why is my iPhone showing a wrong location as well as my iMac my maps and other apps work but not certain websites. i tried resetting it and it still has a city about 400 km from me. every time i sign in with my apple id it says its in another city. is my account hacked or whats going on?
time capsule-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
If this is happening while you're connected to your home WiFi network, it could be because the router is reporting it's location as somewhere else, sometimes a location where your ISP has a physical location. Your computer can only get a location from WiFi as it doesn't have GPS.
If you open up Maps on your phone, does it show you on the map where you actually are?
Hi Tina,
This is simply Apple pinging an IP address when you log into a new device or browser, for example. Mine always shows a state away from me.
If you initiated the login, the alert is fine...usually not close to us literally, but it's Apple just verifying it is you logging in at that moment.
The location discrepancy is covered in this support article: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204915
Hi thanks
Yes my maps in my phone shows me in the correct location. When I try to sign in with my Apple ID on my phone or iMac it shows a different location. I didn’t change anything??
location is wrong
