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Suddenly, my location is set as Washington D.C., and I'm in Covington, LA. How do I fix this on Sonoma 14.2.1 on my Macbook Air?


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.2

Posted on Jan 14, 2024 8:48 AM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2024 5:36 PM

Hi xylephone

welcome to the Appole (user-to-user) Community!


Re: Location: How do I fix this on Sonoma 14.2.1 on my Macbook Air?


Apple support has online articles (links below) for checking your settings in Sonoma:


Location Services must be turned on in order to determine your current location.

See Change Privacy & Security settings.

and

Allow apps to detect the location of your Mac - Apple Support


When location services are on:

You may want to check that accurate time and date settings are determined automatically.

Also check your closest city in the same time zone is listed correctly, or set it.

Change Date & Time settings on Mac - Apple Support

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If needed: Wondering if this 2022 discussion thread on a similar situation may be helpful:

my macbook shows wrong location. - Apple Community


All the best :-)

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Jan 14, 2024 5:36 PM in response to xylephone

Hi xylephone

welcome to the Appole (user-to-user) Community!


Re: Location: How do I fix this on Sonoma 14.2.1 on my Macbook Air?


Apple support has online articles (links below) for checking your settings in Sonoma:


Location Services must be turned on in order to determine your current location.

See Change Privacy & Security settings.

and

Allow apps to detect the location of your Mac - Apple Support


When location services are on:

You may want to check that accurate time and date settings are determined automatically.

Also check your closest city in the same time zone is listed correctly, or set it.

Change Date & Time settings on Mac - Apple Support

________

If needed: Wondering if this 2022 discussion thread on a similar situation may be helpful:

my macbook shows wrong location. - Apple Community


All the best :-)

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