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mac osx 10.9 Mavericks wifi issue

Ok so Wifi is really starting to annoy now....


I have a 2013 Mac Air (about 1 month old). I upgraded to mavericks and now EVERYTIME the machine goes to sleep, i close the lid, whatever the wifi connection is shut down and on logging in again, the wifi doesn't connect. I have to manually turn off wifi and then turn on again before selecting my network (and usually needs 2 attempts).


This is unacceptable.


Does anybody else suffer from this issue? any ideas on how to fix it (other than reverting back to MLion - if that's even possible)


Thanks in advance for any responses


Kind Regards


Supersleb

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 30, 2013 11:51 AM

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Feb 2, 2014 9:37 AM in response to Chevex

True. If you are here to post possible solutions then fair enough. This problem is neither big enough nor defined enough ( my computer was working just fine on Mavericks until 7 days ago, I have had the same problem on Lion before ) to get focussed attention. Far more people are using Mavericks just fine even if I think it's one of the buggiest releases yet.


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Feb 2, 2014 4:05 PM in response to Chevex

Chevex wrote:


Sadly not enough people are affected, or at least not enough of them raising a stink. This thread would need to spiral way more out of control before Apple will really notice, even more so for the mainstream media to notice.


There are several threads about the lose of WiFi that were started long before this one that have hundreds of thousands of views and thousands of replies. This thread only got started after Mavericks came out and the problems developed in that OS. This has been a problem since 2007. Apple has had plenty of notice and knows full well that there are WiFi problems. It just doesn't seem that Apple is overtly addressing this. Sometimes being "secretive" can have adverse affects.


For example:

MacBook Pro constantly losing wireless connectivity

845572 Views 1,882 Replies


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1352518

Feb 3, 2014 7:48 AM in response to Chevex

Difficult ro measure the scope of the problem. I have two new MacBook Airs that have absolutely no problems, before or after Mavericks. 1,882 comments as a percentage of the total universe of MacBook Airs is a fairly small group.


But I can appreciate the effort in bringing the problem to the surface. The next time I could be the lucky user with a problem.

Feb 3, 2014 7:54 AM in response to KlaatuBarada

Those 1882 comments are only a percentage of the total number of those experiencing problems. That was just one forum on Mavs. There are other forums as well that can be added to this number. Do you think for a second if Honda had 1800 cars out there with the same problem they would not issue a recall? I am sure many out there are getting by with the little tricks like shutting off bluetooth or turning their wifi on and off and are either on other forums or not even on a forum.

Feb 6, 2014 10:01 PM in response to koalaballs

Just bought a Macbook Pro 15" within the past 30 days. I've used a Windows machine since version 3.0.


I am so frustrated with this machine. I can't go 5 minutes without having to "Turn Wi-Fi Off", try to reconnect (usually takes a time or two) before being able to go back to work. Not the most productive way to get things done.


This is something you would wish on your nemisis.


I am not impressed.

Feb 7, 2014 11:04 AM in response to Harvey 137

Yes, I had actually looked that up a couple days ago. Unfortunately I have had it longer than 2 weeks. I am currently in negotiations with my wife to trade for her HP. If that fails I am going back to the Apple store to see what they can do.


This site seemed to help a couple people, but none of the suggestions fixed my issue: http://howtoapple.com/mavericks-wifi-issues-fix/

Feb 8, 2014 12:09 PM in response to Woodeye Doit

May I suggest, if you do decide to go to the Apple store, you print out a few pages, showing the different discussion threads on this very topic, with indicators showing number of pages for each topic and number of views. I did this when I went to the Apple store. My "genius" guy didn't care much, but I figure if more people do this, eventually someone who does care will take notice.

Feb 8, 2014 1:38 PM in response to Steve RK

If it is less than 14 days old take it back and get a new one. People have to force the issue. Howcome CNET or other online computer mags are not playing this up??? This is big time. Man I get to that dreaded ! when reconnecting and it hesitates for a 1-3 seconds and the bingo it works and stays working. I am dreading the day it might not work.

mac osx 10.9 Mavericks wifi issue

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