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What is this 'findmydeviced' in my location icon on the top menu bar?
I have location services on (for Maps & Safari only) and I randomly get this location notification on the top menu bar saying:
" Apps using location: findmydeviced"
What does this mean?
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Getting coordinates for frequent locations?
In iOS, if “system services” are active in privacy, my “frequent locations” are recorded, but I can only see, for each of them, a fragment of a map and a quite generic description: the name of a road, ...
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How to show the map in Photos?
I just upgraded to OS X Yosemite with the new Photos application. I have seen screenshots online where we can view photos on a map, however I can't get to that map.
How can I see all of my photos on ...
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How can I open a Google Maps URL in Apple Maps?
Is there a way for me to convert a Google Maps URL to an Apple Maps-friendly format so it opens in the correct place?
I might be in the minority, but where I am, Apple Maps offers vastly superior ...
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Disable webpages asking for location?
I've got a webpage that I have to access for work each morning and it continually asks to use my location. Is there an way to block this from asking for my location? I'm not so much concerned about it ...
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How to preview location of image on Albums on iPad?
I am able to see image's location on Photos tab on iPad, but how to preview the same in Albums tag using iOS 8 Photos app?
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Can I add a room number to an event's location?
Suppose I have an event at a building of which the location can find the address so I get a nice travel time estimate. Problem is, the building contains an awful lot of rooms and I'd really like to ...
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Address for "Home" is incorrect in Maps and I can't seem to find a way to updated it?
When I originally got my iPhone 5s I asked Siri to set my home address. At that time, it recognized a wrong address and I can't seem to find a way to correct it. It is listed with a little house icon ...
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iPhoto Smart Album for non-geotagged photos?
Is it possible to make a Smart Album in iPhoto that gathers all the photos without any location info, to facilitate geo-tagging them? I can't seem to find "lack of location" as a filtering option on ...
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Saving GPS Coordinates in Contacts
I live in a country which has few registered Apple Maps addresses.
All that i want is to store GPS coordinates in contacts to use those at the Reminders app.
I came from diverse forums like this and ...
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iPhone 5s aware of location even with no cellular service?
I live in USA and took my VZW iPhone 5s to Scotland; I never purchased a SIM card to use there. I noticed that my iPhone pictures uploaded to Flickr have accurate location data associated with each ...
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Visualise on a map the location of the photos inside a folder
Is there a software that I can point to a folder to see a map of the area of all the pictures present in that folder? With tiny thumbnails or dots.
Similar to what can be done directly on the iPhone, ...
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How do I share my location on more than one iOS device?
To take advantage of Mac-continuity, Safari, Photos, Passbook, and Keychain sharing features, I have to use the same account on all my devices. But, location sharing is also enabled through iCloud and ...
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Disable geolocation in Safari
I have tried to check "Decline without asking" (Translated).
Now, it won't show where I am on maps and so, but even though I use VPN, Google/Facebook/Youtube and other websites know that I am in ...
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How can I tell if my friend is broadcasting their location from an iPad vers an iPhone?
I wondered if there was a way to tell the device being used to broadcast a location in Find My Friends. As in, if someone switched over their location from iPhone to iPad to show that they were at one ...
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Location in Weather Widget is Wrong
The location in the weather widget of the notification center is permanently wrong since September 2014. I was in Ampus for vacation. But today I'm at home and the location is not changing!
If I ...
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How to route map between two distinct points?
I feel that this must be a common and easy feature on the iPhone. I am looking for the ability to map between two distinct points on the iPhone by thumbtack.
I understand you can do it via explicit ...
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Location services not working in OS X 10.10 Yosemite
On my wifi network there are two Mac (MacBook,MacBook Pro) and two iPhones (iPhone4, iPhone 5).
The MacBook Pro has been updated to OS X 10.10 Yosemite.
The MacBook cannot be updated to OS X 10.10 ...
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How can I have Safari on OS X remember to permanently trust a website with my current location? [duplicate]
The only options on the location privacy prompt are 'Allow' or 'Don't Allow', with a 'Remember my decision for one day' modifier checkbox as well. But what if there's a site that I trust in perpetuity?...
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Can an app in iOS 8 access Location Services even when it is not running?
I have the Kohl's app installed on my iPhone running iOS 8.1. I notice that whenever I enable Location Access for that specific app, it starts pinging my location immediately, based on the location ...
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Regarding geotagged photos
I am using an iPhone 4 and I have many photos taken in different locations. Now I am planning to get a new iPhone 6. Can I sync these photos to my new phone? If so, can I see the locations on the new ...
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How to tell Messages "I'm not at home"?
I leave my Mac running 24/7, but I'm not always sitting at it.
Is there any way to tell the Mac, or Messages specifically, if my phone isn't on the local wifi subnet, don't take messages, leave them ...
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How to disable camera on iOS devices in specific locations using a configuration profile or app
What I need to do is to disable the iOS camera (and any apps using the camera, of course) when entering a specific location. I know that I can use a configuration profile that disables the camera ...
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Apple Maps & E-Z Pass (detection?)
I've been driving a bit lately up and down the east coast of the United States and I realized that Apple Maps constantly tells me to "stay left" when going through tolls.
Every toll that I have gone ...
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How do I get current location by using Google Map or Apple Map
How do I get current location coordinate by using Google Map or Apple Map?
I want to copy and paste to email/whatsapp/waze.
I want some kind of this format. 3.1739161,101.984351
Anyone can help?
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To change default map application in iPhone
Apple Maps are very inaccurate. They costs my time and money when I use them by accident.
I want to change the default app to Google Maps.
How can you change the default Map application in the ...
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Photo location on IPhone 5s
How can I determine the location a photo was taken on my iPhone 5s? I've tried the photo app on the phone but the information is too general.
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How do I set a location for an event in iOS Calendar?
A date and time is incomplete without a location. How do I tell the iOS Calendar app where my event occurs, especially if the event does not have a street address that is resolvable by Apple Maps?
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How do I fix OSX Maps having the wrong location (Next Door)
On OSX Maps, when I use my "Current Location" always resolves to the house next door.
This is easy enough to override, by never using my current location, but is there a way to make it know the real ...
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OS X Maps app, seek with longitude and lattude possible?
Is there some way to get the Maps app in OS X Mavericks to show a specific known latitude/longitude expressed in numbers only? If so, what's the syntax?
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Apple Map App for use as GPS on my iPad air. Do not have iPhone
Will the Apple Map app operate with only a GPS antenna linked to my I Pad Air?
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Is there an external battery available that is compatible with iPhone 4s and 5s?
The company I work for is developing an app that uses geolocation and drains battery very quickly which is obviously a problem.
The customers will have both iPhone 4 and 5s so it would be great if ...
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Maps app on iPad-mini wifi only without internet
I have a iPad-mini wifi only device. Several times I have been able to pull up a map that I have bookmarked without being connected to the internet. This has been when I was in a vehicle with no ...
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iPhone shows wrong location
I recently moved and my iPhone still shows my old address for location services (e.g. in the Maps app and 3rd party applications that use Apple's location services). I assume the source of the problem ...
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Is it true that all cameras of all generations of iPhone can have photo + video geotagging?
I am a little bit confused about the geotagging feature in iPhone, so I will list all these lines & tell me if any of them is wrong.
iPhone 2G has a Rear Camera that can take photo only with ...
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Apple Maps Licence for use in app
Do Apple Maps have any limitations or any licence fees, if I use them in an app that I develop?
For eg: google maps are free for 2500 uses per day in applications:
https://developers.google.com/maps/...
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iOS7: How do I find a location in Maps and assign it as the location on a calendar entry?
I like that the Calendar now allows assigning a location to an entry which can then be opened in Maps.
Unfortunately it appears to be confined to locations assigned to contacts - which make sense if ...
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How can I add locations to iCal events?
The OS X Calendar app will suggest locations as I enter text into the location field of an appointment; but in practice, it does a terrible (technically, an astonishingly terrible) job of suggesting ...
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Track last known location of iPad mini (2) without "Find My Phone"
I recently seem to have lost my iPad mini. I had expected Apple to have some functionality for lost devices enabled by default, but I notice that I cannot use Find My Phone via the iCloud interface, ...
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Siri is giving out wrong phone number for my business
I am an optometrist and when people use Siri to find me Siri is giving my home number instead of my office number. How can I correct this issue?
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Changing my home address in iOS 7 not picked up in Maps or notification center
I need to change my home address, following this post. I've moved, so I need to update my address, but it does not seem to work. My new street address does not exist in the map (as I've moved to a ...
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Refresh my current location iPhone
Many apps use your "current location" (or what they think is your current location), to make ads relevant to where you are, and other location related app features seem to use this information. ...
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How to turn WiFi on\off based on location
Applications such as WiFi Matic on Android allow you to turn on\off your WiFi automatically depending on location. Even though this disables assisted GPS which uses WiFi to help the GPS lock, it's ...
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How do I permanently allow a website to access my location? [duplicate]
In iOS, I only need to be asked once whether I want to allow a website to share my location data. Is it possible to permanently do this in OS X version of Safari as well?
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Apple Maps Doesn't Rotate
I just installed Mavericks, but when I open Maps, the two-finger rotate gesture does nothing. The gesture is active in System Preferences. The compass does not appear in Maps. I can use the same ...
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Force iPad/iPhone to use specific location for services
Is there any way to force an iPhone or iPad (jailbroken) to use a different location other then my actual current one. For searching... Say I am in NY, NY and do a search, I want location services to ...
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Is there a way to refine my "current location"?
I recently purchased the Day One journaling app, and it geotags my posts. However, it really bugs me that it sets my home location as the wrong address. It's close, it's within a few hundred feet, but ...
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How can I make Siri's geo-fenced reminders wait until I actually arrive?
I'm walking my dog and tell Siri, "When I get home, remind me to take out the trash." It sets up a reminder keyed to my arrival at a location, my home address. So far so good, but the reminder ...
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How can I kill my iPhone when my location service is turned off?
My iPhone 5 was stolen and my location service was turned off but I have Find My iPhone enabled. I have been trying to put my iPhone on lost mode but it appears to be offline. Is there any way I can ...
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Can't change OS X Maps to use km instead of miles
When I'm using the directions in the Maps application in Mavericks the distance is in miles instead of in km.
The "Measurement units" i set to "Metric" under "Advanced..." in Language & Region ...
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