Q: OSX Yosemite Wifi issues

OK, link seems fixed. Anyone wants to post an illegitimate link here? Seems the bots mainly search the URL, so make a tiny change after "www" after pasting the original. As a test: the rest of my post above:

Do not click on the highlighted  link to "Kext Utility" in the quote. The "narod ru" source is not trusted at least by me. An alternative download from the mhackintosh scene: InsanelyMac.com: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/140647-latest-kext-utility-yosemite-super -speed-edition/

SupportForumsUser wrote:

 

> would be nice to be able to ask everybody who posted say to mid-December to come back and report?

 

I'm fine, and have been for some time now. Not sure if it was 10.10.3, changing my WiFi signal to static, or the 'delete-and-add-a-new-wireless-service' hack, but I'm happy. Now, that said, I only connect at 2.4 GHz, don't use Bluetooth (never have, so it's always been disabled), and my MacBook Pro's too old to use AWDL0. Throughput's never been an issue for me, and only sporadic, infrequent drops -- all seems good. Cautiously optimistic.

 

MacBook Pro 6,2 (Mid-2010)

OS X 10.10.3 (14D87h)

Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)

Good to have some positive feedback here. And thanks for the technical details! Are you saying you are actually running 10.10.3 beta? Would be good to know, not much feedback on that here either.

Thanks for your feedback, Steve626. Your feedback is getting some scope/relativity into this thread. Eventually we'll get there.

• Come on APPLE - FIX THIS CRAP!  I am having same %$#@* problems with all new devices!  My very old imac is the only one that connects. New Macbook, 1 month old Imac, 2 week old Iphone 6 and Ipad all can't connect to wifi!  Apple quit effing with your stuff!

Hello Hex, Here is what etrecheck took of my system. I am running Yosemite 10.10.2 off of my WD ext. HD. I have Keychain set up and am using Firefox as my non default rogue browser. So far I'm still in the game with this thing. Wake up from sleep checks good, Airdrop checks good and Bluetooth is fine. Wif-Fi is holding stable through it all. I still will not let go of Mavericks it is on the primary HD, just can't let go of it.

EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated February 26, 2015 at 9:47:42 PM CST

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

    Mac mini (Late 2012) (Technical Specifications)

    Mac mini - model: Macmini6,1

    1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

    4 GB RAM Upgradeable

        BANK 0/DIMM0

            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

        BANK 1/DIMM0

            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: ℹ️

    Intel HD Graphics 4000

        Thunderbolt Display 2560 x 1440

System Software: ℹ️

    OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:5:48

Disk Information: ℹ️

    APPLE HDD ST500LM012 disk0 : (500.11 GB)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /Volumes/Macintosh HD : 350.25 GB (319.92 GB free)

        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB

        BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP : 149.00 GB (51.14 GB free)

USB Information: ℹ️

    LaCie Rugged THB USB 3.0 1 TB

        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        LaCie (disk1s2) /Volumes/LaCie : 839.86 GB (835.69 GB free)

        Windows Data (disk1s3) /Volumes/Windows Data : 80.00 GB (71.58 GB free)

        My Time Machine (disk1s4) /Volumes/My Time Machine : 79.73 GB (52.22 GB free)

    Western Digital My Passport 07B8 1 TB

        EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        Macintosh HD II (disk2s2) / : 499.43 GB (482.54 GB free)

        Recovery HD (disk2s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB

        WD Passport for Mac (disk2s4) /Volumes/WD Passport for Mac : 499.74 GB (499.29 GB free)

    Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive

    Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

        Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

    Apple, Inc. IR Receiver

    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Display)

    Apple Inc. Apple Thunderbolt Display

    Apple Inc. Display Audio

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    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

        Apple Inc. Thunderbolt Display

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

    Mac App Store and identified developers

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: ℹ️

    None

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

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    Flash Player  [Click for support]

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    Time Machine not configured!

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        25%    mds_stores

         5%    WindowServer

         0%    fontd

         0%    AppleSpell

         0%    mds

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

    176 MB    com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

    129 MB    mds_stores

    69 MB    ocspd

    60 MB    Safari

    52 MB    WindowServer

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

    1.43 GB    Free RAM

    1.82 GB    Active RAM

    396 MB    Inactive RAM

    643 MB    Wired RAM

    933 MB    Page-ins

    0 B    Page-outs

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

    Feb 26, 2015, 09:41:03 PM    Self test - passed

T-bone Ted wrote:

 

• Come on APPLE - FIX THIS CRAP!  I am having same %$#@* problems with all new devices!  My very old imac is the only one that connects. New Macbook, 1 month old Imac, 2 week old Iphone 6 and Ipad all can't connect to wifi!  Apple quit effing with your stuff!

Sorry you are experiencing problems. The fact that you are having difficulty on WiFi with such a wide variety of devices, including those NOT running Yosemite (iPhone 6, iPad) makes me wonder if maybe the common thread for each of your problems is not Yosemite, but rather your router setup or local environment.

Thanks for the reply.  The only reason I can reply is because my 10.6.8 mac works off the wifi so that isn't an issue.  The issue is all of the 'new' products I have that I recently upgraded, the never used Imac and my ipad.  The new Iphone 6 will work sometimes but wifi isn't needed for that.  Will Apple please help!?

Right, John,

that is 1 spotless, super clean Etrecheck. Reads like a clean install. And no migration bollocks. Praise yourself lucky! Except 1 thing: wanna configure your Time Machine sometime?

Not needed if you have your own way of backing up, you know! Congrats! And Thanks for the feedback.

No worries Hex. Time Machine is configured on the Mavericks side of the fence. My Time Machine partition on the LaCie Rugged!!! Keeping Yosemite at bay on the Ext USB Western Digital HD for now!! Thanks for checkin' on me.

Hex, I'm just old fashioned, I guess, I created a different Apple ID just to play around with Yosemite. My original Apple ID is for my Mavericks only. So my Yosemite install is on an external USB drive isolated from my main system HD and logged in to a different Apple ID.  Over the past couple of months it is quite apparent that Apple is going full launch with Yosemite. I can no longer download Mavericks under my new Apple ID as I was able to just a few months ago. So, that said, I will not let go of Mavericks as my primary OS X. If I don't want Yosemite or don't want to boot it up. I simply pull the plug on the WD My Passport USB HD. I do not need Time Machine for Yosemite right now.

To all who are reading this, it my hope that some of you will try out and are trying out Yosemite on an External USB HD before you go and make it your Primary OS X. You may not be able to get back unless you save your original OS X Full Installer to a Thumbdrive, Disc or other removable media. Back up your original install and have a current Time Machine backup. Upgrade to Cloud Drive, and risk losing your iCloud. Test drive Yosemite first by isolating it to an External HD - No Upgrade necessary. I believe this was a recommendation published in just about every Tech article from the beginning. OSXDaily, MacRumors just to name a few.

And what, may I ask, was so awful about my etre check result, that no-one has dared comment on it?!

Hex,

In comparison, you can see here that my Primary HD OS X Mavericks is healthy as well. Just note how CPU and RAM hungry Yosemite was in my previous Etrecheck as compared to Mavericks. Good Stuff, man!

EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)

Report generated February 27, 2015 at 10:26:04 AM CST

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

    Mac mini (Late 2012) (Technical Specifications)

    Mac mini - model: Macmini6,1

    1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core

    4 GB RAM Upgradeable

        BANK 0/DIMM0

            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

        BANK 1/DIMM0

            2 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

    Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n

Video Information: ℹ️

    Intel HD Graphics 4000

        Thunderbolt Display 2560 x 1440

System Software: ℹ️

    OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Time since boot: 0:4:14

Disk Information: ℹ️

    APPLE HDD ST500LM012 disk0 : (500.11 GB)

        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 350.25 GB (319.42 GB free)

        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB

        BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP : 149.00 GB (51.14 GB free)

USB Information: ℹ️

    Western Digital My Passport 07B8 1 TB

        EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        Macintosh HD II (disk2s2) /Volumes/Macintosh HD II : 499.43 GB (482.78 GB free)

        Recovery HD (disk2s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB

        WD Passport for Mac (disk2s4) /Volumes/WD Passport for Mac : 499.74 GB (499.29 GB free)

    LaCie Rugged THB USB 3.0 1 TB

        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

        LaCie (disk1s2) /Volumes/LaCie : 839.86 GB (835.69 GB free)

        Windows Data (disk1s3) /Volumes/Windows Data : 80.00 GB (71.58 GB free)

        My Time Machine (disk1s4) /Volumes/My Time Machine : 79.73 GB (52.05 GB free)

    Apple Inc. MacBook Air SuperDrive

    Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub

        Apple Inc. Apple Keyboard

    Apple, Inc. IR Receiver

    Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

    Apple Inc. Apple Thunderbolt Display

    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Display)

    Apple Inc. Display Audio

Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️

    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus

        Apple Inc. Thunderbolt Display

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

    Mac App Store and identified developers

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]

    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]

User Login Items: ℹ️

    None

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.305 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]

    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

    Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9

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    Flash Player  [Click for support]

Time Machine: ℹ️

    Auto backup: YES

    Volumes being backed up:

        Macintosh HD: Disk size: 350.25 GB Disk used: 30.83 GB

    Destinations:

        My Time Machine [Local]

        Total size: 79.73 GB

        Total number of backups: 13

        Oldest backup: 2015-02-04 01:51:39 +0000

        Last backup: 2015-02-27 16:18:46 +0000

        Size of backup disk: Too small

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         8%    mds_stores

         8%    mds

         4%    WindowServer

         0%    SystemUIServer

         0%    AppleSpell

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    163 MB    mds_stores

    82 MB    com.apple.IconServicesAgent

    47 MB    Dock

    39 MB    mds

    39 MB    ocspd

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    2.02 GB    Free RAM

    1.14 GB    Active RAM

    394 MB    Inactive RAM

    736 MB    Wired RAM

    390 MB    Page-ins

    0 B    Page-outs

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

    Feb 27, 2015, 10:21:10 AM    Self test - passed

T-bone Ted wrote:

 

Thanks for the reply.  The only reason I can reply is because my 10.6.8 mac works off the wifi so that isn't an issue.  The issue is all of the 'new' products I have that I recently upgraded, the never used Imac and my ipad.  The new Iphone 6 will work sometimes but wifi isn't needed for that.  Will Apple please help!?

What type of router do you have? How old is it? Have you customized it? Do you have security enabled, MAC address filtering? Adjustments to the router settings can make a big difference. For instance, if the bandwidth is set to 40 MHz or "auto," some environments experience so much RF traffic that reliable connections are impossible on 2.4GHz until the bandwidth is set (reduced) to 20 MHz. The iPad and iPhone do not have as many options for WiFi setup and should connect straightforwardly. The fact that they don't makes me worry about your router setup. Can your iPhone and iPad connect easily to WiFI in coffee shops or other networks? Is the 10.6.8 Mac running wireless-n or wireless-g? What year and model of Mac is that?

It might not be surprising that the new iMac is not connecting as the fact that the iPhone and iPad both won't connect reliably indicates something in your network might be needing adjustment.

If your new devices are new enough, they should still be under warranty and applecare and you can take them to an authorized center to verify that they indeed are working properly.

Hello Steve,

My situation when I first bought my Mac Mini is an example of what you are saying. My ISP was advertising and delivering speeds that I could not achieve and never gave any thought to upgrading my Cable Modem through them until I bought my Mac Mini. To avoid ISP charges I Upgraded my Cable Modem, myself, with a Motorola Arris SURFboard capable of Gigabyte 10/100/1000 Ethernet. Of course, my Router had to be upgraded from a Linksys EA2700 10/100 Ethernet to a Linksys N750 (EA3500) 10/100/100 Ethernet with Wi-Fi speed of over 300 Mbps and Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Technology. A little manual configuration of the router and changing some Network settings in OS X, I was in business. All my devices and Apple devices capable of connecting to 5 GHz, are, and reliably. The other devices that can only connect to 2.4 GHz do it reliably as well.

I agree with you 100%. It all starts with the Router and the Cable Modem. To experience today's ISP's advertised speeds, may require upgrading equipment one or two years old or older in some cases. Wireless AC is coming up fast. So even my Router may need upgrading within short amount of time.

Hi All,

Here are my weird observations. I am not tech savvy so have stayed pretty much out of that aspect on here.

This past week my iMac has seemed somewhat better. I didn't have any downloads that didn't finish, I didn't have to reboot my computer once this week. This past week I have been getting the message that my Keyboard and Track Pad batteries were low. I usually wait till the last possible minute to change them.

This afternoon I changed the batteries on both. trackpad was at 5% and Keyboard was at 3%. Right after changing the batteries went to download a file. I watched it slowly decrease in speed from 3.1GB down to 250kbs. Knew it wouldn't finish so stopped it and rebooted. Once rebooted web pages taking longer to load, wifi froze had to reboot. Decided to take the new batteries out and put the old ones back in. Have not had an issue.

So it does sound like the issue is for me is bluetooth related and possibly because the old batteries don't have as much juice they don't seem to be interfering with the wifi? I'm trying to find my old wired keyboard and mouse to play around with.

Does this make any sense or just coincidental?