NAME a pin on Apple Maps (macos)

Can I name a pin on Apple Maps on macos?



I have a bunch of places I'd like to remember by a label, rather than the wildly inaccurate address Apple Maps tends to put in to everywhere I drop.

Mac mini (M1, 2020)

Posted on Apr 15, 2023 1:19 AM

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Posted on Aug 15, 2023 9:10 AM

Hey Tim, Thanks for this very clarifying post! I wanted to let you know about a (totally ridiculous) workaround that's been helpful to me. I create a contact on my Mac (this doesn't work on iOS) with my preferred name and enter the coordinates from the dropped pin in the Country or Region field. Then when you're searching for that location in Apple Maps, it comes right up. Hope this helps!


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Aug 15, 2023 9:10 AM in response to Tim St.Clair

Hey Tim, Thanks for this very clarifying post! I wanted to let you know about a (totally ridiculous) workaround that's been helpful to me. I create a contact on my Mac (this doesn't work on iOS) with my preferred name and enter the coordinates from the dropped pin in the Country or Region field. Then when you're searching for that location in Apple Maps, it comes right up. Hope this helps!


Apr 15, 2023 4:52 PM in response to dialabrain

After much research it appears that you're correct, maps doesn't let you name pins. Pins are effectively useless.


Most places I want to pin do not have an exact address. Google and Apple both do best estimate of the nearest address, but don't take into account that it might actually be 50 kilometres by road to get to that address from the dropped pin because Maps works by roads (it doesn't have any data on walking or cycle trails).


I want to drop pins predominantly on hiking or mountain biking trails, where there are no addresses, or the roads marked are mostly overgrown fire trails without public access (or completely wrong, or only accurate to within 100 metres).


Every time I think of one of these suggestions I put it on the Apple Feedback. They must have hundreds of things from me over the years. Nothing ever seems to come of it, and when I reach out to community discussions people often have other ways of doing them that I haven't thought of.


Unfortunately in this case it seems like not using Apple Maps is the solution. Google Maps eats my iphone battery like crazy when I'm out in the forest (no service = battery drain). I guess I'll have to go back to paying $45 for a paper map and marker pen.

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NAME a pin on Apple Maps (macos)

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