Geolocation not working after the macOS sequoia update

I had this same issue in Apple Maps and Safari after updating my 2020 MacBook Pro to Sequoia. Going into System Settings and turning the individual Location Services options for Apple Maps and Safari off and on again had no effect. The way I got it working was to turn Location Services off completely by unchecking the main option at the top, then turning it on again. Geolocation started working immediately in both Apple Maps and Safari.

Had same problem on my MBP 16" 2019. Geolocation didn't work in any browsers and apps, like Maps or Weather.

Problem was in Wi-Fi preferences:

1. Turn off Privacy adress Wi-Fi
2. Turn off Limit tracking by IP address in the same preferences of your network

Solution which worked for me on macBook Pro:

1. Open System → Privacy & Security.
2. Disable Location Services (top of the page).
3. Open Terminal app.
4. Type sudo killall locationd and hit Return.
5. Open System → Privacy & Security again.
6. Enable Location Services.

Confirmed. Individual app Location toggles didn't work to resolve the problem, in my case, the Weather App refusing to detect my geolocation. My Location has been blank since I updated to the latest 15.5 release. I tried globally disabling Location Services for everything and flipping it back on and that resolved it. At least temporarily, I expect it will happen again sooner or later.

This is clearly a cosmetic bug of some sort that will hopefully be resolved. But now I know I can kick it in the pants if it gets stuck again.

Turning off location services entirely, waiting a few minutes, then turning it back on, solved my issues. M4 Pro Mini, Max Spec, everything updated.

This worked! However when I Location Services back on, after a few seconds Safari turned itself off... weird. I turned it back on, refreshed Safari and now geolocation is working. The old "have you tried turning it off and on again?" solution!

getting device public (into the area of additional WiFi hotspots or public/open networks without connecting to them) with turn off/on geolocation service fixed the issue

Same issue here. Turned WiFi On (I'm using ethernet) and now it is working :D

Not sure if this remains the case, but in Sonoma, you had to enable Wi-fi for geolocation to work properly. Just a thought.

Turn off location services on your iPhone and then turn them back on. Make sure to be on the same WiFi so your Macbook can get the actual GPS coordinates from your Phone. Google maps on Chrome seems to be using a different method to find the location.

However, even by doing that it does work form me only when I first enter on a page. If I want to get the location again without refreshing the page in Safari, the permission is denied.

Ugly workarounds until, hopefully, in iOS 18.2 this will be solved...

Also, if my phone or mac has VPN tuned on it's goodbye to any location access :(

This based on my own discoveries in trying to figure this annoying issue while working on an app, so don't trust me 100% on it. I can't find the comment on this thread suggesting the same thing anymore.

You could try to see if anything in System Services is unchecked at the bottom of the Location Service panel in Settings

Have you already tried the universal macOS solution for many odd problems?

Reboot into safemode then back to normal and check it then.

How to use safe mode on your Mac

For me it seems to be a Safari issue. Apple Maps work fine. But browser sites such as Google Maps, Met Office, BBC Weather, MeteoBlue are not working.

My Safari Location preferences are set to allow all.

OS Location Services are set to allow Safari to use Location Services.

No idea what is causing this but it is a massive pain.

MBPro 2021

The same problem on MBP 2019 16" (maps and other apps don't work, the time zone is not automatically detected), but on Air M1 everything works perfectly.

I even reinstalled the OS from scratch, it didn't help.

I restarted my router, and now location works in Weather, but still doesn't work in Maps or Safari.

macOS 15.0, Mac mini M2