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Adjust “home” address in Apple Maps without affecting Autofill, etc
You can accomplish this from your iPhone (iOS 15):
In library panel, long-press the "Home" icon
Tap on "Edit details", and on "Refine Location on the Map"
Move the pin ...
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How to see compass accuracy and recalibrate the compass in iOS 10?
In troubleshooting this, I learned a few important things:
While there is no way to manually force a recalibration of the compass aside from toggling location services on and off, generally the ...
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How can I open a Google Maps URL in Apple Maps?
You can simply copy and paste an URL from Google Maps (either from sharing with the Google Maps app), paste it in the Apple Maps search bar and it will resolve the correct location.
Google Maps short ...
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On iPhone and iPad, how do I get the latitude and longitude number from the Maps app or Google Maps app?
For Apple Maps:
Open Maps for iOS.
Touch and hold an area of the map.
Pull up the "Marked Location" drawer. There is a section with latitude and longitude.
For Google Maps:
On your iPhone or ...
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To change default map application in iPhone
As of iOS 10 you can delete the iPhone maps application. If you click on a Google Calendar destination, you will then get a message saying the Maps app is missing. Ignore that message. Hold down a ...
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Sync Apple Maps Favorites across personal devices
Do I really have to exchange Maps links between devices to get it on the intended device?
No, you do not have to exchange Maps links for Favorites to and fro between your Mac and iOS devices. If you ...
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How is it possible for Maps in iOS 13 to have location permissions set to "Whilst Using" but provide navigation instructions in the background?
Taken from this Apple Developer article:
"In general, iOS apps are considered in use when they're in the foreground or running in the background with the background location usage indicator enabled."
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How to search within the area on the map?
It appears that if you click a search result with the caption "Search Nearby," it will search in your area.
However, after doing the search you can adjust the viewport and the search will ...
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Add GPS Coordinates to iPhone Contact
If you convert your GPS coordinates to the right format, you can use URL’s like the ones below in your contacts (as homepage URL’s) and click them right from the contact and navigate in either Apple ...
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Apple Maps: Renaming Favorites or Marked Locations
To rename favorites in Maps on macOS (source):
Click on the magnifying glass in the search field
Click Favorites
Click "Edit" in the bottom right
Click on a Favorite's name to modify it
Press return ...
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Why are some 3D buildings more detailed than others in iOS's Maps app?
Apple are still working on more. They're custom-designed and take time.
hundreds of custom-designed landmarks like Coit Tower in San Francisco, Dodger Stadium in LA, the Statue of Liberty in NYC, and ...
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Annotating macOS Maps locations with personal notes
For Notes.app: in Apple Maps select location, on pop-up window click on three dots in right upper corner, select Share -> Notes:
Add annotation(s) to note and choose whether it will be added to ...
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How do I use Apple Maps' "Look Around" feature on Linux or Windows?
Apple is restricting Look Around, and Maps in general, to its devices. There's no way (as far as I know) to use Look Around natively on Windows or on a non-Apple device.
Yet, there are two workarounds ...
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Siri is giving out wrong phone number for my business
Siri had our information wrong as well.
I followed the link and altered the information but got an error message that claimed the automated process did not approve the changes and it asked me to fill ...
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How can I open a Google Maps URL in Apple Maps?
Apparently, Google doesn't want you to switch apps. There seems not to be any easy way to export a location in a format that Apple Maps can read it. I also have been fiddling with it and I even tried ...
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Maps vs Google Maps data consumption
There was a study about it recently and it compared the data used on average for 10 miles and for 20 minutes driven.
Google Maps uses the less data, 0.67 MB every 10 miles and 0.73 MB every 20 minutes ...
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Open addresses in google maps instead of apple maps
You cannot in IOS > 8. However if you are still on 8 there is a way
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macOS Maps - any way to change the default starting point for navigation?
You could disable "Your Location " for Map
Then you would get this in Map ..
And have to enter the Starting and the End points
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maps.app on iOS "follow me" mode without a destination set
Make sure you have background app refresh turned on for Maps.
Go to Settings -> Maps and in the Allow Maps to Access section, turn on Background App Refresh and Cellular Data.
Also, be sure ...
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What speed does maps.app use when calculating walking times
My Map is set to miles, but you could do the same for kilometres..
Drop a pin & keep moving it until it says it will take an hour to walk there.
Check the distance.
Mine says 2.8 miles.
Google ...
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How do you establish an area in which to search (restaurants, for example) for Maps.app
It’s simply a limitation of Apple Maps.
To find places around a certain area, Apple touts the “Nearby” feature supposedly which allows you to find points if interest nearby your current location. If ...
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MacOS Apple Maps: Can I show street numbers?
Drop a pin on the street and Apple Maps shows it’s best guess as to the street address. Same for just entering a street address - maps will pin where it thinks that is.
A quick check of one of the ...
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Can I use Shortcuts to tell me when to leave for a specific appointment based on Map data?
Set up the appointment in Calendar including the actual location as found in maps/
You can then set 2 alerts, one value is Time to leave.
I think the default for the second alert is Time to leave
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How to hear just Maps' spoken directions, without triggering music/podcasts?
Found this link: How to Stop iPhone From Auto-Playing Music In Car, that possibly contains a correct solution. Specifically, the 1st solution that says:
Disable Autoplay in Car’s Infotainment System
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Can I use Siri, but prevent Maps on iOS from automatically starting the route?
This procedure works well for me:
Open Maps and enter a place or address
Tap on the address/place you want to go to
Tap on the big blue button that gives you the duration of the trip
You should get a ...
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Maps: avoiding unpaved roads?
No - you can avoid highways but not dirt roads in Apple Maps as a routing preference.
In cities, maps tends to find the main streets in a neighborhood and chooses those based on travel time ...
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How to access maps.apple.com on MacOS
You can configure Safari to impersonate Edge for Windows to prevent the redirection to Maps:
Launch Safari.
Select Safari > Settings… to open the Safari Settings window.
In the Advanced pane, ...
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How do I show Apple Maps turn-by-turn navigation for public transport on my lock screen and Apple Watch?
Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
Tap My Watch, then tap Maps.
Turn on the alerts you want to receive—Driving, Driving with CarPlay, and Walking.
Turn on Transport option under Show ...
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How do I upload verification photos to Apple's Maps Connect?
It seems like email is the only way to send verification photos right now. This is the email response I received after reaching out to Support for Maps Connect.
Regarding your inquiry, please reply ...
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Mac Location Services: Frequent Polling?
Most probably it is significant locations, which might need maps to name the coordinates.
Significant Locations allows your Mac to identify places significant to you in order to provide useful ...
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