Apple maps, save planned route

[tomg35]

I know how to create a route on Apple maps with multiple stops but I can't find a way to save it, so I don't have to recreate the route every time I want to do the trip, could someone please tell me how to do this?
Thanks

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[Raz0rEdge]

Potentially you can't save routes created on the phone. But this article seems to indicate that you can do so on your Mac and share with devices.

Plan a route on your Mac

In Maps on your Mac, plan a car trip or public transport journey in advance, then transfer the details to your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch.

support.apple.com

 

[IWT]

This may/may not assist you, but I've always found this guy to be really helpful via his videos.

Even if you have more or less mastered Apple Maps, there's detail here which may interest you.

Ian

 

[tomg35]

Potentially you can't save routes created on the phone. But this article seems to indicate that you can do so on your Mac and share with devices.

Plan a route on your Mac

In Maps on your Mac, plan a car trip or public transport journey in advance, then transfer the details to your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch.

support.apple.com

Well that's what it says but clicking on the links that says you can it says
You can only share driving routes that don’t contain multiple stops...
I tried Waze and Google maps but whilst you can create a multi stop journey, you can't save it.

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[pm-r]

Well that's what it says but clicking on the links that says you can it says
You can only share driving routes that don’t contain multiple stops...

Well, Google seems to give a different answer on several sites unless I misunderstood something:

Apple Maps, save planned route

Apple Maps how to save planned route - Google Search

- Patrick
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[MacInWin]

In this article from Apple:

Get directions in Maps on Mac

Use Maps on your Mac to get directions for driving, walking, taking public transportation, or cycling.

support.apple.com

It says this:

Automatically get directions on your iPhone or iPad​

After you search a route on Mac, you can easily open it in the Maps app on your iPhone (with iOS 16 or later) or iPad (with iPadOS 16 or later) where you’ve signed in with the same Apple ID.

1. Open the Maps app on iPhone or iPad.
2. Scroll down in the search card to Recents, then tap the route.

For more information about getting and following directions on iPhone or iPad, see “Use Siri, Maps, and the Maps widget to get directions” in the user guide for iPhone or iPad.

And this:

Plan a route on your Mac

In Maps on your Mac, plan a car trip or transit ride in advance, then transfer the details to your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch.

support.apple.com

Says this:

Note: You can only share driving routes that don’t contain multiple stops. If you want to see a route with multiple stops on your iPhone or iPad, see Automatically get directions on your iPhone or iPad.

That last reference takes you to the first article I listed.

So, it seems if you plan it on the Mac, and open it later on an iPhone with the same AppleID, you can find what you planned. Awkward, but worth trying.

 

[MacInWin]

Actually, I just did a route with one stop in the middle, planned on my MBP in Maps. Then clicked on "File" and "Send to Device" and it suggested my iPhone, which I selected. Then, on the iPhone, I tapped on Search maps, then on the "More" on the right side of the "Recents" header and there it was, just as planned. Start, mid stop, destination.

So it looks to me like it works, despite what the documentation seems to say.

 

[pm-r]

So it looks to me like it works, despite what the documentation seems to say.

Or maybe just try using Google Maps instead??? The process to save a planned route seems to be a lot easier to accomplish using a quick Google search to find some solutions and suggestions:

google mapsw save planned route with stops - Google Search

- Patrick
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[MacInWin]

Or maybe just try using Google Maps instead??? The process to save a planned route seems to be a lot easier to accomplish using a quick Google search to find some solutions and suggestions:

google mapsw save planned route with stops - Google Search

- Patrick
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I use nothing from Google. Nothing.

 

[pm-r]

I use nothing from Google. Nothing.

Okay, but that's really no reason that the OP needs to follow your example if another application can work better for them and do what they want to do much easier.

But congratulations on discovering a workaround method of getting it to work and being available to use a saved copy using Apple Maps despite what the documentation says.




- Patrick
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[MacInWin]

But congratulations on discovering a workaround method of getting it to work and being available to use a saved copy using Apple Maps despite what the documentation says.

It is not a "workaround." Nothing strange or weird to do, no jumping through hoops.

1. Make the plan on the Mac.
2. Send it to the iDevice.
3. Open the iDevice.
4. Open and use the plan.

Done.

 

[MacInWin]

Just to show it works, a few pictures.

This is the plan in Maps on my MBP. It starts in Castle Combe, with a stop in Bradford-on-Avon for a tearoom, then finishes at a hotel in Southampton. It's a plan for a trip I'm planning for next month:


And here it is on my iPhone, opened as I said by going to Recents and tapping on the route name after using "File," "Send to Device."



No tricks, no workaround. The one requirement is that the Mac and iDevice need to use the same AppleID. Pretty straightforward. And now that it's on my iPhone, it should just stay there in "Recents" like any other route.

I don't know why the Apple documentation says what it says, but it does what the OP wants.

EDIT: The OP has a Pixel, so the issue is probably on the Android end. But inside the Apple environment, it works.