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Forget that, it’s a huge pain on a weekly basis when I go on a walk with my significant other and my iPhone reports that the one in her wallet is following me.

Forget that, it’s a huge pain on a weekly basis when I go on a walk with my significant other and my iPhone reports that the one in her wallet is following me. It’s a horrible UX that in classic Apple fashion has no concept of family and also breaks one of the AirTag’s key features. You should basically only rely on AirTags to find your keys at home.

SilverRed 5y ago
There is a button on that screen to ignore the airtag and it will never alert you again for that particular tag. Apple cant solve the fact you didn't read the small amount of text on the page.
- tolmasky 5y ago
  It's been reported that this option is not presented to everyone. (I do however get the option to disable Safety Alerts for all AirTags though, which isn't really what I want). Next time I get it I'll try tapping again to see if anything got kicked into place with 14.7.1.
  - top_kekeroni_m8 5y ago
    If the other user is in your Apple Family you will be presented the "ignore forever" option. Otherwise you can only ignore the AirTag for 24 hours. Very Apple of Apple. Terrible design.
eigen 5y ago
What to do if you find an AirTag or get an alert that an AirTag is with you https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227 To disable the AirTag and stop sharing your location, tap Instructions to Disable AirTag and follow the onscreen steps.
- SilverRed 5y ago
  "Disabling it" is just an animation that shows you how to pull the battery out of the tag. Likely not what they want to do.
partsKnown 5y ago
Why say, "significant other" then refer to her as female? Why not just say girlfriend like a normal human being?
spideymans 5y ago
That's interesting. You shouldn't be getting those alerts, assuming she has an iPhone, Apple Watch or any other Apple device with her at the time. AirTags will not send that "following" notification if any of the owner's devices are nearby. In any case there is an option to disable the alerts for that AirTag when you receive the notification.
ewindal 5y ago
The least believable part of that complaint is that you and your SO go on _walks_ that are more than 8 hours long.
- frosted-flakes 5y ago
  It's not believable that someone is with someone they live with for more than 8 hours?
- tolmasky 5y ago
  I spend most of my day with her... Also, perhaps their software is (I know, hard to believe) buggy? Either way, not sure what to tell you, this is what I see: https://twitter.com/tolmasky/status/1408946076531441664 https://twitter.com/tolmasky/status/1408946076531441664 I believe the reason this happens at the end of a walk is because it specifically fires off when you enter your own home (either geofence of detection of your home WiFi or something). So it's probably accumulating throughout the day, then we go out, come back, and it shows it.

SilverRed 5y ago

There is a button on that screen to ignore the airtag and it will never alert you again for that particular tag. Apple cant solve the fact you didn't read the small amount of text on the page.

tolmasky 5y ago
It's been reported that this option is not presented to everyone. (I do however get the option to disable Safety Alerts for all AirTags though, which isn't really what I want). Next time I get it I'll try tapping again to see if anything got kicked into place with 14.7.1.
- top_kekeroni_m8 5y ago
  If the other user is in your Apple Family you will be presented the "ignore forever" option. Otherwise you can only ignore the AirTag for 24 hours. Very Apple of Apple. Terrible design.

eigen 5y ago

What to do if you find an AirTag or get an alert that an AirTag is with you https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227 To disable the AirTag and stop sharing your location, tap Instructions to Disable AirTag and follow the onscreen steps.

SilverRed 5y ago
"Disabling it" is just an animation that shows you how to pull the battery out of the tag. Likely not what they want to do.

partsKnown 5y ago

Why say, "significant other" then refer to her as female? Why not just say girlfriend like a normal human being?

spideymans 5y ago

That's interesting. You shouldn't be getting those alerts, assuming she has an iPhone, Apple Watch or any other Apple device with her at the time. AirTags will not send that "following" notification if any of the owner's devices are nearby. In any case there is an option to disable the alerts for that AirTag when you receive the notification.

ewindal 5y ago

The least believable part of that complaint is that you and your SO go on _walks_ that are more than 8 hours long.

frosted-flakes 5y ago
It's not believable that someone is with someone they live with for more than 8 hours?
tolmasky 5y ago
I spend most of my day with her... Also, perhaps their software is (I know, hard to believe) buggy? Either way, not sure what to tell you, this is what I see: https://twitter.com/tolmasky/status/1408946076531441664 https://twitter.com/tolmasky/status/1408946076531441664 I believe the reason this happens at the end of a walk is because it specifically fires off when you enter your own home (either geofence of detection of your home WiFi or something). So it's probably accumulating throughout the day, then we go out, come back, and it shows it.