macOS: geolocation access permissions bug

• Location serviceis the victim of a bug on macOS Ventura (13.5)
• This setting allows apps to access your geolocation in real time
• You can reinstall macOS Ventura (13.4) or upgrade to macOS Sonoma to avoid this technical problem

Since the update to macOS Ventura 13.5, several users have taken to social networks to denounce a technical problem encountered with theLocation service. Accessible from the Settings app, this screen allows you to authorize a particular app to access your position in real time, or on the contrary to limit access for reasons of confidentiality.

But with the new version of the operating system, it happens that the list of apps in question is simply empty. A shame for Apple, which continues to praise its efforts in respecting privacy. However, for the moment, no patch can remedy this particularly annoying bug, as it can also limit the functionalities of third-party platforms.

What to do?

For the moment, the only solution for those who wish to regain access toLocation servicetherefore consists of downgrading version. You must therefore reinstall macOS Ventura 13.4, which does not seem to be a victim of the bug that interests us today. Otherwise, the beta version of macOS Sonoma currently being tested is apparently also spared, but be careful because other major incidents may occur there.

To try to get the developer to react, you are free to also report the bug via the dedicated forums of Tim Cook's firm or from the Apple Assistance app. This is accessible free of charge from theApp Storefor iPhone, and offers other troubleshooting options for different devices, thus avoiding going to the store.

Patience, Sonoma arrive

Otherwise, the most patient can always wait a few days. The keynote which should announce theiPhone 15and the iPhone 15 Pro would thus be approaching, and we should also discover the exact date of deployment of macOS Sonoma in final version.

The calendar will then most likely coincide with the end of September.