That is a VERY good point. The hardware variables are very very small, Windows machines is huge, yet Apple has ongoing wifi issues. Can anyone comment here on theorn experience who accesses their wifi by way of Airport Extreme or Express?
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Some OS X Yosemite Users Plagued With Wi-Fi Connection Issues
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That is a VERY good point. The hardware variables are very very small, Windows machines is huge, yet Apple has ongoing wifi issues. Can anyone comment here on theorn experience who accesses their wifi by way of Airport Extreme or Express?
Haven't had issues myself. I'm more concerned and the <censored> bluetooth issues with iPhone 6 in my car.
My iPad Air 2 has no WiFi issues on 8, my regular Air does, my replacement iPhone 6 plus no longer has WiFi issues, and about once a week I have to reboot my 2011 MBP running Yosemite because the connection drops completely. Prior to 8 the iPad Air had no issues, and with all previous versions of OS X my MBP was rock solid. So irritating.
This! My late 2012 MBP will not stay connected to my work WiFi for longer than 20-30 minutes, sometimes even less. I have to turn wifi on/off in order for it to reconnect. At home, or at other family members homes, I never see any issue related to WiFi.
I haven't noticed any issues with my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013).
However, that's not to say there aren't issues out there.
What I don't get is why did Apple change the Wifi stack at all? It worked fine before.
However, that's not to say there aren't issues out there.
What I don't get is why did Apple change the Wifi stack at all? It worked fine before.
Can confirm this, my Wifi keeps dropping every now and then. It's not a huge inconvenience, but an unnecessary nonetheless. If I count in the preview, finder and safari crashes that happen quite frequently, I'd have to say that Yosemite is (by far even) the least convincing major OS upgrade so far. It looks good, but other than that I'm having pretty bad experiences with it. I may not be right (in fact I hope so), but that seems to be the kind of direction Apple is going with their software. I really hope they pull themselves together.
No issues with my Mid-2012 rMBP running Yosemite 10.1 at home or at work. Also running 8.02. on iPhone 6. No issues there either. Thought I read somewhere it might be a third-party program installed that's the issue??
I'm running Lion 10.7.5 and have this issue waking from sleep or on boot, really irritating, forgets password, then tells me the password is wrong, can mostly reconnect via networks preference pane, but it's sooooooo irritating 
I've just ordered a Retina iMac, and that comes with Yosemite installed, I really hope I don't have all this grief or I'll be looking to downgrade to Mavericks.
Really shouldn't be having these issues, what with IOS 8 wifi issues, now this!
I've just ordered a Retina iMac, and that comes with Yosemite installed, I really hope I don't have all this grief or I'll be looking to downgrade to Mavericks.
Really shouldn't be having these issues, what with IOS 8 wifi issues, now this!
Tell me about it. I've noticed over the years with multiple Mac devices they always seem to pick up less networks than the Windows devices that sit right next to them.
LOL. I'm gonna go and have a browse over at ASC, but I can see it now;
Newbie - My wifi keeps dropping. I've tried all known fixes and only the Apple devices have problems.
Longtime poster - I personally have owned 327 Macs since 1871 and they've all run perfectly. It's your system.
Apple - A new firmware is available to fix wifi.
Longtime poster - Errrrr.......
Happening once or twice daily for me
Usually happens after closing my MacBook Air while logged in, or switching out to the Login In screen. When logging back in it can't connect to my network. If I then turn off wifi and immediately turn it back on, it connects immediately and I'm on my way.
Has been irritating.
Usually happens after closing my MacBook Air while logged in, or switching out to the Login In screen. When logging back in it can't connect to my network. If I then turn off wifi and immediately turn it back on, it connects immediately and I'm on my way.
Has been irritating.
Had a friend with this issue. Command+Option+P+R at startup fixed the problem. Reset PRAM and it was all good.
I ran all the public beta versions of Yosemite on my 2009 iMac without a hitch so confidently installed the public release version of it on my late 2013 MacBook Pro and have been plagued with Wi-Fi issues since. Drops connection, won't re-establish connection without a reboot and when it is connected it's painfully slow. Meanwhile the 2009 iMac stays connected all the time and chips! Go figure!