You say you're using WiFi but then go on to say all your computers are connected via Ethernet which is a wired standard. So that was my question...
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Some OS X Yosemite Users Plagued With Wi-Fi Connection Issues
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You say you're using WiFi but then go on to say all your computers are connected via Ethernet which is a wired standard. So that was my question...
Oh. Well, what I said was the MBP is on WiFi and all other computers are on Ethernet.
Click bait my ass. We don't know the exact numbers since there's no single place for people to report any of this stuff and Apple is certainly not going to tell the public.
Suffice to say it's quite a large number of users. But to nail it down to a percentage? That's impossible unless Apple will share, which they won't.
All I can report is that I have this problem on my 2012 MBA with a Netgear router (a pretty common router). Upgrading to Mavericks did not result in any noticeable issue. Upgrading to Yosemite gave me this WiFi problem immediately. For those harping about a "clean install" it doesn't seem to have helped some folks and is a pain for most of us to re-install all of our software and to tweak all the system settings to how we like to work. Things move around from version to version (like Enabling Access to Assistive Devices - why the hell did they have to move this setting around?!) makes it doubly prohibitive to always do a clean install.
With that said, my research leads me to believe that it relates to how Mac OS X Yosemite is handling power saving on WiFi adapters. When it puts the WiFi antenna into a low power mode, some wireless access points are kicking those adapters off the network and you lose your connection until you manually re-connect. The temporary fix appears to either be an Automator script to continually ping your router to maintain the connection or to set your access point Beacon Interval setting to a lower setting (say 50 ms rather than 100 ms) to help alleviate this. However, if Apple only gives users the ability to disable this feature (like Linux or even Windows does), it may help a large number of people affected.
For you (who appears to have the fortune of not being affected) to say it's a non-issue is just stupid.
Assuming your MacPro is the model before the current one, it has Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. Handoff uses a Bluetooth 4 specific feature to determine if your phone is near. Also, installing Yosemite doesn't upgrade your wireless from a/b/g/n to ac/a/b/g/n. So expecting Handoff to work is as realistic as expecting 450Mbps wifi speeds with your current hardware.
You can possibly get both, by the way, by upgrading your wireless card.
Yes, it does:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/445-unibeast-install-os-x-yosemite-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html
However, I didn't explain myself clearly.. I used Time Machine to back up my hackintosh, which was running Mountain Lion, and used that backup as my source for Migration Assistant to migrate my apps, iTunes library, and my home directory to my MBA, which is running a clean installed Yosemite.
But to answer your question, yes, Yosemite can run on a Hackintosh.
Only reason I'm migrating away from the Hackintosh is that while it works and works great, I'm tired of being shackled to a desk. If I need to use my monitors, I can just connect them to the MBA and I'm good.
BL.
And you aren't kidding. I've been running SMBUp since ML just to bypass that nonsense. I'm glad I'm having zero WiFi issues.
I had experienced this "feature" already in Mavericks; I'd been trying to resolve it with Apple Care for months and was in a verge of doubting it was my issue at all.
It's not headset bluetooth - it's Audi interface bluetooth
So what I'm talking about is that my 5s had no trouble with the Audi interface and my 6 with 8.1 self-terminates.
So what I'm talking about is that my 5s had no trouble with the Audi interface and my 6 with 8.1 self-terminates.
Heya all,
I haven't personally upgraded to Yosemite yet so I dunno if this will work for it too, but I had annoying wifi-dropping issues in Mavericks / mid-2012 MBA and I found a solution for that after a bit of digging so I thought I'd at least offer this for you to try:
I found out that wifi-standard has a power saving feature that apparently can tell the client NICs to go into power-saving mode andor throttle the connection. In my case my MBA NIC constantly dropped from the network when there wasn't a continuous stream going on and then created a new connection when there was network activity again, and sometimes the re-connection took minutes. But after I disabled the WMM-related features from my wifi-access point, everything has worked flawlessly. So I'm guessing it's one of those Mac-wifi-compatibility-problems again.
Hope this helps!
I haven't personally upgraded to Yosemite yet so I dunno if this will work for it too, but I had annoying wifi-dropping issues in Mavericks / mid-2012 MBA and I found a solution for that after a bit of digging so I thought I'd at least offer this for you to try:
I found out that wifi-standard has a power saving feature that apparently can tell the client NICs to go into power-saving mode andor throttle the connection. In my case my MBA NIC constantly dropped from the network when there wasn't a continuous stream going on and then created a new connection when there was network activity again, and sometimes the re-connection took minutes. But after I disabled the WMM-related features from my wifi-access point, everything has worked flawlessly. So I'm guessing it's one of those Mac-wifi-compatibility-problems again.
Hope this helps!
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iMac 2011
Plus 1, with wifi drop out on Yosemite...
I'm on a fibre optic connection, then to apple extreme router. Experince constant disconnections from wifi especially on startup, my fix is usually a reboot or turn wifi on and off again....
Plus 1, with wifi drop out on Yosemite...
I'm on a fibre optic connection, then to apple extreme router. Experince constant disconnections from wifi especially on startup, my fix is usually a reboot or turn wifi on and off again....
Running Yosemite on late-2011 MBP and have had the wifi issues intermittently since the upgrade. After reading through a few threads I believe Apple's handling of the handoff/continunity feature is what's causing all this wifi stuff. iOS 8 users have experienced very similar problems.
Many times a day Yosemite crashes.
My 2010 MBP is plagued with crashes, WiFi is okay. Never did Mavericks crash. At this time my strong suggestion is not to move to Yosemite. Await the first update or maybe the second.
Three or more times a day Yosemite crashes to the blue screen. So far I have started it in Safe Mode, ran Permissions, ran Verify Disk, all turn up as good. Still moving from site to site or app to app, and the like my MBP crashes.
My 2010 MBP is plagued with crashes, WiFi is okay. Never did Mavericks crash. At this time my strong suggestion is not to move to Yosemite. Await the first update or maybe the second.
Three or more times a day Yosemite crashes to the blue screen. So far I have started it in Safe Mode, ran Permissions, ran Verify Disk, all turn up as good. Still moving from site to site or app to app, and the like my MBP crashes.
That link of course does not mention the Mac Pro at all, so I'll assume you misunderstood me. I know my wireless card is not compatible. How to or where to buy would be a more appropriate answer to my question.
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The PLUG IN AN IPHONE CRASH is still the worst bug I've reported still not fixed totally by Apple.
I literally have to think before plugging it in...
"Do I have anything running that's not saved?"
Because the only solution is a REBOOT!
The booting to the HDTV across the room instead of the designated display is equally puzzling.
But at least I know where my TV remote is at all times since otherwise I couldn't do any work!
Sorry guys,
but no problems here.
Smooth sailing on my MBA 13" (2014) base-model with 256GB SSD.
but no problems here.
Smooth sailing on my MBA 13" (2014) base-model with 256GB SSD.
I'm using Apple Airport Extreme and it can also connect to the WiFi without a single issue. Mavericks, Yosemite, or even Leopard, I haven't run into any WiFi issues UNLESS I'm connecting my Mac to something like the WiFi at Akihabara Train Station. The WiFi connection will keep dropping, but since that is a train station's Free WiFi, I'm not surprised if something like that happen.
I guess people who are complaining about WiFi issue should just go and get the Apple Airport Extreme or Apple Time Capsule.
Not true. I have a MBP Retina / Airport Extreme, since day 1 of the public beta program, my Yosemite had major problems with dropping wifi. The solution was to turn off/on wifi until it drops again. I've report the problem on each build.
Well, for the last two days, I've had no drops. I followed the instructions to delete some files, reset the SMC and PRAM. I'm not sure which one fixed it, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Well, for the last two days, I've had no drops. I followed the instructions to delete some files, reset the SMC and PRAM. I'm not sure which one fixed it, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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Safari also to blame?
As many others, I am also experiencing wi-fi drops. However, I noticed that using Safari makes the issue considerably worse. With Safari open my w-ifi connection drops every couple of minutes and this problem propagates also to my Ipad 3. But when using Firefox, with Safari closed, the w-ifi drops every few hours. I do not know what is going on. Mavericks was flawless, Yosemite is nightmarish. I have a late 2013 iMac.
As many others, I am also experiencing wi-fi drops. However, I noticed that using Safari makes the issue considerably worse. With Safari open my w-ifi connection drops every couple of minutes and this problem propagates also to my Ipad 3. But when using Firefox, with Safari closed, the w-ifi drops every few hours. I do not know what is going on. Mavericks was flawless, Yosemite is nightmarish. I have a late 2013 iMac.