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Wifi issue with Macbook pro after updating to OS Catalina

Hi, I updated my Macbook pro 2012 15" to OS Catalina and I cannot use Wi-Fi. Wierdly, wifi diagnostics doesn't get opened either. Has anyone else been facing a similar issue or know of an existing solution.

Posted on Oct 10, 2019 7:27 AM

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Posted on Nov 3, 2019 2:27 PM

Well this I can do for you, this I understand. And in another thread they explained it the same.


  1. Download the modified files (thanks Alex!) and unzip > you get a folder named WiFi_kexts
  2. Boot into Recovery Mode: restart your computer while pressing and holding cmd-R
  3. Open > Utilities > Terminal via Menu Bar (detailed instructions here)
  4. Type csrutil disable and hit return
  5. Type reboot and hit return > computer reboots normally
  6. Open > Utilities > Terminal and enter cd and hit the space bar (don't hit return)
  7. Drag the folder WiFi_kexts onto the Terminal window and hit return
  8. In Terminal, enter sudo mount -uw / and hit return, then enter your user password and hit return
  9. Enter sudo cp -r IO80211Family.kext /System/Library/Extensions/  and hit return
  10. Enter sudo cp -r IO80211FamilyV2.kext /System/Library/Extensions/  and hit return
  11. Right-click on Kext Utility in the folder WiFi_kexts and choose open, click open in the following dialog, authenticate with your password
  12. Wait for Kext Utility to complete – this took maybe two minutes on my setup, and I got an error message in the end, as well as "All done"
  13. Reboot your computer and enjoy WiFi in Catalina
  14. If you want to turn on SIP again you can boot into recovery mode again and enter csrutil enable (hit return) reboot (hit return)


I have done all this and I still did not get the driver to work, in other words I still have the same problem :(


But I hope this will work for you Prashant2908 Try that and let us know!

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Wifi issue with Macbook pro after updating to OS Catalina

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