How to Fix Find My Location Sync on MacBook?

It's great that you've already tried signing out and back into iCloud and checked the settings between the devices.

Here are a few more steps you can try to troubleshoot the issue with 'Find My' on your MacBook:

1. Sometimes a simple restart can resolve syncing issues. Restart your MacBook and check if the location updates start working.
2. Ensure that your MacBook has a stable and active internet connection. 'Find My' relies on an internet connection to update locations.
3. Confirm that Location Services are enabled on your MacBook. You can check this by going to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Location Services. Make sure the checkbox for "Enable Location Services" is ticked, and also ensure that 'Find My Mac' is checked in the list below.
4. Sometimes, security settings or firewall configurations might interfere with location services. Temporarily disable any third-party security software or firewall and check if the location updates.
5. If the issue persists despite trying these steps, it might be worth reaching out to Apple Support. They might have additional troubleshooting steps specific to your setup or be able to diagnose any underlying issues.

These steps should help pinpoint and potentially resolve the issue with the location not updating for one of your kids' iPhones on your MacBook's 'Find My' app.

Find My was working on my Mac Mini but not my iPhone 16 for my son's iPhone. The following solved the problem for me. In the Find My app on my Mac Mini I clicked on Share My Location. That opened another screen. I clicked the + sign and added myself from the contacts list. I showed up on the list of users able to see your location (even though the location for me didn't show). My name also appeared on the list of people in my Find My app on my iPhone. I then deleted myself from the Find My app on my Mac Mini. Voila, the location for my son suddenly reappeared on my iPhone (I was always able to see his location on my Mac Mini). I have not had this problem since doing the above.

I was just having this issue in reverse. MBP was working, iPhone wasn’t. In Find My on my MBP, I shared my own location with myself. All missing locations for my other friends magically reappeared.

I am having the exact same problem. I track my wife, sister, daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren. One grandchild stopped updating two days ago on my iMac in FindMy. She is showing on both my iPhone 12 and my iPad Pro in FindMy. There was an issued with her phone about two days ago where she was somehow signed out of FindMy due to not responding to updated terms and conditions. After this was resolved, she can be seen on both the iPhone and iPad but is showing location two days ago on iMac FindMy. I have rebooted my iMac and reloaded FindMy to no avail. Other problems seemed to happen on FindMy on the iMac during after the recent Sonoma 14.2.1 update. "Address unavailable" appeared frequently. The only way I go out of this was to exit FindMy, turn wifi on and off, then reload FindMy. I believe this problem is connected to the 14.2.1 update.

I used my email address because it wouldn't "see" my phone number. And, so far, it has worked for the one person I wasn't able to see!

Suddenly, my grandchild started to show up on my iMac and on my wife's devices. The problem must have self corrected for some reason. I don't know why since she was showing at her last located for nearly three days even though appearing correctly on my iPhone and iPad.

I have the same problem.

My niece's iPhone location is not updated in the FindMy app from my Mac, while it's up to date if I look at it from iCloud on the web, regardless of which browser and OS I Use (Safari or Chrome on my Macbook, or Chrome on my Windows workstation or Android phone).

Anyone looking into this?!

How did you share your location with yourself? When I try (by choosing "Share My Location" at the bottom left of the Find My window) and put in my own information ti says I can't share with myself.

For the record, I'm having the same issue with all my favorite people. They show up fine in Find My on my phone, iPad, and laptop, but on my desktop the last locations shown in Find My are over three months old now. As far as I can see settings are the same on all devices, and I see this when the devices are physically next to each other, on the same network. Find My on my desktop needs a good smack upside the head.

Hi Matthew,

Did you ever solve this problem. I'm running into the same issue with one friend.

My wife also tracks the same people and the same grandchild is not updating on her iPhone and iPad.

Has anyone found a solution to this problem? There is one person who hasn't updated on my MBP for 4 months,, but he updates on my phone. Two other people I'm connected to update on both devices.

I'm having a very similar issue. It updates on my Macbook Pro, but my iPhone hasn't updated for one person for 4 days