Q: OSX Yosemite Wifi issues

Hello, same thing happens to me while downloading videos or movies using Firefox as a browser. So, this issue is not just Safari exclusive. I'll try to replace my 3.5 years Air Port Extreme with a new one and see if that helps with the dropping WiFi. I do not Apple is going to fix that anytime soon.

Sorry but it doesn't have anything to do with our thread's main topic which is WiFi issues after downloading a new OSX Yosemite. However it's an interesting reading material. To bad it's unrelated.

Well, in my case it's an intermittent, random WiFi signal lost. So, this connectivity issue affects many people differently. Most likely because of computers configuration as different applications, network providers, set up, etc.

I am begging Apple, if I could get down on my hands and knees I would, PLEASE try and expedite a fix to this soon. It has been a month and in that time I have not been able to accomplish a half of what I normally can in that period.  As a work from home digital artist, I have to be able to not only communicate with my clients but actually get the work done! This situation seems to be getting worse, and I am an artist, not a computer geek, I cannot follow or would not attempt to follow all of the educated fixes offered on the forum for fear of making things worse. I need to pay my bills Apple. Please do something - you are all so brilliant I can't see why the fix is taking so long. Or.. give us all the opportunity to return to Mavericks. When can we expect a proper fix? At this rate, I am going to have to look for a new line of work.

II've tried a few of the solutions suggested on this thread and some have produced short term fixes but the problem has always resumed.  The one thing I did that has helped more than anything else is rearranging all the electrical items in the same room as my iMac.  A hifi speaker in particular seemed to have been screwing with the iMacs ability to communicate with other devices and simply moving that a foot further away has worked wonders.  Its presence wasn't a problem with Mavericks though so why it is with Yosemite is a mystery.  I'm still getting occasional drop outs so I'm still not happy but I'm happier than I was.

I'm sorry, I do feel your pain. I'm going to similar experiences with this unfortunate Yosemite update. Unfortunately Apple doesn't read our massages on this forum. Sending massages or submitting complains will not help much. Traditionally Apple is unresponsive to customers hardship. All we have left at this point is hope that this problem will get their attention and will be fixed soon. Please do not attempt any fixes because everything suggested on this forum doesn't work or is just a temporary solution.

I don't think anybody on here knows exactly what is causing the problem.   The only reason I posted the article from Huffington Post was to show that slowly very slowly the problems are appearing in the press and  that might give some hope to those on here who are really suffering and I am thinking in particular of KathrynG.    The only thing that will accelerate Apple into fixing what is wrong is negative publicity and plenty of people were complaining at the bottom of the Huff article,   If it was the wrong thread on which to post the piece then so be it.

I have a two new iMac 5Ks with Yosemite pre-installed.  Both have intermittent WiFi connection drops, so in my case it is not an upgrade issue.

Its just a nuisance at this point. I hope the OSX 10.10.1 is ready for release soon

I found an article written yesterday that contains a possible solution. I've done it myself, and haven't had any further problems. Give it a try!

http://www.imore.com/having-yosemite-wi-fi-problems-heres-possible-fix

JPSilver I hate you!

You have purchased two 5k 27" i-Macs with originally installed Yosemite and experiencing unstable or dropping off WiFi on both units? Man, you have dropped over 5G on two brand new computers and having this kind of an issue? Well, it tells me how much Apple is slipping under now days. It is a serious issue for Apple and they acting like having all the time in the world to play with it. Under Steve Jobs they would have to work around the clock until the issue is fixed and those responsible for creating a such error fired. Apple programmers are making tons of money to make this error or mistake.

JPSilver wrote:

 

I have a two new iMac 5Ks with Yosemite pre-installed.  Both have intermittent WiFi connection drops, so in my case it is not an upgrade issue.

 

Its just a nuisance at this point. I hope the OSX 10.10.1 is ready for release soon

Are those drops wifi connection drops or network drops.... If they are wifi drops, that means that your WLAN disappears and is not seen in the wifi menu drop down. I take you refer to url-resovle. That when you enter a url into i.e safari that nothing happens.

Either way, did you reset the WLAN-Creator (i.e. Airport Extreme) to factory defaults and re-configure the device from scratch using Yosemite?

If not, please try that. I did it about 4 days ago and have had no issue since.

IHTH

Warszawa wrote:

 

Under Steve Jobs they would have to work around the clock until the issue is fixed and those responsible for creating a such error fired.

1) What makes you think that they do not work around the clock to fix this.

2) Under Steve Jobs (Great Man) mobile.me was released. It lastet several years and was never fully working. iCloud fixed (relieved) it. In Jobs's own words "mobile.me was not our finest hour". To think this problem would/could not have happened under Jobs is a waste of good thoughts. Mobile.me's error-Magnitude greatly surpasses this here tiny Network issue..

3) I understand that it is a nuisance for you. But does fuelling this fire every day, really provide you with remedy. Try shifting your thoughts towards something more positive.

4) You have been provided with several temporary fixes, conjured up by voluntary people. Temporary means that they aint going to last long. But if repeated will work. And they do. In addition, I have given you a 2 hour total fix to your problems. Install Mavericks and spend the rest of the day surfing the web or do whatever you do without being mad. But you did not want to do that. Perhaps you should reconsider that option.

5) People who program software and computers are human beings such as yourself. They have feelings and blood run thru' their veins.

Don't think for minute that someone who is responsible for OS X networking and wifi is happy about a situation like this, after having spent months of writing it.

He/she wants this to work just as badly as you do.

6) Yosemite is a Free Upgrade that no one forced you to install !

Is it possible to make your responses none personal? We are all to certain degree personally affected by it, however sill strangers to each other just trying to understand, share emotions ideas and possibly help. We are not getting any responses from Apple. A general acknowledgment from Apple in a brief statement would help to settle down some of frustrations.

Warszawa wrote: Under Steve Jobs they would have to work around the clock until the issue is fixed and those responsible for creating a such error fired.

Nah, it was no different under Jobs. I bought two inbox in 2003 that had a problem with logic boards burning out in 2 months with serial repairs being necessary, this went on for years. Then in 2010 I bought a couple of Macbook Pro 2.8Ghz i7's with a graphic chipset that freezes the machine. It took Apple about three years to acknowledge the inherent flaws with both those machines. Apple are quite prepared to hang their loyal customer base out to dry when it suits them.