GeeksModo Story Archive - September 2026

Separated earbuds appear as Left and Right entries of their own.

Find My lists everyone who can see you, and it is worth reading.

A three-word passcode takes centuries to crack; six digits takes a minute.

A tracker not marked as lost shows only four digits of its owner’s number.

Contact info switches itself off the moment the item is near you again.

Devices stay listed for years, showing “No location found” after a day.

Ransomware is the biggest worry on a Mac and remains nearly non-existent.

Without ultra-wideband, no third-party tracker can do Precision Finding.

The radius can be anything from 300 feet to 150 miles across.

The last four Intel Macs that ran Tahoe can go no further than that.