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User profile for user: lexpt22
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My Macbook's connecting to the WiFi, but it takes forever to connect to the Internet.

My Macbook is connected to my house's WiFi network. However, when I open my web browser, the website usually takes a minute to load. Afterward, the internet works fine, but when I first open it, there's a slight delay. I don't know why this is. It's like whenever I first open my Macbook (after it's been asleep, not after restarting it), the internet takes a little bit of time to load. Why is this?

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jul 5, 2023 12:55 PM

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User profile for user: Grant Bennet-Alder
Grant Bennet-Alder
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Posted on Jul 5, 2023 5:43 PM

Presuming that is somewhere near the speeds you are paying for, it does not look like you have a Wi-Fi problem.

It looks like you have a Mac Performance problem,


Poisoning Internet performance:


By far the easiest way to cause poor performance, instability, and crashing is to install ANY third-party speeder-uppers, Cleaners, Optimizers, or Virus scanners. or a VPN that you installed yourself.


The idea that a third party, with no special knowledge of the inner workings of MacOS, can somehow find a simple way to protect your computer — that is not already being done by MacOS itself — suggests that the MacOS developers are somehow "holding out on you". That is absurd.


You should remove any and all (other than Apple built-in) virus scanners, speeder uppers, optimizers, cleaners, App deleters or VPN packages you installed yourself, or anything of that ilk.


Third-party file Sync-ers such as DropBox, BackBlaze, OneDrive, or GoogleDrive can ruin performance, but are not inherently dangerous.


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User profile for user: Grant Bennet-Alder
Grant Bennet-Alder
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Jul 5, 2023 5:43 PM in response to lexpt22

Presuming that is somewhere near the speeds you are paying for, it does not look like you have a Wi-Fi problem.

It looks like you have a Mac Performance problem,


Poisoning Internet performance:


By far the easiest way to cause poor performance, instability, and crashing is to install ANY third-party speeder-uppers, Cleaners, Optimizers, or Virus scanners. or a VPN that you installed yourself.


The idea that a third party, with no special knowledge of the inner workings of MacOS, can somehow find a simple way to protect your computer — that is not already being done by MacOS itself — suggests that the MacOS developers are somehow "holding out on you". That is absurd.


You should remove any and all (other than Apple built-in) virus scanners, speeder uppers, optimizers, cleaners, App deleters or VPN packages you installed yourself, or anything of that ilk.


Third-party file Sync-ers such as DropBox, BackBlaze, OneDrive, or GoogleDrive can ruin performance, but are not inherently dangerous.


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My Macbook's connecting to the WiFi, but it takes forever to connect to the Internet.

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