

iPad Pro (M4, 2024)

Posted on May 16, 2024 11:04 AM

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Posted on Jul 31, 2024 3:31 AM

This doesn't work for me. In Find My, it keeps saying "Please reattach Apple Pencil" no matter what I do. iPad Pro 13" M4, Apple Pencil Pro. iPad OS 18.0.

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May 17, 2024 9:03 AM in response to trospero

Update: I found instructions someone posted on Reddit a few hours ago, which suggested a fix. I did this, and it worked to fix the "No Location Found" problem. Here's what I did:


1. Unpair your pencil pro from Bluetooth and find my. 2. Restart your

iPad. (Wait 10 secs after turning it off) 3. Snap your iPad to the side

and let it connect. 4. Now go to find my and use the ‘+’ sign to

manually add your pencil.

May 17, 2024 7:26 AM in response to Chatsphotogpilot

Same issue for me. New iPad Pro with Apple Pencil Pro - Pencil was paired with iPad on setup, and the iPad knows about the Pencil, and FindMy knows about it also. But when I click on Find Nearby, all I get is a "No Location Found" message. I've prompted iPad to Forget This Device, and re-paired it, but get the same result. All of the relevant Location Services are turned on. It seems as if everything is working EXCEPT the feature that shows me where the Pencil is!


FWIW, this iPad was set up using the transfer data method pairing it with my older (2018) iPad Pro, not setting it up as a new device. Anyone else experiencing this problem?

Sep 9, 2024 5:47 PM in response to Geoges0926

I went to an Apple Store to the Genius Bar, and there they reset all settings, and worked !!!

Now the Apple Pencil is in Find My.

You have to go Settings - General - Transfer or Reset IPad - Reset - Reset All Settings.

Then you must activate location again of all devices, then go to Find My, connect the Apple Pencil to the iPad and follow instructions.

Please be aware that after these steps you must configure all settings again - Network wifi, Siri, etc.

Sep 24, 2024 7:52 AM in response to nikitaeverywhere

You can simply fix this my going into settings > general > transfer or reset iPad > reset > reset all settings. Then go to Bluetooth and click on Apple Pencil pro and tap on forget this device.


After doing all this soft reset your iPad

process to soft reset, volume up button then volume down button and then press and hold power button until apple logo appears on screen.


After all these simply go to find my and try adding Apple Pencil again, it will surely work. Good luck and enjoy the trouble shoot process

Jul 4, 2024 7:57 PM in response to Chatsphotogpilot

One caveat one this. Once you add your Apple Pencil to Find My, you can no longer turn off the Apple Pencil.


On prior Apple Pencils, and on an Apple Pencil Pro that is not registered to Find My, turning off Bluetooth on the connected iPad results in the Apple Pencil losing its connection to the iPad. This immediately shut down my two prior Apple Pencils (Lightning type and magnetic type). They would keep their charge for months and months in a bag; otherwise they'd drain down to zero in just a week or three.


The Apple Pencil Pro, though, seems to stay on for about 30 seconds after turning off Bluetooth, but then it too will shut down. Once you turn Bluetooth back on on the iPad, the Apple Pencil will no longer be accessible. In Settings, the iPad will say to place the Apple Pencil in its iPad charging spot to re-connect. It will then keep its charge for a looonnnggggg time.


Registering the Apple Pencil Pro with Find My seems to alter the settings so that it never shuts down (makes sense, I guess). I've not yet determined how long the new Apple Pencil Pro keeps its charge like this. I'll be checking that.


So, you have to choose whether to be able to always find your Apple Pencil or to keep it in your bag for weeks unused and always have it charged. (I'd charge my Apple Pencils to 80% before turning them off before, FWIW).


Note: I could add my Apple Pencil Pro to Find My without unpairing it. Just clicking + on Devices in the Find My app on the iPad guided me through this (you just put your Pencil back in its charging spot and authorize the addition to Find My.)

Nov 21, 2024 11:09 AM in response to Geoges0926

Went through all the steps to Reset All Settings, and when I go to add in FindMy it says I’ve already added this pencil. I did, multiple times trying to get it to show up, but it still won’t. Now instead of saying location not found it doesn’t show it exists at all since one of the first steps is to remove it from FindMy and Bluetooth. What a cluster!

2024 Apple Pencil Pro “Find My” does not work on 2024 iPad Pro

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