MacBook – macOS 10.13 High Sierra – Location Services will not enable

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I'm running macOS 10.13 High Sierra on my 2011 15" MacBook Pro. Whenever I try to enable Location Services, the checkbox momentarily turns 'checked' and then goes back to disabled.

System Preferences - Security & Privacy

How can I enable Location Services on this Mac? Is it not an option because the Bluetooth is limited to v2.1?

Best Answer

This script worked for me, macOS Sierra.

More details pls check here: https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/22095/enable-location-services-after-imaging

#!/bin/bash

## Unload locationd
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locationd.plist

## Write enabled value to locationd plist
defaults write /var/db/locationd/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.locationd LocationServicesEnabled -int 1

## Fix Permissions for the locationd folder
chown -R _locationd:_locationd /var/db/locationd

## Reload locationd
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locationd.plist

exit 0
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