Actor and television host Joel McHale lost his apple watch on a flight and after tracking its whereabouts with Find My, you have a special offer for its new owner.
“The Bear,” “Community” and “Crime Scene Kitchen” star Joel McHale is apparently resigned to having left his Apple Watch on a flight. After discovering that he had forgotten it, he checked find my – and then took Instagram.
McHale’s Instagram post (source: Instagram)
The comments following his post included a few questions: “who takes off their watch on a plane?” Others suggested going to the house McHale showed in a Find My screenshot.
That shot showed that the Apple Watch was in one of perhaps seven buildings, so it wasn’t as if McHale was giving a specific address. However, showing an area ran the risk of enticing people to visit it.
In this case, the Apple Watch was lost rather than stolen, so it wouldn’t be a thief in the area shown in the photo. Police warn that people can use Find My to help tell authorities where a device is, but not should not try to confront anyone.
But another suggested the Apple Watch might have been ahead of them all, on another flight out of the area. Find My will show the last known location of a device, so it’s possible that even if McHale had checked again a few minutes later, it would still show the same location.
However, if you were actually on a flight, you might have expected Find My to show the Apple Watch in motion, at least the next time the plane landed.
McHale’s offer to give the Apple Watch to its “new owner” if he’s even close to guessing its password is funny but pointless. Even with the passcode, the Apple Watch will remain paired with McHale’s iPhone.
When you intentionally give away or sell an Apple Watch, you must first unpair it from the owner’s iPhone. That disable activation lockand allows the new owner to pair it with their own iPhone.
None of this would be a problem for McHale if he hadn’t taken off his Apple Watch. It’s not clear why he did this, but it’s a demonstration of one of the reasons why it’s a particularly bad idea not to keep your Apple Watch on while you’re on the move.
