Why I cannot check the "find my mac" features on the iCloud? It says that "recovery system update required".. I'm using 10.7.2 now..

Why I cannot use the "find my mac" features on the iCloud? It says that "recovery system update required".. I'm using 10.7.2 now..

Run Disk Utility, and Verify Disk.
You will likely notice errors that require you to reboot to the Recovery Partition, and run Disk Utility from there, to "Repair Disk".
After running Repair Disk, reboot to the main partition, and run Repair Permissions from Disk Utility.
Then install the Recovery System Update again.
I bet your problem will be solved.

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My mac is running 10.7.2 and wondering why the "find my mac" feature is not working. Instead, it says I need to system upgrade requires.. I believe it's already upgraded together with the 10.7.2

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TS4006 "Is the Find my Mac feature available for an OSX 10.7.4 MacBook?"

Is the Find My Mac feature available for an OSX 10.7.4 MacBook?

Here's the troubleshooting section you referred me to, and the response;
The date on your device is incorrect. This can be set in Settings > General > Date & Time.
I have verified the time and date
Your device is not up to date. It needs to have iOS 5 or later.
It's a MacBook using OSX 10.7.4
Your iCloud account is not configured on your device. Enter your iCloud account information in Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
When I try to do this, I get into the loop that I will try to describe more completely below:
1. In System Preferences, I select iCloud, where I have only one option - "Move to iCloud" I click on that sole option.
2. I'm taken to www.me.com/find page, where I Log In using my Apple ID and then I see a very large statement, "To use Find My iPhone, go to iCloud.com." - with only one button available - "Open iCloud.com" - I click on that sole option.
3. I'm asked to enter my user name and password again, which I do
4. The page that occurs next is a secure iCloud site - https//:www.icloud.com/#find
5. My iPhone and iMac are listed under "My Devices," but not the MacBook.
I can see no opportunity to enable "Find my Mac" the MacBook, because Preferences/iCloud leads me back into the loop described above.
You have multiple iCloud accounts entered on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Only one account can have Find My iPhone turned on at a given time. Log in to Find My iPhone with your other iCloud accounts until your device is listed.
I have viewed my Apple ID account and can find no sign of multiple iCloud accounts.
You have already initiated a wipe of the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The device will not appear on the page until it is reconfigured with your iCloud account information.
I have not "wiped: the MacBook, and don't see how this could be the problem.
There is scheduled maintenance or another issue affecting Find My iPhone. Check iCloud Support to see if this is the case.
iCloud support indicates that the system is operating fully.
Your device has lost network connectivity. If you have access to your device and it appears to have an active Internet connection, enable and then disable Airplane mode. If you continue to have issues, turn the device off and back on.
It's a MacBook with a good WiFi connection to a known system. There is no Airplane mode on the MacBook.
Find My Mac can only locate your Mac if it is connected to an internet via a known Wi-Fi network. If your Mac is connected to the internet only by an ethernet cable, Find My Mac will not be able to locate your Mac.
Again, it is connected to a known WiFi system - my house. It's the same system that my iMac is connected to, and the iMac appears as a listed Device in iCloud "Find My Phone"
To be sure, I ran Disk First Aid and restarted my MacBook, and also ran Repair Disk Permissions twice.
Same symptoms have not been resolved.

"Recovery system update required." for Find My Mac -- after already updated!

I've run the latest round of updates on My 2011 MacBook Pro, and I have run into a snag with the new iCloud control panel.
I want to enable the "Find My Mac" feature, but unfortunately I am not able to, as the checkbox is grayed out. There is an error beside the control saying that I need to update the recovery system as per the title of this thread. I actually already *did* do this earlier today, however, and there are no other updates.
What is going on here? Is it possible that the update didn't actually install properly? I was away from the computer at the time it rebooted and would have installed that portion, so I can't tell, but if I look in the update history, I see "Lion Recovery Update 1.0" from today in the list.
Is anyone else having this problem? I wonder if it's just a buggy update Hopefully this will be fixed soon by Apple in a subsequent update, but I'm curious if there's something I can do in the meantime.

Run Disk Utility, and Verify Disk.
You will likely notice errors that require you to reboot to the Recovery Partition, and run Disk Utility from there, to "Repair Disk".
After running Repair Disk, reboot to the main partition, and run Repair Permissions from Disk Utility.
Then install the Recovery System Update again.
I bet your problem will be solved.

I have multiple macs yet I only see one mac listed. How do I add another mac to the cloud account and have the find my mac enabled?

I have more than one mac. I have moved my account to iCloud but I cannot seem to enable the Find my Mac to recognize the second mac. Any ideas as to how to accomplish this?

Welcome to the Apple community.
Every Mac that you wish to appear in the listings for "find my Mac/phone" must be logged into the same iCloud account and have "find my Mac" enabled in system preferences> iCloud.

How Do I Keep "Find My Mac" Running in the Background Even When My MacPro is Closed?

When I close my Macbook Pro and it goes to sleep it shuts off the "Find my Mac" feature, When I log into my icloud it doesnt find my Macbook. When I open the Macbook it shows up in iCloud again. My biggest fear is that someone could steal my Macbook and I wouldnt be able to locate it because it will be closed and "find my Mac" will be turned off. How do I leave Find my Mac running all the time, even when the lid is closed?
Any Suggestions?
Thanks.

You don't. Find My Mac works by searching for you mac when it connects to the internet. If the thief never connects to the internet or never opens your mac (you've got to wonder what use it would be to anyone else in either case, to be honest), then you'll never find your mac.
The only way round that would be to install its own GPS locator like some people do in cars. AFAIK, they haven't build one that'll fit inside an MBP body yet...

What if a thief unchecks the Find My Mac box in iCloud? Doesn't that make it useless?

Maybe I'm totally missing this, but if a thief grabs my macbook and quickly unchecks the Find My Mac box in the iCloud settings, doesn't that render it useless? I wasn't able to find a way to put a security setting on that section of preferences.

Requiring a passcode to turn off wouldn't be much use. Every electronic device needs a hardware reset function in case the software crashes badly.
So, even if you could prevent the power off in software (by requiring a passcode), you'd only need to perform a hardware reset to bypass it.

How to password protect "Find My Mac" feature?

Anyone know how I might password protect the "Find My Mac" feature that's accessible in the iCloud System Preference Pane? My reasoning is that if someone stole my computer while I was still logged in, it seems far too easy for the thief to simply navigate to the iCloud System Preference screen and uncheck "Find My Mac" to prevent me from tracking down the computer. Many of the other System Preferences can be padlocked -- seems like this feature should be as well. Any ideas?

Old Toad,
If I password protect my user account, then the person who has stolen my macbook would not able to login. Hence the macbook will not be able to connect to the internet because it could be a new WIFI network that my macbook has not logged in before. If it is not connected to the internet, then we cannot locate it.
Ideally, we should allow the thief to login to the macbook and allow him to use the WIFI. The iCloud settings should alone be password protected so that the thief will not be able to tinker with that. This way the macbook will come online (which ever wifi network it is) and we will be able to locate it.
Thanks

TS4006 Cant get Find my mac to work on icloud, please help

Hello,
I cant get Icloud to to find my mac, I beleive I have the relevent software required, I have turned on find my mac, when I go to Icloud only my iphone is stored as a device?
Cant work out how to add mac as a device, is ths automatic?

You need 10.8.2 on the iMac in order to use the Find My Mac feature of iCloud: iCloud: System requirements.
Note: Although you can use iOS 5 and OS X Lion as noted above, you will not be able to take advantage of some iCloud features, such as Shared Photo Streams, iCloud Tabs, Find My iPhone Lost Mode, and Find My Friends location-based alerts.
OT

I've misplaced my 4S. How does the 'find my phone' feature work? Thx

I've misplaced my 4S. How does the 'find my phone' feature work? Thx

If your iphone is on and you turned on the find my iphone feature on the iphone itself, then youc an go to icloud.com and see if you can locate it.

Cannot turn off find my mac

Given the risk of having it on vs. off, I have decided to turn off Find My Mac. But when I do that it asks for my Apple ID password. That makes sense. But it will not accept the password. I can sign into my Apple ID using the password, so I know it is right. I can sign in and out of iCloud on all my other devices using this password.
Now, to add to the story, my wife has a Mac. Same thing. Her Apple ID password works on every other device, but she also cannot turn off FInd My Mac.
We both are running Mavericks on a Late 2013 MB Pro. We loaded the MBs 6 months ago from TM backups. I suppose that could be a source of the problem, a bug there. So we are both running the same HW SW and have this same issue.
I can stop by a Genius Bar someday and get them to look at it, but anyone have a clue?

My laptop does not travel. Someone gets into your Apple ID and you would wish you did not have it on. the question is the probability of one vs. the other. I plan to leave it on for my iPhone and iPad, they travel. But getting my Mac wiped would not be cool.
But this is not a thread on the merits of Find My Mac. It is a thread on the problem, I cannot turn it off. Or more presicesly, I suppose the problem is my Apple ID password does not seem to work for this function only.

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You can only locate, lock or erase your device when it is logged into iCloud and 'Find My Phone' is enabled, additionally the device will need to be switched on and connected to a wifi or cellular network.
Unfortunately, you cannot activate iCloud or 'Find My Phone' remotely.

HT1349 I need to turn off the "find my phone" feature on my iPhone 5. The company I worked for took back their iPhone and now I cannot receive texts on my new LG F6 phone. Can I do this w/o the serial number?

I replaced my iPhone 5 with an LG F6 phone and now I cannot receive text messages from my friends with iPhones. Can somebody please tell me where to go to turn off the "Find your phone" feature and what ever else I need to turn off to accomplish this objective? Thank you.
Isotope Joe

Find My iPhone has nothing to do with receiving or not receiving text messages.
What you should have done is turn off iMessage prior to handing over the device.
Deactivating iMessage

My Mac has been stolen, but I have my iCloud account setup. The "find my mac" app has found the apartment block it's in, but I need an IP address. Is there a way to see the IP address of my Mac through iCloud?

My Mac has been stolen, but I have my iCloud account setup. The "find my mac" app has found the apartment block it's in, but I need an IP address for the police to go and claim it. Is there a way to see the IP address of my Mac through iCloud? I've tried to get the IP address through Gmail and Dropbox but no success. Is there any software that updates automatically that I could find the IP address through?

Shouldn't the IP address be on the box you bought the machine in? If you have the box, take it to the police as evidence that it's your machine. If I were you, I would set the firmware password when you get it back, but make sure you have the password written down in a safe place. If you forget it, there's only two ways to reset it. Either pay $400+ for the tool that can do it, or pay almost nothing for Apple to do it, I think it depends on where you live. The firmware password is this encrypted password and it can't be hacked either. The password prevents anyone from booting the machine into recovery mode, thus preventing them from restoring the computer to factory settings or performing any other functions. It's not stored in the hard drive so replacing that will be of no use either.
I hope you get your Mac back and I hope this was helpful!

How can I edit the Find my Mac Application

I have just added the find my Mac application/ feature for my Mac Book Pro,
and there is no name for it

It's not a stand alone application; it is part of iCloud - you should be able to find it in the iCloud Pane in System Preferences. Here is some info on it:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20122799-263/about-data-security-with-safar i-only-mode-in-os-x-lion/
P.S. Edit: I just saw you profile - you are on 10.6.7?? You need Lion to have iCloud.

Why I cannot check the "find my mac" features on the iCloud? It says that "recovery system update required".. I'm using 10.7.2 now..

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