“Apple [yesterday] released the first update to OS X Yosemite that included fixes for unspecified Wi-Fi problems and improved reliability for connecting to Microsoft Exchange corporate email servers,” Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld. “But Mac owners who had said that Yosemite crippled their Wi-Fi connections reported that the update did not solve their problems.”
“The 311MB download of OS X 10.10.1 was the first update from Apple since it released Yosemite in final form on Oct. 16,” Keizer reports. “op on Apple’s list — likewise for Mac owners who have struggled with connectivity troubles — was the Wi-Fi reliability fix.”
“Mac users kicked off several still-growing support forum threads on connectivity issues within hours of Yosemite’s release. As of Monday, the largest thread contained nearly 1,100 messages and had been viewed more than 208,000 times,” Keizer reports. “Early indications from the most active support discussion thread was that the 10.10.1 update did nothing to help. “10.10.1 didn’t fix my Wi-Fi issues, still randomly dropping every few minutes or so,” said Mike Ormerod Monday morning.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: If you haven’t tried this one, yet, it worked for us:
System Preferences > Network > Advanced: Click the checkbox next to “Require administrator authorization to: Change networks.”
Click OK. Click Apply.
We haven’t dropped Wi-Fi since checking that box. Good luck! Hope it works for you, too!
Related articles:
Apple releases OS X Yosemite 10.10.1; improves Wi-Fi reliability – November 17, 2014