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Reminders keeps asking to use location; Location Services resets

Been having this problem for a while now on Big Sur. My Reminders app prompts me to allow it to use my current location pretty much every morning when I log in to my Mac. The notice pops up several times even after I say 'OK'; sometimes it seems to be stuck in a loop and I have to add or complete a reminder to make it stop. On top of that, if I go into my Security settings I find that the Location service for Reminders is UNCHECKED even though I've previously checked that box and locked the padlock.


What gives? Is there a plist file or something I need to trash? I can't figure out why this setting won't stick. If it matters, my iPhone has the setting turned on and it's fine (never prompts me) and my iPad has Location Services turned off completely.


TIA!

MBP 2019 16", OS 11.6.5


MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Apr 28, 2022 12:06 PM

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PRP_53
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Posted on Apr 29, 2022 4:44 AM

" On top of that, if I go into my Security settings I find that the Location service for Reminders is UNCHECKED even though I've previously checked that box and locked the padlock. "


You are referring to below ?






1 - Suggest restarting in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.


3 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


4 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


5 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


6 - If after performing each of the above steps is the order that have been presents  and still have issues - please advise for possible further assistance.

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PRP_53
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Apr 29, 2022 4:44 AM in response to John Knowles

" On top of that, if I go into my Security settings I find that the Location service for Reminders is UNCHECKED even though I've previously checked that box and locked the padlock. "


You are referring to below ?






1 - Suggest restarting in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.


3 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


4 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


5 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


6 - If after performing each of the above steps is the order that have been presents  and still have issues - please advise for possible further assistance.

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