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Yosemite 10.10.1 update did not fix my wifi issue, did it fix yours??

The discussion about wifi issues is nothing new since Yosemite came out. Today I installed the latest update (10.10.1) which was to help with wifi issues such as your wifi dropping. I have tried every remedy that has been posted and nothing has worked. I constantly have to re-connect to my wifi network while on my computer. I guess I will sit patiently until this is resolved. I was excited to see the new update but after downloading and installing it, I see that nothing has changed. I have an iMac (2013) and have never had internet issues until I installed Yosemite. I hope the update helps you but it didn't help me.

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 17, 2014 1:15 PM

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Nov 24, 2014 6:45 AM in response to mfd700

I also updated to 10.10.1 And I have not been able to stay on wifi since! It holds about 2 minutes and drops. I spent 2 hours on the phone with apple care and then also went into the store for a genius appt. I'm told it is a software issue! It is such a problem I'm going back today to restore my computer to an earlier date! I will lose the last 2 weeks but anything is better than this situation. It has made it virtually impossible to work online. I have taken off all the auto updates on all my devices and will never again update until it is out, up and WORKING! Now I guess we sit and wait...days, ??

Nov 24, 2014 6:56 AM in response to Jnolen3602

I found an answer in OSXDaily newsletter.

I network settings creat a new Location label at the top of the page , my Location was set to 'automatic'. I created a new Location called yosemite. Then set the Network Name to the one you wish to keep, mine was a BT Network name. Click 'apply' at bottom of page. Reboot the computer.

My computer has not lost the wifi connection yet and I hope that means the problem is fixed.

Nov 24, 2014 7:11 AM in response to AlasdairMac

I will try this tonight.


Though I have noticed a pattern my wifi sid is both 2.4ghz and 5ghz it maybe that os switches between 5 and 2.4 then loses connection, I am not sure. Since I increased power to 5ghz radio it seems a bit more stable.


Anyway we are at mercy of apple at this point, gotta wait till next patch.

Nov 24, 2014 7:32 AM in response to m3ki

Yep - painful. No fix here either.


I am responsible for a couple dozen macbooks. four have been upgraded to Yosemite and have constant wifi problems. The remaining ones still on Mavericks have no problems at all. Same hardware, same WiFi networks, same interference environment, same software running, same business processes that the machines are being used for.


ONLY difference - Yosemite vs Mavericks. Problems all with Yosemite, and absent with Mavericks.


Besides, the several hundred Dell laptops work fine on this same WiFi network, as do iPhones, Androids, Blackberries, RF Scanners, IP Cameras, and a host of other stuff. Out of the whole pile of several hundred systems, the ONLY machines regularly dropping off the network are the Macbooks running Yosemite.

Nov 24, 2014 7:43 AM in response to mfd700

10.10.1 didn't fix the problems for me, although it seems having improved the situation.


What I found is that if I'm close to an access point with strong signal strengths everything works fine. When I'm in the middle of multiple (same SSID) access points the connectivity becomes unstable. Sometimes it appears to reconnect elsewhere successfully (improved from .0 to .1) but sometimes it still confuses itself completely and drops connectivity altogether. Once I disable/re-enable WiFi I successfully reconnect immediately.


So far also with .1 the question is not whether I lose connectivity, only when (and the up-time improved).

Nov 24, 2014 9:54 AM in response to sergiuszs

Yosemite 10.10 didn't cause me problems with wifi. The 10.10.1 version caused the intermittent problem with wifi.

Due a problem to reinstall an app (AverTV iPro HD /digital TV receiver) - GateKeeper Vs uncertified app by App Store, I restored the system (Time Machine) and solved both problems. I'm Afraid to upgrade 10.10.1 version again. (iMac 27 inch, mid 2010).

Nov 25, 2014 2:14 AM in response to thepustule

Since my post of 20th, when my WiFi connection was so much better after this: Create a New Network Location & Reboot, I would say it has been 5 days now and…


Well - the problems are not solved entirely. WiFi still drops, perhaps a little less than before I did this reboot thing.


But to anyone who says it is interference, I am in a new location today - and it KEEPS DROPPING. So, it is quite obviously Yosemite. Apple, Apple, I am so sad.

Yosemite 10.10.1 update did not fix my wifi issue, did it fix yours??

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