Geolocation not working after the macOS sequoia update

I had this same issue in Apple Maps and Safari after updating my 2020 MacBook Pro to Sequoia. Going into System Settings and turning the individual Location Services options for Apple Maps and Safari off and on again had no effect. The way I got it working was to turn Location Services off completely by unchecking the main option at the top, then turning it on again. Geolocation started working immediately in both Apple Maps and Safari.

Mine has just randomly started working again. The only thing I did, which may or may not be related, is turn Location Services on my iPhone off and on...

Yeah, same thing. It’s randomly turn on for few minutes and then stops working

For me it seems to be a Safari issue. Apple Maps work fine. But browser sites such as Google Maps, Met Office, BBC Weather, MeteoBlue are not working.

My Safari Location preferences are set to allow all.

OS Location Services are set to allow Safari to use Location Services.

No idea what is causing this but it is a massive pain.

MBPro 2021

The same problem on MBP 2019 16" (maps and other apps don't work, the time zone is not automatically detected), but on Air M1 everything works perfectly.

I even reinstalled the OS from scratch, it didn't help.

Not sure if this remains the case, but in Sonoma, you had to enable Wi-fi for geolocation to work properly. Just a thought.

Doesn't work me, that was the first thing I tried :(

This worked! However when I Location Services back on, after a few seconds Safari turned itself off... weird. I turned it back on, refreshed Safari and now geolocation is working. The old "have you tried turning it off and on again?" solution!

I've recently updated to MacOS sequoia (rc build one week before the official release date), everything worked fine, however a few days ago location services stopped functioning exactly as described here and so far no solution :(

Any news on this?

brand new MBP M4 Pro here, I have exactly the same issue.

Location services is turned on but won't work. it DOES however work on google maps only on chrome - but not on Safari.

won't work on Maps (native app), and neither with Siri.

seems to work fine in Find My.

Turn off location services on your iPhone and then turn them back on. Make sure to be on the same WiFi so your Macbook can get the actual GPS coordinates from your Phone. Google maps on Chrome seems to be using a different method to find the location.

However, even by doing that it does work form me only when I first enter on a page. If I want to get the location again without refreshing the page in Safari, the permission is denied.

Ugly workarounds until, hopefully, in iOS 18.2 this will be solved...

Also, if my phone or mac has VPN tuned on it's goodbye to any location access :(

This based on my own discoveries in trying to figure this annoying issue while working on an app, so don't trust me 100% on it. I can't find the comment on this thread suggesting the same thing anymore.

Have you already tried the universal macOS solution for many odd problems?

Reboot into safemode then back to normal and check it then.

How to use safe mode on your Mac

In Settings>Privacy & Security>Location Services has to be turned on

It works in Apple Maps and Google Earth