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

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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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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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lexpt22 Author

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Jul 5, 2023 2:55 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

I just did an Ookla speed test. My download speed is 383.25 Mbps and my upload speed is 109.07 Mbps. I don't think this is an ISP problem but instead a Mac problem, since this problem only shows up on my Macbook.

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ku4hx

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Jul 5, 2023 1:20 PM in response to lexpt22

What browser? If Safari, try Firefox.

Also, you might consider contacting your ISP and have them test your line and modem.

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Jul 5, 2023 2:29 PM in response to lexpt22

what speeds from an Internet speed test?

what speed are you paying your ISP for?

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lexpt22 Author

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Jul 5, 2023 2:53 PM in response to ku4hx

I've been using a Chromium-based browser. I don't think the problem is with my router/ISP, since my other devices connect to the internet just fine. It's only my Macbook that has this issue.

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lexpt22 Author

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Jul 5, 2023 6:45 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Okay, thank you! Based on what you said, I'm guessing the problem is the file-sync software I have for Google Drive and OneDrive. I'll consider removing them.

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

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