How to see Significant Locations on iPhone

Just spoke to my third senior Apple advisor

in 10 days. Was guaranteed last week Saturday that I would receive a return phone call from an engineer this evening, they even specified an exact time. After waiting for an hour and no return phone call, I called them….again.

It boils down to this, we need to go to apple.com back/feedback to get their attention. Specifically using the “feature request“ choice in the drop-down menu so that this issue goes to the correct department. The advisor read to me a previous engineering reply from another caller that indeed stated that this is expected behavior in IOS15. He also said that doesn’t mean that it’s been eliminated but that this is just what engineering is saying, Meaning there is a possibility, however slim, that a workaround could be generated in the next iOS update.I know this isn’t really of any comfort to anyone but it’s all I know.

Has anyone gotten an actual answer/solution? I know where the info used to be, but it’s not there now. It seems to be teasing me by showing that there’s a “Summary” of locations that I can’t access! 😩

How long will it take apple to fix this mess. I have lost so much money due to this bug. We should sue apple for their neglect in testing features before pushing our updates and ignoring users request on getting this fixed.

Why even show the history exists if we have no access to it? I need it for a car accident and expecting to have access but not having access yet knowing it exists really hurt. Is there any way beyond your info to access those records?

So thats fine for everyone who runs Mac but nobody else can see the info??? At the very least attach it to the iCloud account so anyone can view the details... This is the most ridiculous "update" I have ever encountered. Oh lets take away a feature that we've have in place since the invention of the iphone????

I have an iPad without the iOS update so was wondering if I could still see my significant locations there. Unfortunately, it is only showing a few, not all 200+ that would be on my phone before the update. Anyone know how to correct that?

Apple has completely lost its mind. As a contractor I RELIED on this information monthly. Did you think that someone might be using this data other than you. I just upgraded and I have LOST an entire month of data.

Apple send me a check for 10K!

Responding to Apple‘s comments that I was using significant locations in a way that they didn’t intend so they took it away.

If, I buy a lawn rake to rake my leaves, but instead use it to rake the sidewalk or use it to collect the leaves to put them in the bag. Does that give the company that makes the rake the right to come out and take the rake, because I’m using it in a way they didn’t intend for me to use it?

Ridiculous logic for taking the feature away.

Apple doesn't have access to significant locations.

Significant locations are end-to-end encrypted and cannot be read by Apple.

If you want a copy of the data Apple does have on you, go here:

https://privacy.apple.com/

Hi, I've seen this, borrowed my sisters MacBook, updated it to bigsur 11.6.1.

I've created a new user and added my Apple ID to the user. The only bit I'm struggling with is how to get all the "details" for significant locations from my phone to the Mac.

Do I need to do a full backup to the max for this? (Not enough space as my phone as the MacBook only has 52gb available space and there's not much else to delete.

feel like I'm so close but just need help with this last bit.

thanks in advance!

My workaround: I use the Life Cycle app to see my detailed location activity. Google Maps will do the same. HOWEVER, every time I update my iPhone, I have to Disable and then Enable Significant Locations. Then, re-start my iPhone. Otherwise the detailed location history won't show in the app.

Not sure if this still works but on another discussion page, a user commented:

I FIGURED IT OUT. If you depend on this information to fill out your payroll I'm right there with you! 😭

Solution? If you have a Mac, you can still view your location history in detail by going into system preferences > security and privacy > *unlocking the lock with your password* > "details" on system preferences. I'm gonna get paid 🥳🥳🥳 Idk how long this will work so have backups in the future in case Apple screws us over again.

For reference my Mac is on Big Sur 11.6

Wouldn’t use it as an app. I can keep notes. I don’t want a 3rd party involved. This was convenient. I would not pay for the app… and also require the app to always track location is not something I am interested in.

Sorry but it’s been disabled by Apple,

Contacted Apple who responded with this:

I understand. Steven currently significant locations doesn't not provide the details of each location, this information is a background information for the system to remind important action you did with your device, like pictures taken in that location or similar. Well what I am saying is that with this feature Your iPhone and iCloud-connected devices will keep track of places you have recently been, as well as how often and when you visited them, in order to learn places that are significant to you. This data is end-to-end encrypted and cannot be read by Apple. It is used to provide you with personalized services, such as predictive traffic routing, and to build better Memories in Photos.

Great feature disabled and no intention to restore it.

“We probably shouldn’t let the sheep see what we see.”

It was such a useful tool, it did freak most people out when I used to show them this. So I can see why there probably is an excel spreadsheet telling them it’s more profitable for the company’s image to just bury this further.

I don’t know who is in charge of this aspect of Apple but the last decade has pushed me away from trusting their feature updates and made me woeful to purchase new products.

Tim it is 2022, just give up already. It’s time for USB-C. 🤦‍♂️