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Some OS X Yosemite Users Still Experiencing Wi-Fi Connection Issues Even After 10.10.1 Update

Cisco_Kid said:
"Apple support representatives have instructed users to remove excess preferred networks in the Network section of System Preferences"

Yeah, because that makes my life so much easier when travelling with my laptops through multiple networks everyday....
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That's the kind of support I'm used to by any other company, at least until they released the iPhone where nothing is accessible and all you can personally do is doing a reinstall of the whole OS and then restoring from a backup.
Ugh, imagine doing this on your Mac, yes, thanks but no thanks.

I still think that for power users, at least through iTunes, in a slightly hidden way, there should be actually powerful diagnostics and maintenance tools akin to OS X.

Furthermore: I don't care which WiFi standard my next desktop Mac has, it'll be hooked up to ethernet regardless, so I'm all for 10GBit/s LAN ports.

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Snow Leopard was great, Mavericks was great, and Yosemite so far has been great.

my problems are with iOS 8.1 and the apple message app. hope 8.1.1 is the charm!
 
I work at a university. IT has had to deal with a lot of users who upgraded to Yosemite and the subsequent updates. Even with the IT's help I've got stalling page loading and dropped Wifi.
 
JerichoJones said:
Did you not notice that Apple completely controls the ecosystem? Give M$ credit. They have to support thousands of hardware products with their OS. Considering that fact makes Apple look silly in comparison. And don't get me started on supporting them on a Windows network with real security. They make consumer products not designed for enterprise use.

Why do you think the Apple sales reps avoid IT like the plague and try to sell directly to end users?
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You didn't really get it right there... :confused:
 
Sasparilla said:
Good luck with Windows 8.2/9/10 (release is towards the end of next year), it is still a mess (running the technical preview at home) and definitely not like OS X...

As an FYI, you can run Mavericks on your Mac Pro 1,1 now, as some dedicated folks (some on these forums) have figured out how to do this relatively easily. But I know what you're saying...hardware has to get upgraded at some point and Apple is selling sealed iThings for the most part now.
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That's the dilemma. OSX is still quite a bit better than Windows in terms of general usability and aesthetics but I use Windows on my wife's laptop and at work and it's good enough...definitely good enough that I'm not sure OSX is worth the $200 delta between a Mac Mini and a home-built Windows PC.

If 2014 displayed the "best product pipeline in 25 years" I'm not sure I want to stay in the Apple ecosystem...
 
"Your loss. You're missing out on some incredible new technologies and experiences in Yosemite."

Such as? I upgraded all the way from Snow Leopard, and I'm not seeing anything useful. Note that I do not own an IOS device, so all those Handoff and Continuity thingies are useless. I had hopes for the dictation, but that doesn't work well either. I may try again with a better microphone.

If I could go back to Snow Leopard, I would, but it turned out to be a one way trip.
 
Yep I've heard that's the TCP/IP Stack the problem

A friend of mine told me that that's the TCP/IP Stack the problem.

I'm waiting for my brand new rMBP 15" today see if with 10.10 pre-installed if I have a problem, if 10.10.1 solve the problem or if I need to return to 10.9.

I'll test both wifi on a freebox and Ethernet on a timecapsule to find out.

For the record I had sometimes wifi problems with my MBP 17" with 10.6.8 watching TV over Wifi ...

25ghosts said:
Hi ---

I don't know why MacRumors keep portraying this a WiFi Problem.

No one complains about loosing their WLAN. They loose their Internet Connect as in possibility to resolve DNS. Thats it.

WIFI works great. If it would be a WIFI issue people would loose their WLAN all the time. This is NOT a WIFI Problem.
In fact as the problem appears the user ARE connected to their WLAN.

Aside from that, you also get this problem when connecting an ethernet cable to the router. It is a DNS Issue, somehow.
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Let's ask the following questions:

1. What model router are you running?

2. Are you using the default settings for the DNS name server on your broadband modem, router or even the local device itself? (Remember, in both MacOS X and iOS you can change the DNS server address to use a different DNS server provider like Google Public DNS, OpenDNS or DNS Advantage.)

I myself use a Netgear R7000 Nighthawk AC1900 router with both my iPad Air and iPhone 6 set up in iOS 8.1.1 to use Google Public DNS (DNS addresses of 8.8.8.8 primary and 8.8.4.4 secondary) connecting to the router and everything works great with no problems. :) I wonder if changing the DNS server address of the router or even the portable Apple device to use the Google Public DNS server addresses I just mentioned might help things.
 
ok,, This must be the longest running bug spanning two updates of Wi-fi issues.

This obviously says Apple can't get it right. Among other thing, they fixed it in Mavericks, that that probably only needed one update.
 
I'm on a late 2014 13" rMBP. I had no Wifi problems with Mavericks (Though I only ran it for about 6 hours before updating to Yosemite.) No problems with Yosemite 10.10 and no problems with 10.10.1. I am a computer consultant and use it to connect to lots of different routers of all brands in lots of locations. My home router is a 3 year old 802.11N Time Capsule. Not one issue in the last month that I have owned it.

Also (And I'm probably dooming myself even saying this.) but none of my customers running Yosemite on various iMacs, MBAs and MBPs have had any Wifi issues either.

Strange that so many people have had issues while others have none. Maybe a specific combination of software or driver. Hardware seems unlikely since there are so many different wifi adapter manufactures in all our various macs.
 
There is also an Airplay bug in 10.10.1

10.10.1 has also not fixed a problem with some late model iMacs that are unable to send video to Apple TV via Airplay:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6604908
I suppose there is a chance it is related to wifi problems but I have the bug using either wifi or ethernet.
Note that Macbook Pro and Macbook Air with exactly the same configuration as the iMac work fine.
 
I have a late 2013 maxed out 27" iMac. No wifi issues on Mavericks and none on the initial Yosemite release. But with the 10.10.1 update I'm now having to turn off wifi on my iMac randomly and turn it back on as I lose the connection.

Not only are they not correcting the issue with wifi but they are now causing it on some machines.
 
ColdShadow said:
Yosemite...yuck..:confused:
The worst version of OSX in recent years.
after fresh installing Yosemite with much enthusiasm..I re-installed Mavricks on my 2014 rMBP.
Mavricks is more reliable,much faster,much much better looking.and doesn't eat and waste
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too much Ram like Yosemite.
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LOL .... just laughing because I remember when Micrsoft went from XP to Vista, which had similar features to Yosemeti, and everyone complained about how Vista performed, and indeed Vista was a bloated piece of OS garbage that was plagued with issues. Thus I'm somewhat having dejavu right now. LOL ... perhaps the next OS after Yosemite will be in line with Windows 7's vast improvement over Vista. :p It's kind of like seeing history repeat itself.
 
padapada said:
It is mind boggling to me that this was either:
- not detected in QC
- detected in QC and subsequently decided to be a non-showstopper at some management level
It's hard to believe that it was not detected in QC, which leaves the second option. Given the pressure/expectations from the market that seems much more probable.
It is really sad and unbelievable that it does not draw even more attention.
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It was probably detected. And assessed. Like This:

There is a probability that 20% of all users installing 10.10 are going to suffer from not being able to access the internet.

Great news... That means 80% are going to be able to access the internet. Lets release. And deal with the 20% instead of dealing with the 80% by not releasing...

In War, I believe, this is referred to as collateral damage.
 
Jovian9 said:
I have a late 2013 maxed out 27" iMac. No wifi issues on Mavericks and none on the initial Yosemite release. But with the 10.10.1 update I'm now having to turn off wifi on my iMac randomly and turn it back on as I lose the connection.

Not only are they not correcting the issue with wifi but they are now causing it on some machines.
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This! I have a brand new MBP and a 2012 27" iMac and I have to do the same thing since the second update of Yosemite.
 
25ghosts said:
It was probably detected. And assessed. Like This:

There is a probability that 20% of all users installing 10.10 are going to suffer from not being able to access the internet.

Great news... That means 80% are going to be able to access the internet. Lets release. And deal with the 20% instead of dealing with the 80% by not releasing...

In War, I believe, this is referred to as collateral damage.
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As hard as it might be for Apple to get in the trenches with the "20%" or even 5% if need be, this is really the only place a lot of these recurring issues can be found. They should be taken seriously by Apple. I think Apple thinks they can put most of this down to user error. I thought this might change when they started releasing public betas, but the real action is in forums like this, not solely in the "feedback app" that I would have to assume that most of us simply don't use for whatever reason.
 
I finally ended up grabbing a new AC router and my Wi-Fi issues are gone. Yearly OS X updates are seeming like they are taking a toll on quality assurance.
 
I posted this elsewhere also. I had massive similar issues on Mavericks with disconnecting wifi on a Mac Pro and MBP but got this fixed after a chat with a very savvy 2nd line Apple Support rep. I'd been through 3 peeps at Apple before plus eons of time wasted with BT Support.

Anyway long story short was that enabling two wifi networks (2.4ghz and 5ghz) at the same time with the same credentials - network name and password - (as instructed by BT I might add!) was causing the issue. Changing the name of the 5ghz network cured this problem immediately and I have had absolutely zero issues since, even after installing Yosemite.

Try this, it might just work for you as it did for me.
 
WiFi issues for me were non existent in 10.10

Now with 10.10.1 it is up and down constantly, before you ask, my router is a current airport extreme :confused:

I really am not a happy camper... :(

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border terrier said:
I posted this elsewhere also. I had massive similar issues on Mavericks with disconnecting wifi on a Mac Pro and MBP but got this fixed after a chat with a very savvy 2nd line Apple Support rep. I'd been through 3 peeps at Apple before plus eons of time wasted with BT Support.

Anyway long story short was that enabling two wifi networks (2.4ghz and 5ghz) at the same time with the same credentials - network name and password - (as instructed by BT I might add!) was causing the issue. Changing the name of the 5ghz network cured this problem immediately and I have had absolutely zero issues since, even after installing Yosemite.

Try this, it might just work for you as it did for me.
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Gonna try this right now, will report back later...
 
Something strange

When MCS index is zero, should connected speed be also zero (or very low?), and bar indicator be 1 dash at most ? Issues not fixed on my side......

:mad::mad::mad::mad:
 

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When I first complained about a lot of these issues, I was laughed at here by the Fanboys with comments like, "Oh, my rotary phone isn't compatible either" or "Go Buy a new Mac."

Well, this update has not fixed my internet issues, boot time issues, boot display preference issues, or WIFI issues, and the intermittent iPhone connection Bluetooth of death issue either with allegedly Apple supported cables.

None of these issues happened in Mavericks. Why can't they fix it?

And Yosemite is sloooooooooooooow on a non-cylindrical late model Mac Pro.

Is Apple just throwing the PRO community under the bus again?
 
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