I recently posted this (unable to find my old posts) and thought I had a solution. However, I restarted my Mac mini yesterday and now Maps again is no longer doing anything when I click on the Location Arrow. Find My does find me but Maps does not. I have again checked Location Services in Privacy and all is correct.
Sonoma 14.4.1 (23E224)
I did open that topic but with weeks of troubleshooting I was never been able to get it to work reliably. Even placing the computer within three feet of the AP, unobstructed by any peripherals, did not improve speeds. Is the WiFi on a brand new Mac mini M2 Pr… - Apple Community
Moreover, this Maps issue only began with MacOS 14.4.
I can confirm though that turning wifi off presents a pop up in Maps saying that wifi is required. This did not appear when location services weren't present.
I'm also noticing a new feature where if you zoom into your location enough it will show "My Location" with my iCloud profile icon. So there's definitely been some "improvements" to Maps.
Wifi is on. However, being that my computer is a Mac Mini and wifi is not usable on this product, I also have ethernet connected.
Would this have anything to do with Find My being able to use location services and Maps to not?
WiFi is both required for precise location and also fully usable. Mine runs at 800+ Mbps without hiccups (and no I don’t stand it, it lies flat).
I would post a separate discussion to fix your WiFi issues. Ethernet and Maps don’t get along, unfortunately. Sorry!
Let’s continue from my last, unreplied post to you there:
“Your configuration is overloaded with 3rd party peripherals including some over hubs, which IMO is the root cause of WiFi degradation. How are you measuring speed? Disconnect them all and post details on your testing please.”
LOL I had lost the email and was otherwise unable to find it here in this forum which does not keep track of a user's post history. Only yesterday did I learn that you can use an internet search to find Apple forum posts by author. I deleted the speed results and signal maps long ago but, as I said, I had the same issue with the computer sitting near the router unobstructed by any other peripherals. Sure, it was 'better', but not by much.
Even with Wifi off, I can click on the location arrow in Find My to get my location. When the noted issue is present with wifi on, the location arrow in Maps does nothing. Seems like a bug in the software to me.
Same issue, any help?
Did you get it to work?
Is WiFi on?
Since your Mac WiFi is still not up to scratch and possibly broken, I would schedule an Apple in-store repair appointment next.
Maps for MacOS is not searching for my location.
