FEBRUARY 2020 MACWORLD 59Whether you initiate location sharing or someone else does, you’ll have the option to limit the
length of your location sharing.
open the System Preferences app and
click on Apple ID. Select iCloud on the left,
and scroll down through the list of apps
using iCloud to make sure that Find My
Mac is selected.
SHARING YOUR LOCATION
WITH OTHERS
Sharing your location is simple. Open the
Find My app and tap the Share My Location
prompt at the bottom of the People tab. On
a Mac, it’s in the left sidebar.
In fact, for all functions, the app works
essentially the same on the iPhone, iPad,
and Mac, just with slightly different
interface layouts. The iPhone has a bottom
bar, the iPad a floating window on a map,
and the Mac has a left-side navigation bar.
You’ll then have to enter the name,
email address, or phone number of the
people to whom you want to share your
location. If they have multiple phone
numbers or email addresses, be sure to
use the one associated with their Apple ID,
just as if you were going to send them an
iMessage. You’ll then be prompted for how
long you wish to share your location: One
hour, until the end of the day, indefinitely,
or don’t share your location after all.
To stop sharing your location with
someone, tap their name on your People
list, and scroll down to select Stop Sharing
My Location.
Under the Me tab, you can control how
your location is shared. You can choose to
stop sharing your location, and if you have
multiple iPhones, you can decide which one
should be used to represent your location to
others. You can toggle the ability to receive
friend requests or decide whether you want
to receive location updates from everyone,
or just those who you have also shared your
location with. Finally, you can label your
current location (Home, Work, School, Gym,