Q: Internet connection keeps dropping with MacBook Pro OS 10.11.3
The wifi works great in our house on all our devices until I turn on my MacBook Pro. Then the wifi still says it's connected on all my devices but nothing will load on any device. I have to restart our modem and router. Then it will work for a couple minutes and go out again. A little background- I recently bought a used MacBook Pro (2012) from eBay (to replace the 2011 MacBook Pro my 1 yr old dumped water on). It had been wiped clean and had El Capitan 10.11.3 installed. I began loading my programs and files onto the computer and everything worked great for about a week and then I started having this issue. I've called the internet provider 10+ times and they even sent someone out to look at our connection. They keep telling me it should work now the the problem hasn't gotten any better. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro
Posted on Apr 2, 2016 11:01 PM
Do you by chance, have your MB Pro performing a large upload or download in the background? This can make it appear that wifi is down for all devices (actually its just really slow with lots of latency leading to time outs). Photos is notorious for this. With the MB Pro connected to wifi, go to Photos > Preferences > iCloud and just below iCloud Photo Library at the top, do you see a message that activity is occurring?
Posted on Apr 2, 2016 11:08 PM
