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Q: My iPhone and iPad have correct location but my Mac mini is using old address. Why?

I have tried to figure out why in the maps app my computer can't get my address right. Location services are on, on all three devices.I have a iPhone 4S an iPad 2 and a 2009 Mac Mini with WiFi and Bluetooth all have latest OS and newest updates. So my question is how is Mac Mini getting an old address (my contact info everywhere I can think of is up to date)

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), with WiFI and Bluetooth

Posted on Mar 20, 2015 8:09 AM

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Q: My iPhone and iPad have correct location but my Mac mini is using old address. Why?

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Mar 20, 2015 12:56 PM in response to mwm5053
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    Mar 20, 2015 12:56 PM in response to mwm5053

    Check System Preferences/Date & Time/Time Zone - is your location correct there?

  • by mwm5053,

    mwm5053 mwm5053 Mar 20, 2015 4:49 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Mar 20, 2015 4:49 PM in response to Eric Root

    Yes time and date are set to automatic time zone is set to automatic and both are correct.

  • by markwmsn,

    markwmsn markwmsn Mar 20, 2015 9:56 PM in response to mwm5053
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    Mar 20, 2015 9:56 PM in response to mwm5053

    Did you move your router or wifi access point with you from location to location? Your Mac may be basing its estimate of its location on the fact that it is still seeing the same router/WAP.

  • by mwm5053,

    mwm5053 mwm5053 Mar 21, 2015 9:28 AM in response to markwmsn
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    Mar 21, 2015 9:28 AM in response to markwmsn

    Yes I moved the router with me. What could I do about that? I use WPA2. Maybe I should reset it rather than just turning it off.

  • by markwmsn,Helpful

    markwmsn markwmsn Mar 21, 2015 8:15 PM in response to mwm5053
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    Mar 21, 2015 8:15 PM in response to mwm5053

    As I understand it, the problem is that Apple has your router's location stored in a database somewhere, based on its wifi network having been seen multiple times by iPhones passing by (yours and other people's). Eventually, new observations of its location should update the database.

     

    Before Apple started using its own database, it reportedly used a particular external database that had a defined interface for updating incorrect information. If there is a similar way to force an update to the Apple database, Apple hasn't gone out of its way to document it.

  • by jeff6791,

    jeff6791 jeff6791 Apr 9, 2015 8:19 PM in response to markwmsn
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    Apr 9, 2015 8:19 PM in response to markwmsn

    I found that "forgetting" the wifi network and then reconnecting updated the iphone to the correct location.