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Mark a location with a pin in Maps on Mac
You can drop a pin at a location to get directions or help you find it again. Pins are temporary, but you can save a location to use later by marking it as a favourite.
Drop a pin
In the Maps app
on your Mac, Control-click a location, then choose Drop Pin.
Maps drops a pin
at the location on the map. You can have only one dropped pin on the map at a time.
If the pin isn’t where you want, remove it, then drop a new pin.
To see information about a pin, click it. To close the place card, click outside of it.
Remove a pin
You can remove a pin that you drop .
In the Maps app
on your Mac, scroll in the map to show the location you marked with a pin.
Choose Edit > Remove Pin.
You can also Control-click a pin, then choose Remove Pin.
You can also pin a public transport line. See Show nearby public transport.