#APPLE FIND FRIENDS ON MAC FULL#
I also find this useful since then 'Find my Friends' does not clutter the task switcher.Īs you can probably tell, I chose FluidApp for #3 and am quite happy with it, but this is not to say that EpiChrome is less useful, specially when you need features only present in a full fledged browser (such as #2). your location will be visible)įluidApp's app (paid version) has a very nice 'Pin to Statusbar' feature, which is a deal clincher for me (especially since I did not care about #2 and with this feature #1 becomes moot since the application is 'always-on'). the location of a single friend appearing on the map), was identical across 5 tests using wall-clock time (13 seconds for each).Įpichrome's SSB has support for location API (i.e. I created the following SSB using epichrome:įor the test url ( ), the time-to-usefulness (i.e. This is a helper app which creates SSBs based on Chrome (whereas the above, fluidapp, is based on Safari). If you must have your location visible, then was quite straightforward. That in addition to the Find Friends app for mobile devices that the same service is available on the Mac. The only caveat is that fluid apps don't seem have a location API, so your location will not be visible on the map (this wasn't an issue for me since without copious amount of spirits, I usually know where I am :) ) Is there a Find Friends for the Mac This page seems to indicate that there is. I am unaware of the implication of an 'always-on' find my friends on the battery life of the device being tracked, but something to bear in mind. (Am not associated with fluidapp in any way).
#APPLE FIND FRIENDS ON MAC FREE#
The free version of should suffice to do all of the above, but the paid version (USD 5 at the time of this writing) allows you to add the fluid app to the mac menu bar (besides supporting userscripts and allowing full screen mode), which I use quite often. The first time you launch it, you will need to sign in to your icloud account, but from then on, launching the app feels pretty native.įor bonus points, change the icon of the app (from with the 'Find My Friends' fluidapp once created) using the icon : Your friend turned off Share My Location. Your friend turned on Hide My Location in Find My Friends. The first is from the Friends tab: tap Share My Location and type in the name of the person with whom you want to share your location.
The device is off or isn't connected to cellular or Wi-Fi. In order to find your friends, one of you has to share their location, and the other has to accept. On macOS, both the existing native options were not resizable (i.e neither the Notification centre widget nor the 'Details' from Messages app) so I ended up using the Find My Friends on iCloud webapp.įor bonus points, use the above URL to create a Fluid App ( ), the resulting app feels native. The next step is to confirm all the following: Your friend might need to correct the date on their device. If you want a bigger screen view, you might want to consider using Find My Friends on ( )