Find my iMac issues

I have multiple users on my iMac. When I sign in as Admin, I give authorization in iCloud to "Find my Mac". When someone else logs in, the Find my Mac is grayed out and says Administrator authorization required. How do I fix this so no matter who is logged on I can use the find my mac feature?

That is the present behaviour and I don't agree with it either. It seems rather pointless that only a user that is logged in with administrative privileges can enable 'Find my Mac"

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David,
I posted the same thing and was taken to task by some posters for stating it also. The truth is that gamers were the first to report this issue and did so in far larger numbers than other users. In fact, those who are or were reporting issues with Aperture or iTunes or other applications really didn't start posting in significant numbers about the issue until a few days after it surfaced.
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No one can tell you what you should or should not do but if you want a Mac, buy one. This problem is not as widespread as some would have you believe. If you base your opinion on what you read here you would come to the conclusion that everyone's iMac is sick, but that is not true. In my case of the three Intel iMacs that I have, only my 24" has the problem, the other two are just fine.
Even if 30% of them were/are bad, which is an absurdly high figure, you would still have a 70% chance of getting one with no issues!!
I also trust that Apple will find and solve the problem. After dealing with them for 20+ years that is what I have come to expect based on my past experiences with them.
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