iMac wifi Blink

My WiFi icon keeps blinking on my iMac (and it can’t see any Wi-Fi networks) and Bluetooth wont turn on ? Any help appreciated


Posted on Jun 5, 2022 1:59 AM

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Posted on Jun 5, 2022 2:34 AM

Here's a few low tech things to try.


  • Perform a Time Machine backup and if possible a separate hard backup
  • Uninstall any and all antivirus/cleanup apps and turn off VPN (if installed)
  • Restart and see if things improve
  • If no improvement, restart in safe mode and see if the problem resolves
  • If yes this suggests that there is /are background tasks loading on a normal startup which are the cause
  • Check your login items to see what tasks are loading and disable them one at a time followed by a normal startup. This will identify a rogue startup item
  • A sledgehammer solution is to do a clean (virgin) install of MacOS followed by installing the latest version of apps one at a time with checking for problems before installing the next.
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Jun 5, 2022 2:34 AM in response to Eish77

Here's a few low tech things to try.


  • Perform a Time Machine backup and if possible a separate hard backup
  • Uninstall any and all antivirus/cleanup apps and turn off VPN (if installed)
  • Restart and see if things improve
  • If no improvement, restart in safe mode and see if the problem resolves
  • If yes this suggests that there is /are background tasks loading on a normal startup which are the cause
  • Check your login items to see what tasks are loading and disable them one at a time followed by a normal startup. This will identify a rogue startup item
  • A sledgehammer solution is to do a clean (virgin) install of MacOS followed by installing the latest version of apps one at a time with checking for problems before installing the next.

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