It is quite possible to locate your device Macbook Air if you ever lost it or had your computer stolen. Indeed, Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), allows you toactivate localization of your various devices in order to be able to find them as quickly as possible. Of course, to see using the geolocation from your device Macbook Air, it will be necessary to have configured the functionality Find my Mac upstream. If this feature has not been enabled on your device Macbook Air avant la perte or vol from the latter, you will then be unable to locate your device. Thus, you will find in this article the different steps to follow in order to locate your device Macbook Air. Good reading!

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What should be done before locating a Macbook Air device?

To be able to use the feature Find my Mac on your device Macbook Air, you will have to configure upstream. To do this, you will need to proceed as follows:

  • Open the menu Apple (the little black apple located at the top left of your computer screen) on your device Macbook Air
  • Click on System Preferences
  • Press Security and confidentiality
  • Click on Policy
  • Click on Localization service and confidentiality
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  • Select Activate the location service
  • Now select Locate in the list of applications displayed on your computer screen

Le location service is now activated. You must now configure Find my Mac on your device Macbook Air:

  • Open the menu Apple on your device Macbook Air
  • Click on System Preferences
  • Click sweat Apple ID (if you are not logged in, you will need to enter your Apple ID and the corresponding password)
  • Press Find my Mac
  • Click on To allow

You have now authorized Find my Mac to track your device Macbook Air. Make sure that Localization service et Locate are activated in the game Security and confidentiality, which you will find in the Preferences from your device Macbook Air.

The steps to follow in order to geolocate a Macbook

If you have successfully activated the feature Find my Mac on your device Macbook Air and you are looking to geolocate, here are the steps to follow:

  • Open Locate
  • Select the tab Appareils in the app Locate from your iPhone (or from another device Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),)
  • Connect to iCloud using your Apple ID and password and tap All devices
  • Choose your device Macbook Air in order to be able to visualize its current position on a map

You are now able to geolocate your device Macbook Air and thus be able find it in case of loss, or get closer to police services in the event of theft. Indeed, we strongly advise against going directly to the home of a person who has stolen your device. Macbook Air since even if you locate your device Macbook Air at this point, there may be a margin of error. He is illegal to go to people without having been authorized beforehand.