Cannot Set Location Name, Find My

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For my friends / family, I can set the Location Name in iOS, iPadOS ... but it's not working in macOS (Monterey, and now Ventura). Is this a known issue (and with a known fix)?

Thanks!

Posted on Dec 9, 2022 9:36 AM

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Dec 12, 2022 11:02 AM in response to arrmo

Greetings arrmo,

If the steps included in the Apple Support Communities link you posted have not resolved the issue you are seeing, the next step will be to Contact Apple Support directly for further assistance.

Take care.

arrmo Author

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Dec 12, 2022 12:39 PM in response to Dustin_R_308

Those steps did not - and even more interesting ... I can set Location Names in macOS => they then show up in iOS, iPadOS, but not macOS.

Thanks!

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