Apple AirTags tips and tricks: Get the most out of your tracker

(Pocket-lint) - Apple AirTags are small, circular devices that you tin connect to your belongings via a scope of accessories. If you past misplace immoderate of those belongings, you tin usage the Apple Find My app to assistance you find them. 

There aren't arsenic galore hidden features with the AirTags arsenic the AirPods, but determination are inactive a fewer that volition assistance you get the astir retired of them. 

Here are the champion Apple AirTag tips and tricks.

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How to acceptable up an AirTag

Setting up an AirTag is ace easy. Simply propulsion the integrative tab retired arsenic soon arsenic you're acceptable to acceptable it up and clasp the AirTag wrong 50mm of your device. 

A paper volition look astatine the bottommost of your screen, pat connected it to travel the instructions and get your AirTag setup.

How to rename an AirTag

You tin sanction an AirTag erstwhile you acceptable it up but if you alteration it afterwards if you privation to. Open the Find My app > Tap connected Items > Tap connected the AirTag you privation to rename > Scroll down to Rename Item > Choose from the list.

How to region an AirTag

If you privation to region an AirTag from your Apple ID relationship and your Find My app, unfastened the Find My app > Tap connected Items > Tap connected the AirTag you privation to region > Scroll down and pat connected Remove.

You tin besides swipe close to near connected the AirTag from the database successful the Find My app and pat connected the reddish bin icon.

How to find an AirTag

If you're looking for an point that you person an AirTag attached to, you tin unfastened the Find My app to get precise determination directions.

Open the Find My app > Tap connected Items > Tap connected the sanction of the point you privation to find > Tap connected the Find icon. You'll past get directions to your item.

Get your AirTag to play a dependable to find it

Rather than get directions to an point you person attached to an AirTag, you tin besides get it to play a sound. This is large for if you person dropped your keys down the broadside of the sofa oregon something, for example.

Open the Find My app > Tap connected Items > Tap connected the point you person attached to an AirTag that you privation to find > Tap connected the Play Sound icon.

Put your AirTag into Lost Mode

If you person misplaced an point that you person attached to an AirTag and you cognize it's lost, you tin enactment it into Lost Mode. 

When successful Lost Mode, you tin take to beryllium notified erstwhile the point is found, fastener it truthful the AirTag can't beryllium assigned to different Apple ID and permission a connection with a telephone fig oregon email code for the finder to interaction you. 

Open the Find My app > Tap connected Items > Select the point you privation to enactment successful Lost Mode > Scroll down to Lost Mode > Select Enable > Select Continue.

How to get notified erstwhile you permission an AirTag behind 

It's imaginable to acceptable up your AirTag to notify you if you permission it down somewhere, and you tin acceptable up exceptions too. Great for if you instrumentality your keys retired determination and privation to marque definite you don't hide them erstwhile you leave.

Open the Find My app > Tap connected Items > Tap connected the point you person attached to an AirTag that you privation to beryllium notified astir > Swipe up > Tap connected Notify When Left Behind > Toggle connected Notify When Left Behind. 

How to acceptable up exceptions for erstwhile you don't get notified erstwhile an AirTag is near behind

You mightiness privation to acceptable your AirTags to notify you erstwhile they are near behind, but for erstwhile you permission home, for example. 

Open the Find My app > Tap connected Items > Tap connected the point you person attached to an AirTag that you privation to acceptable up the objection for > Swipe up > Tap connected Notify When Left Behind > Tap connected New Location  > Enter an code > Press 'Done'. 

How to cheque the artillery connected your AirTag

AirTags travel with a idiosyncratic replaceable artillery and you should get astir a twelvemonth of usage retired of it earlier you person to regenerate it. Still, you mightiness privation to cheque the artillery anyway. 

Open the Find My app > Tap connected Items > Tap connected the point with the AirTag you want. You'll spot the artillery nether the sanction of your AirTag.

Ensure you aren't being stalked by an AirTag

You can't beryllium stalked an AirTag arsenic if an iOS instrumentality detects an AirTag that isn't registered to your Apple ID, you volition get an alert to fto you know. It is imaginable to disable Item Safety Alerts, but if you bash this, you won't beryllium notified and the proprietor of the Apple AirTag volition beryllium capable to spot your location.

To disable Item Safety alerts, unfastened the Find My app > Tap connected the Me tab successful the bottommost close country > Toggle disconnected Item Safety Alerts.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 1 December 2021.