Hi,
Since I have downloaded Mavericks, my wifi has been slow, and keeps losing connection and when I go on into Network Diagnostics it comes up with the Thunderbolt Bridge. I have no use for the Thunderbolt bridge and it seems to be slowing my computer down.
Please help!
Thanks
Mac OS X (10.7.5)
But when you hit minus to remove it, it comes back shortly after. How do you get rid of it permanently?
I'm not sure if this is correct, I don't have a thunderbolt machine in front of me…
Open System Preferences > Network. In the list on the left, click the 'settings cog' & select set service order. Drag into the desired order.
You can also use the same 'cog' to to make Thunderbolt inactive if you desire.
It's not just a Thunderbolt/ Mavericks feature.
You can do a similar thing over Firewire, it allows you to network 2 Macs when no ethernet or wifi was available. You would also get lightning fast transfers Mac to Mac over Firewire or Thunderbolt using IP networking. You can even daisychain via disks & hubs too !
If one Mac is on a real network (ethernet or wifi) with internet you can also share this via TB & internet sharing.
It's not something everyone needs, so you are right about deleting the option or drag it to the bottom of the 'Service order' list, but it is pretty neat if you need fast networking & only have a TB or Firewire cable.
The OS will try to fall back to any type of connection in the service list, so you should probably investigate why the other types of connection are dropping.
You don't need to remove it, just drag it to the bottom of the service list and set the service inactive (both can be managed in the 'settings gear' as mentioned above).
The only way to prevent it existing in the list is to buy a Mac without Thunderbolt (or use an OS without this feature).
If you are certain you have issues with this then you may be better off explaining what the problem is, it's difficult to see how an unused & disconected connector can slow a Mac?
I have the same item (TB bridge). Not sure what this is. I guess you can delete it by clicking on the minus sign at the bottom.
I now see that this Mavericks feature is so you can connect two Mac's together via TB cable for fast file transfers. Something I do not need at this time so I deleted it from the networks app pane.
Mine never came back after deleting. Strange.
How do you get rid of the thunderbolt bridge?
