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Organize places with custom guides in Maps on Mac

You can organize places into your own guides for easy reference. You can find your guides in the sidebar, and share your guides with others.

Note: Guides are end-to-end encrypted and cannot be read by Apple.

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See your Favorites guide

A guide called Favorites always appears in your guides, which makes it easier for you to save and find places.

  1. Go to the Maps app on your Mac.

  2. Click Guides in the sidebar, then click Favorites.

    If you don’t see the sidebar, click the Sidebar button.

Tip: You can pin places that you want to see when you open Maps. See Mark a location with a pin.

Create a guide

  1. Go to the Maps app on your Mac.

  2. Click Guides in the sidebar, then click the Add Guide button.

  3. Name the guide, then click the Add Image button to add an image to represent the guide, choose a photo, click Use, then click the Done button.

  4. Click to open the guide, then click the Add a Place button.

  5. Select a recent place or search for one to add to your guide, then click Done.

  6. Click the Edit button near the bottom, then do any of the following:

    • Rename the guide: Select the name “New Guide,” then type a new name.

    • Add a cover image: Click the Add Image button, then choose an image from your photo library.

  7. Click the Done button.

Add a place to a guide

  1. Go to the Maps app on your Mac.

  2. Click a location on a map.

  3. In the place card, click the More button, choose Add to Guides, choose one of your guides, then click the Done button.

Edit a guide

  1. Go to the Maps app on your Mac.

  2. Click Guides in the sidebar, then click a guide.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • Remove a place: Click the More button, then click Delete from Guide.

    • Rearrange the list: Click the Sort button at the bottom of the list, choose Date Added, Name, or Distance, then click the Done button.

    • Rename the guide: Near the bottom of the guide card, click the Edit button, select the current name and enter a new one, then click the Done button.

    • Change the guide cover photo: At the bottom of the guide card, click the Edit button, click the Cover Photo button, choose a photo, click Move and Scale to crop or enlarge it, then click Use.

Delete a guide

  1. Go to the Maps app on your Mac.

  2. Click Guides in the sidebar.

  3. Do one of the following:

    • On a trackpad, swipe left with two fingers on the guide you want to delete, then click Delete.

    • Click the Select button, select the guide you want to delete, click the Delete button, then click Delete.

Share a guide

  1. Go to the Maps app on your Mac.

  2. Click Guides in the sidebar.

  3. Click the Share button next to the guide you want to share, then choose how you want to share it.

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