Apple find my friends on macbook
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Hopefully it starts working for you guys soon. I suspect that you folks having issues with it will eventually see it start working. But when it was not working for me, it was frustrating. As of right now, everything is working for me and it is a nice feature. Wish we would get some info from Apple as to why certain people do not show up as live at first. That screen still uses the 30 sec (or whatever) refresh. I never expected that, but in thinking of this issue I wondered if some folks out there expect live to work on that view and show all their family/friends moving around the map.
Live does not work when all your contacts are shown on the map (the main "People" screen).
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When you sign in to or the Find My iPhone app in iOS, you can see your missing Mac on a. But accidents do happen and there can be no change in that. Find My Mac is a macOS feature that enables you to locate your machine if its lost or missing. I have not tried adding any new people lately.įor the live updates to work, you do have to select a particular person and have the app focused on their specific location. Losing an electronic device is probably the last thing anyone would want. In my case, it's been working for a while now for everyone that I have in Find My. There's definitely issues with it getting working, but once it does start it's great. Perhaps my search terms are not good enough, but I typically can find answers, if they exist, before posting questions like this.ĭoes anyone know what I could be missing? Is there a setting somewhere that turns on/off the live updates in FindMy? I have also searched the web and these forums. I have scoured the settings but have been unable to find what might be blocking the live updates. Given that the iPhone X is working, I am certain that this is not a phone model specific issue.
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If anybody knows if or how this works, and how to set it up, I'd very much appreciate your help. The web pages seem to indicate that you can do it using iCloud, but I see nothing in iCloud in System Prefs for Find Friend.
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The others that do work include an iPhone X, iPhone 11 Pro Max and an iPhone 12 Pro Max. That in addition to the Find Friends app for mobile devices that the same service is available on the Mac. The phone that is not giving live updates is an iPhone XS Max. The app is also required to track AirTag and other accessories compatible with the Find My network. the location works, but it is updated every few seconds/minutes. Apple’s Find My app is used to locate lost and stolen iPhone, iPad, Mac, and other Apple devices. Of the four of us, three of us show up as live location, but the fourth does not.
Isnt 'Find My Friends' basically the same thing except you are getting permission to see their devices. One of the main features I was interested in was the live location updates in the Find My app. I can use the 'Find My iPhone' app in iCloud to view the location of my laptop and desktop. All four of us have iPhones and have upgraded to iOS 15. I have 4 people in my family (including myself).