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Apr 18, 2015 3:35 PM in response to tanhsaby Oankali,Just reporting the same. I have tried this fix and my 13inch Retina Macbook Pro 2015 still searches for networks every 3-5 seconds. It is extreemely frustrating to have to reset the wifi every minute I want to use the laptop.
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Apr 24, 2015 6:14 AM in response to SCUBACRAMERby farmerSam,Apple tech support told me today that cycling between WIFI: LOOKING FOR NETWORK and WIFI:ON is normal behaviour.
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Apr 24, 2015 12:01 PM in response to farmerSamby K Shaffer,Yes, it is normal behavior.
In former system versions prior to Mavericks, the issue implied a change in status
of the actual wi-fi network and some users were forced into different levels of effort
to be able to resolve that issue; of which this was a symptom. But not necessarily
so in the present day with an updated Mavericks or newest Yosemite. Or I hasten
to say, it shouldn't be.
With more than one Mac in the same room, turned on or asleep, it's easier to compare
between those versions of OS X that have different quirky behaviors. Sadly those which
were close to perfect are now considered obsolete, yet are fine and very stable, still.
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Jun 7, 2015 7:18 AM in response to Captain Fabulousby BrianWKemper,I am trying to follow your instructions but when I re-enter the network name, password, etc., I don't see a box to uncheck "Show Connection." I see a box that says "Show Wifi in Status Bar." I have a MacBook Air 13 inch that we bought in early 2014. Have the latest updates, etc.
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Jul 9, 2015 3:18 PM in response to SCUBACRAMERby SargezWife,Reply Helpful by Captain Fabulous on Apr 26, 2014 9:09 AM
Wi-Fi: Looking for networks message constant.
> System Preferences > Network > Selected Wi-Fi > Advanced > Highlight current connection,
Click to remove it, to add it.
Manually enter network name, password, and uncheck show connection status, then click Apply. (causes wi-fi icon to disappear) then,
check the show connection status box again, so it shows as it did originally.
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Sep 11, 2015 6:57 AM in response to Ngmooreby meena73,THANK YOU, NGMoore! I don't know if it was turning off the bluetooth or just removing the "wi-fi status" from my bar but doing that finally allowed me to connect to wifi and actually load something online without the "searching for wifi...." showing up every 3-5 seconds and preventing anything from opening!
This was happening in different physical locations so I knew it was laptop related. So glad I can use my stinkin' macbook pro again!!! You rock -- thanks for sharing your hard-found knowledge (compliments of our London friend!)
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Oct 10, 2015 6:21 AM in response to Captain Fabulousby surya_prakash,Such simple resolution. Thank you Captain Fabulous.
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Oct 11, 2015 8:22 AM in response to Captain Fabulousby Jeff Sawyer,Didn't work for my imac running El Capitan 10.11 but thanks for trying, all.
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Oct 18, 2015 3:46 AM in response to Captain Fabulousby ivannanto,Still not working, looking for networks every 2-3 seconds... any other solutions?
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Nov 11, 2015 5:22 PM in response to Captain Fabulousby Schwingblade,Worked for me. Been driving me nuts for months. Thank you Captain Fabulous.
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Jan 16, 2016 11:41 AM in response to Captain Fabulousby chopper_pilot,Hi Captain. I'm seeing the same problem on a 2014 MacBook Pro running Yosemite 10.10.5. I tried your solution and it didn't work. Any other suggestions? BTW I'm seeing the same problem on my 2009 MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion
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Feb 5, 2016 9:59 AM in response to SCUBACRAMERby ksnaveen,I tried but it appears to be not working for me as well.
Am'I missing anything here?
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Mar 16, 2016 7:44 PM in response to SCUBACRAMERby duey911,I found that just unchecking the "show wi-fi status in menu bar" worked for me.
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Jun 17, 2016 10:32 AM in response to duey911by LaRubia666,Did you then turn it back on? I will try this when I get home tonight.
