Whenever I sign into iCloud, it asks me to allow or not allow entry into my iCloud in a different state than the one I reside in. Both iPhone 6 and Air have me located in NY and I live in NJ. How to make this correction??
MacBook Air
Most likely, your location is being identified by the IP address you have. That IP address is the egress point from your ISP to the wider Internet. That is undoubtedly in NY, not NJ. Not much you can do about it.
in some cases your ISP is determines the location, an IP address is not reflective of your home address, but registered to their business address (where you bill goes) some web services allow you to change this, some don't.
My ISP is 1,200 miles from my office, I get web results for businesses that are five states west of me and Google for instance won't allow me to change this even when I use their location change service, it fails and as Tim points out there are literarily no options to correct this because so much of it is automated.
ciao
TY for taking the time to reply. Guess I'll stop trying to get out of Southampton, NY via internet. If my Mac is recorded there, I would like to be there too.
Interestingly, when I had my MacBook Pro, never had this happen....which is why I have been trying everything to get back to hm. state. Have not changed provider and only purchased my "Air" 2 months ago. Strange. Now I will put my efforts into productive Mac use. TY so much
You are entitled to 90 day telephone support from Apple. Try contacting them.
Apple Support by e-mail or chat
Was on w/supervisor for a long time. Told me to "Keep signed in" checked and it won't ask me again. So, that is what I have done. No other attempt worked. Thank you
Italian Cheerleader wrote:
Whenever I sign into iCloud, it asks me to allow or not allow entry into my iCloud in a different state than the one I reside in. Both iPhone 6 and Air have me located in NY and I live in NJ. How to make this correction??
Your WiFi router may also not be properly registered in Apple's location database. Does your iPhone show the proper location if you turn off WiFi?
You are welcome.
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