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Take Control of Find My and AirTags, 5th edition
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Take Control of Find My and AirTags, 5th edition

by Glenn Fleishman
September 2026
Intermediate to advanced
173 pages
3h 55m
English
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Erase Your Device

We’re all quite rightly concerned about our private data stored on our most personal devices—the ones we carry with us all the time. Apple has done a stellar job in locking down access to an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch. But there’s still a fear: what if someone guesses our passcode or passphrase, or uses some new cracking technology to break in?

Apple offers an excellent option that can assuage some fears. You can remote erase your device by sending it an irreversible command that takes place immediately if it’s connected to the internet, or as soon as it’s next connected—if it ever connects again.

Erase Everything But a Mac

The last resort in some cases (or first in others) is a remote wipe, in which all the user data ...

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ISBN: 9781778043932