

If you want to try this out with a friend or family member, first activate the widget, then have either them or yourself share your current location from Messages on iPhone and iPad, share their location with you from the “Find Friends” app that is preinstalled on every iPhone, or from the Maps app on a Mac. Wait a moment or two and the name of friends and family sharing their location with you will populate in the Find My Friends widget on the Mac, clicking on a persons name will reveal a map with their current location.

Click to “Allow” the app to use your location services, then click on “Done”.Locate “Find My Friends” and click the green (+) add button alongside the widget name.Click on the “Edit” button at the bottom of Notification Center.Click the Notification Center icon in the upper right corner of the Mac menu bar, then click on the “Today” view.You’ll first need to enable the widget, then be sure a friend or family member is using Find My Friends in iOS or sharing their location actively to have names populate in the list on the Mac. How to Enable & Use the Find My Friends Widget in Mac OS X This location feature requires a modern version of Mac OS X to have available, you’ll need at least Mac OS X 10.11.x or later to be running on the Mac, and you’ll obviously need a friend or two to be sharing their location with you through the Find My Friends app on an iOS device, or if they shared their location with you from the Messages app on iPhone or iPad or Maps on a Mac.
