How to Use Apple Maps: A Step-by-Step Guide for Seniors | SeniorLiving.org

Getting Familiar with Apple Maps

Below, we’ll cover how to find Apple Maps on your phone and get familiar with how the app works.

Find Apple Maps

If you aren’t familiar with the app, you may need to find it first. For Apple products, it will come pre-installed on your homescreen, and it looks like the image below.

If you are having trouble locating it, you can search for the app. Swipe down from the middle of your home screen to access your search bar and type “maps.”

Open Apple Maps

There are a couple of ways to open the app:

• Simply tap on the app icon wherever it resides on your homescreen.
• Tap “Apple Maps” from your today view by swiping right from your homescreen.

  

• Click an address from a website, text message, or email, and Apple should automatically open Maps to that location.

Add Important Addresses

When you open the app you will see a list of “Favorites.” You can put your home address, as well as other addresses you use frequently, to save time later on. That way, you won’t have to type in the full address every time you want directions to your house or another important address. Here’s how to add to your favorites.

1. Tap “Home,” “Work,” or “Add.”

   

2. The app prompts you to open your contact card on your phone.

   

3. Type in the address that you want to add to your favorites, and click “Done” in the top right corner when you’re finished.

   

Choose Your View: Map, Satellite, or Transit

When you open the Apple Maps app, you’ll see a traditional view of the map. You can also change to a satellite view or transit view to see traffic if you prefer. Here’s how to change your view.

1. In the top right corner of the screen, tap the “i” icon. It looks like the image below.
2. Tap any of the three views that you’d like to use.

   

3. Depending on which view you choose, your screen will look like one of the three images below.
   

Pin and Share Your Location

You can mark where you currently are on your map or share your location with other people. This is helpful if you want to remember where you parked, or you want to send your location to someone if they are picking you up or just want to know where you are.

1. Tap the “i” icon.
2. Then, tap “Mark my Location.” This will create a red pin marking the location that you tapped.

   

3. Hit the “Share” icon. This will allow you to message your location to someone else.

   

4. When you no longer need that location marked, tap the red pin and select “Remove.”

   

Pro Tip:

You can mark a location to help remember where you parked!