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Oct 13, 2013 3:47 AM in response to pennbankby divjyot_sngh,thanks but i have read it already, was not useful. the problem still pressits.
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Oct 13, 2013 10:30 AM in response to divjyot_snghby Linc Davis,Location Services relies on a database of known Wi-Fi access points. If Wi-Fi is not turned on, or if you're not within range of at least one of those access points, you won't be located at all, or your location will be wrong.
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Oct 13, 2013 10:54 AM in response to divjyot_snghby divjyot_sngh,I am using broadband which is over wifi .
But every other of idevice can be found on "find my iPhone "
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Oct 13, 2013 2:21 PM in response to divjyot_snghby Linc Davis,Please verify that the box marked Enable Location Services is checked in the Security & Privacy preference pane, and that the one marked Find My Mac is checked in the iCloud preference pane.
If so, take the computer and the iOS device to a public place with Wi-Fi access. You don't necessarily have to connect to a network; you just have to see it in the Wi-Fi menu. Verify that the iOS device can be located but the Mac can't.
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Oct 13, 2013 7:16 PM in response to Linc Davisby divjyot_sngh,Sir, I have already enabled the location services and also the find my mac in iCloud settings.
Thing is that when I connect my iPhone or iPad to my home wifi (broadband) , I am ABLE to find it on find my iphone and also in iCloud.com's find my iPhone .
But
When my MacBook Pro (mountain lion) is connected, the find my iPhone/mac only shows it as "online"
But "location unavailable ".
I have tried to find out if other websites too aren't able to access my current location .
Some sites like location.org tells exact location but googl maps online showing wrong.
Besides , there is not app in "location services menu, not even Safari but it access my location .
Please do tell me how location with "Find my iPhone " is accessed? Is it IP based like mostly websites do? Or it other thing which is creating problem?
Thanks
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Oct 13, 2013 7:43 PM in response to divjyot_snghby Linc Davis,Some sites like location.org tells exact location
I get only a parking page at that address, so I don't know how to interpret your comment. It's not clear whether you carried out the test I suggested. If you don't intend to, I have no other suggestions.
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Oct 13, 2013 7:50 PM in response to Linc Davisby divjyot_sngh,Correction: mylocation.org
And thanks for ur help I will carry out the public wifi test .
But I wished if it works on my home wifi for iPhone and iPad
It should also work for mac.
Another thing I like to mention is that "set automatic time/date according to location" also is unable to determine my location . I can't even not set it .
Thanks
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Oct 13, 2013 7:52 PM in response to Linc Davisby divjyot_sngh,And sir how can find my iPhone works only just when network is in wifi list not even connected. ?
Can find my iPhone works offline too? I think it Can't .
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Oct 30, 2013 5:58 AM in response to divjyot_snghby brockap3,I wanted to add to this discussion what I found today on my own Mac. I have been trying to get Calendar to show my location and it wasn't working, so I tried to find out why. Similar to the original poster, even my location in "date and time preferences" was not working with all settings set properly. At my office, which is where the Mac rests most of the time, I have access to both wifi and LAN, but I prefer to send wifi to my iPad through my mac and the ethernet for a more consistent connection, so I regularly use ethernet instead of wifi on the Mac itself, obviously. I noticed that once I turn off wifi internet sharing or unplug my ethernet and the Mac connects to the local wifi, I all of a sudden have a location.
This seems silly to me. I shouldn't have to only be on wifi as most ethernet connections also have logged locations, either provided by the ISP or whatever. I think this might be an issue with the provider of the network myself and the user is on. Even though my wifi is broadcast through my mac's ethernet to my iPad, the reason the iPad gets location is because it has a second source of location, the actual GPS chip (like the iPhone from the poster). And since the issue seems to be with the ISP (work network well locked down in my case), it seems there may not be anything the poster can do to turn it on.
You might try looking for any specific ports the location services on Mac use, or see if there is anything your ISP/network is blocking.
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Oct 30, 2013 8:05 AM in response to brockap3by divjyot_sngh,Thanks for sharing , I guess you are right . It's ISP problem.
Secondary one day, suddenly the location service worked and it showed in time & date settings too and as well on Find my iPhone too.
But now it's again showing unavailable.
So I conclude it's something to do with ISP settings
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Mar 13, 2014 4:17 AM in response to divjyot_snghby KTGHowie,I have had this problem myself on my Mac mini, and MacBook Pro. If I go into my iCloud settings in System Preferences, and then toggle Find My Mac on and off, the service starts working again... for a few days. I've seen this happen no matter where I am with my MacBook Pro. This service is totally useless if it is going to shut it self off all the time. It's no my ISP. It's not my wireless network. This is an iCloud bug.
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Mar 18, 2014 2:58 PM in response to divjyot_snghby c_estus,I also want to bump this issue: MBP late 2011, 10.9.2
In icloud find my devices- my macbook pro is showing online, no location availible.
I have date & time preferences selected to set automatically- but I always receive the message "unable to determine location at this time"
Location services on.
Find my Mac- selected.
What is this issue? I've read everthing (as far as I can tell) from support.
Has anyone got any idea about this?
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Mar 22, 2014 7:57 PM in response to divjyot_snghby hsahli,★HelpfulI had the same issue in my MBP. I was able to solve it using the following steps:
1. Disable Find My Mac from System Preferences --> iCloud --> Unckeck (Find My Mac).
2. Go to System Preferences --> Security & Privacy --> Click the lock to make changes. Make sure to keep it unlocked.
3. Return back to System Preferences --> iCloud --> Enable Find My Mac.
No the issue is solved. You can go and check it from icloud.com. If it is working, you can go back and return the lock from Security & Privacy to its origional status.
That's it