Your iPhone and iPad use locati services to track places you think are important. This is to help Maps, Photos and other apps to offer better locati-based information. It's either really cool, or super scary, depending your point of view. Here's how to see the important places where your iPhone and iPad have followed you.
To see the significant locatis recorded by your iPhone or iPad, do the following:
- Launch Settings
- Press Privacy [19659004] Select Locati Services
- Support System Services
- Select Significant Locatis
You will need to authenticate with Touch ID, Face ID or your access code to display the list of locatis. It's good because you do not want everye to see where you go out.
You can see where you have been tagged by Apple in significant locatis
My list was quite interesting. In some cases, places make sense – like the coffee I frequent near my home. Others, like a perfumer, were completely out of the base. The perfume shop is close to a company I visit, but I did not even know that the tagged company existed until I checked my list of important locatis.
The list is encrypted and Apple says that she can not read them. If you prefer not to have this list, here's how to get rid of it and prevent it from reappearing:
- Lancer Settings
- Press Privacy
- Select Services [19659004] Press System Services
- Select Significant Locatis
- Scroll down and tap Clear History
- Scroll up and turn off Significant Locatis [19659007] The iPad will not be able to …
