Find My on my MBP stopped working after macOS Tahoe upgrade but settings insist Find My is working

TanMan wrote:

This is my personal machine, not any employer's nor school's machine. I installed LoJack way back when, which got bought out by Absolute. It has nothing to do with an MDM system and the Find My app was working fine under Sequoia until I installed Tahoe. Then it stopped working. I'm not even subscribed to their MDM system.

I would suggest that you uninstall Lojack/Absolute software. The Mac Lojack software came out in 2006 and was last updated (according to MacUpdate) in 2014. Meanwhile the Absolute security software seems to duplicate what Find My Mac would normally do, which raises the likelihood of a conflict.

Also, according to Absolute's FAQ on its website:

"We currently support devices running Windows 10 or 11 (Home and Pro) and macOS 13, 14, or 15.

... While our software may install successfully, it has only been tested on the above operating system versions ..."

It might have worked under Sequoia but the manufacturer does not indicate that it works with Tahoe.

TanMan wrote:

Uh...what has Absolute got to do with Find My?

It may well be the cause of your problem.

Absolute is an MDM (mobile device management) provider, and it’s presence on your Mac means that your Mac is being managed by someone else (likely an employer/school, unless you subscribed and set it up yourself). One of the options with MDM is to disable the user’s ability to enable Find My (because the organization wants to prevent you from enabling Activation Lock, since that would prevent them from deploying the Mac to another user down the line).

Another user with a similar issue reported that connecting to the internet via their iPhone hotspot (instead of home WiFi) solved the issue. They were then able to connect normally (via WiFi) and Find My remained functional.

https://www.absolute.com/platform/secure-endpoint

Speak to the IT department of your Company / Organization/ University / School or Charitable Organization

What happens if you open Find My in this same mac? Can it not find itself?

I know you tried logging out of iCloud and back in - a good troubleshooting step.

Did you try clicking here:

and

a) Making sure that both the settings are ON;

or

b) If they were already both on, turning them off, quitting System Settings, restarting your mac and set them both to ON again

TanMan wrote:

Uh...what has Absolute got to do with Find My?

Suggest reading from the provided link which, judging from the above reactions they have Not

It can happen in one's overly rush day , they have overlooked

So there is is again

https://www.absolute.com/platform/secure-endpoint