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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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May 11, 2014 9:52 PM in response to themachead

i wish i can give back to a lapyop that has give me a lot over the years i likemy mac book 8 years is a long time i wish i had the money if mac book could say it say fix me so i can teach you more thing the screen may be dim but mid the laptop there life there a voice my mac book pro is best laptop i have ever own it was the coolest thing ever in 2006 it stell cool to now i will never forget the time it when i fisrt started it first time 12/31/06

at 9ami have learn more from this laptop then a window

May 12, 2014 9:02 AM in response to supersleb

I don't know what these guys are talking about. deleting bluetooth plist doesn't fix it at all. deleting all previous wifi network doesn't fix it either. The only thing that fixes it is delete all bluetooth devices, and turn bluetooth off. Then the wifi re-connects fine upon waking up the macbook. But I want to use my bluetooth headphone often, so I have to keep reconnecting, deleting the device again, etc, and it's so annoying.

May 12, 2014 9:08 AM in response to Community User

My answer to all your problems is dongle dongle dongle. I do not get why people suffer when a $15/20 dongle will get them back online with bluetooth. Sure Apple needs to fix this but in the meantime why drive with a flat tire?

Shut the wifi off and put the dongle in the USB port. Or leave the wifi on as the dongle will pick up when the wifi drops.

May 13, 2014 9:09 AM in response to dgbarar

Thanks Don, taking the steps recommended below solved my connectivity problem.


1) Delete all WiFi connection preferences.

2) In keychain, delete all references to airport.

3) In Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences delete com.apple.Bluetooth.plist


But what's the deal? is apple wanting to force Mac users to begin using their router? if my suspiscion is true; it is a low point for apple. How much more money do these gluttons need to make to understand corporate social responsibility?

May 16, 2014 12:15 PM in response to bandoba

Edimax has a couple that work on 2.4 and 5 up to 450 Mps and some are AC compatible.

All those I listed I belive are Mac supported. Double check my links!!! Look in there download section!!

I have no connection to this company.

Their tech support is outstanding.

Make sure you check the downloads menu for Mac support.

http://www.edimax.us/html/english/frames/b-download.htm

http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=521&pl1_id=28&pl2_id=138

http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=399&pl1_id=28&pl2_id=138

http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=426

http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=479&pl1_id=28&pl2_id=138

May 16, 2014 12:34 PM in response to Harvey 137

Oh, okay. Didn't realize that. Thanks for the tip. Which one you are using?


BTW, my MBA was working fine and I ened up replacing its display due to other issues. IIRC, it worked fine even after display replacement and then one fine day it just became terribly slow. I'm assuming this is same issue as reported in this thread but is there anything particulr I need to check to confirm this issue? I have already tried disabling BT and all that and none of that seems to help. Other MBPro, iPad, Nexus everything is working fine at the same time and that points to MBA specific issue.

May 16, 2014 1:16 PM in response to Harvey 137

I have been looking at these just for now and would like an AC/N unit. But seems that they don't have one. But I went to the driver page (http://www.edimax.us/html/english/frames/b-download.htm) to see what model supported what and downloaded the drivers: EW-7811Un, EW-7722UTn v2.0 for several of the OS's since I run several and instlaled the OS 10.9 drivers without the dongle, as per a suggestion earlier on this thread that I can not find, and although it's not back to 100% and fails under hard use, my WiFi has worked for what I have needed. SO for me this tells me that it is software related issue that started back in 10.6.


Now everytime I wake my MBP, the WiFi logo is all black and I have Internet. After a while or if I really tax it, it will fail so I have a hardline standing by that when I plug it in the WiFi logo "comes" back to black, but no Internet connection. So . . . .

mac osx 10.9 Mavericks wifi issue

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