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Carmon2
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Q: Can I track my lost ipad

Can you really track a lost or stolen Ipad from my PC?

iPad 2, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Oct 16, 2013 11:47 AM

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Carmon2

Q: Can I track my lost ipad

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  • by Michael Black,

    Michael Black Michael Black Oct 16, 2013 11:51 AM in response to Carmon2
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    Oct 16, 2013 11:51 AM in response to Carmon2

    If you had an iCloud account on it, and the find my iPad setting enabled, you might be able to.

     

    Open a web browser and login to your iCloud account (www.iCloud.com) and see if it shows up in the location app there.

     

    The iPad will need to be on a data network for it to be trackable - wifi or cellular does not matter, but tracking is done with an internet data connection between the device and Apple servers - no data connection and it will show as off line.

     

    In iOS 7, find my iPad would also have enabled Activation Lock.  So even if someone wipes the device, they cannot activate and use it without your AppleID and password.