strange location for ICloud sign-in

[BASRPH]

I recently signed into ICloud on my Mac and received a message that my ICloud ID was attempting to sign in near St. Paul, MN. I am in central Illinois. I received the same message after another sign-in about 30 minutes later. I approved the sign-in and was sent a numeric code on my phone to enter. Is there a setting on my Mac that I need to edit if it thinks I am in Minnesota?

 

[SkyLinx]

If you try with e.g. Maxmind which location does it report? Perhaps it's an issue with the geolocation of your IP

 

[ThatSandWyrm]

I recently signed into ICloud on my Mac and received a message that my ICloud ID was attempting to sign in near St. Paul, MN. I am in central Illinois. I received the same message after another sign-in about 30 minutes later. I approved the sign-in and was sent a numeric code on my phone to enter. Is there a setting on my Mac that I need to edit if it thinks I am in Minnesota?

It may be determining your location based on where your ISP's connection to the net is, not your connection to the ISP. Since I switched to a local fiber-optic ISP, Apple always thinks that I'm logging in from two cities north of where I actually am. Which happens to be the location of the ISP's home office.

 

[cynics]

At iCloud.com under Find my iPhone where does it say your Mac is?

 

[ThatSandWyrm]

At iCloud.com under Find my iPhone where does it say your Mac is?

Oh, find my iPhone is always correct. But not the login warnings.