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Welcome to the OpenTagViewer wiki!

This wiki contains a summary of some good-to-know information when it comes to using the OpenTagViewer app.

🤓 Prerequisites

To use the app at this point in time, you're going to need:

• An Android phone with the OpenTagViewer app installed on it
• A (free) Apple Account with 2FA enabled either via SMS or Trusted Device
  • You can easily create a "throwaway" account
• One or more AirTags, which need to already be registered with Apple via the iOS FindMy app
  • Currently this requires somebody to have an iOS device (i.e. iPad or iPhone) to register them.
  • This iOS device is only needed once during AirTag registration.
  • The owner of some iOS device can also simply share "their" AirTags with your new Apple Account.
• A Mac or (free) MacOS Virtual Machine of MacOS version Sonoma (14) or LOWER (so: not MacOS Sequoia (15)!).
  • See this page for a reference of setting up a MacOS VM.
  • This MacOS device is only needed once to export details about the AirTags for the OpenTagViewer app.

🏃 How To Set Everything Up

1. Install the OpenTagViewer app on your phone
2. Choose an Anisette Server (you can change this later)
   • If you want to set up your own custom Anisette server, see this wiki page
3. Log in to the Apple Account with its email and password on the login page
   • You will likely be prompted to enter your 2FA code the first time you connect to the chosen Anisette server
   • Only SMS and Trusted Device authentication is currently possible
4. Generate an export .zip file by following this wiki page
   • ℹ️ Automating this via an UI-based tool is pending!
5. Import the .zip file in the OpenTagViewer UI
6. ...
7. Profit! You will now be able to track your AirTags on your Android phone indefinitely