Find My iPhone does not find my MacBook Air

When you are searching for your Macbook, is the MBA turned on, booted, and connnected to the internet?

The "find" feature requires an internet connection.

Here's a good article about location services. It's a little old, but the most current one out there.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5009

It suggests settings you might check; for example, in Security and Privacy.

Hope it helps.

Location services depend on a database of Wi-Fi access points with known geographical positions. If the device is not within range of at least one of those access points, it can't be located.

So you can locate the iPhone but not the MBA when they're in the same place?

In the iCloud preference pane on the MBA, is the Find My Mac box checked?

In the Date & Time preference pane, select the Time Zone tab and check the box labeled Set time zone automatically using the current location (you may have to unlock the preference pane to do this.) Is your location shown?

Then you're apparently dealing with a bug in iCloud. You'd have to contact Apple for a resolution.

The other thing you want to make sure of is that you're using the Macbook's "Wifi" connection (and it's turned on), and not a third party Wifi adapter (that solved this issue for me).

I'm having similar issues with my MBA.

I travel a lot and use my MBA for these trips, but as a personal preference I never change the timezone on my laptop. Usually my iPhone has local time, and my MBA stays in my home timezone.

As a side note, should your MBA or iPhone get stolen, I guess this whole "find my iPhone/Mac" is pretty useless anyways because the settings are not protected by a passcode lock.

All a potential thief has to do is uncheck the "find my iPhone/Mac" option and voila, they're in business, so it's a nice gimmick but nothing more than that, unless I'm missing something... 😮

Set up Find My iPhone on a Mac

1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.If you’re asked to sign in, enter your Apple ID, or if you don’t have one, click “Create an Apple ID,” then follow the instructions that appear.
2. Select the Find My Mac checkbox, then confirm that you want to allow Find My iPhone to use the location of this Mac.Tip: For added security, make sure your user account requires a password and that automatic login is turned off in Users & Groups preferences. For more information, choose Help > System Preferences Help.