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reinstalling Mac OS keeps also the wi-fi router passwords or not ?

reinstalling Mac OS keeps also the wi-fi router passwords or not ?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Jan 29, 2022 12:07 AM

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Posted on Jan 29, 2022 12:32 AM

If you erase the the startup disk and do a fresh install of macOS the wifi passwords have to be re-entered.

If you install macOS on top of itself, the existing wifi passwords in the existing macOS install shoud remain.


If the above is not your problem, please expand on your problem.

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Jan 29, 2022 2:48 PM in response to nicklegge

This may sound like a dumb thing to say, but there can always occur an unexpected problem, due to who knows what? For that reason, I have always kept a separate list of all my passwords on an Excel spreadsheet. Yes, it has a password to open it as well for security. So if something ever goes wrong, I have them. And I can occasionally refer to that sheet when needed. I suggest you consider doing the same.

reinstalling Mac OS keeps also the wi-fi router passwords or not ?

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