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by phillco 542 days ago
Even within Apple's platforms, there's pretty limited support for automation -- you can say "Siri find my keys" but there's no App Intents / Shortcuts support for automating anything within Find My (AFAIK), which is a bit disappointing.
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Yes, although I recently discovered Hammerspoon which is a clever little bit of open source macOS desktop automation technology:

https://www.hammerspoon.org/

I suspect they might be a bit wary of the privacy implications of giving other apps/Shortcuts access to Findmy data
What about Apple Automator and Applescript?
Find My has no any exposed Applescript commands. You'd next need to try (I think, been >a decade) Accessibility Inspector to find the names of the interface so you can tell Applescript what to click on. On some apps, even this doesn't work.

I also suspect Find My is a Catalyst-ported iPadOS app, which tend to be awful/useless for scripting.

> You'd next need to try (I think, been >a decade) Accessibility Inspector to find the names of the interface so you can tell Applescript what to click on. On some apps, even this doesn't work.

I am cursed with a lot of experience doing just this. However, I will say that every year it's getting harder and harder to do. The new security/accessibility changes in Sequoia have made things even more of a nightmare.