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Tag: Wi-Fi
Apple’s worldwide share of personal computers falls to five-year low
Apple’s Mac share of personal computers worldwide fell to a five-year low in December…
Yes, I just bought a ‘new’ Mac Pro (released on December 19, 2013 and never updated)
I surely overpaid wildly for what I got, but I can be pretty confident it’ll give me about five years of…
Attention, Tim Cook! Apple isn’t firing on all cylinders and you need to fix it
They’ve chopped off the edges of the bell curve — and big chunks of their key users with them…
How to use NetSpot to map out your Wi-Fi network
How do you figure out what’s bad where and why so you can make adjustments and guarantee good Wi-Fi in the places you need it most…
No, Apple, do not simplify, get better
Critics say both Mac Pro and Mac mini are already dead and won’t see a refresh in 2017…
Rare video shows Steve Jobs warning Apple to focus less on profits and more on great products
One of more prevalent narratives currently surrounding Apple is that the company has lost its innovative edge…
Apple AirPort firmware update squashes bug, but product’s destiny still in doubt
Apple updated its AirPort router software with a patch to fix a ‘Back to my Mac’ problem…
Apple’s Mac division has ‘lost clout’ with Jony Ive and Apple design team
Apple’s Mac team has ‘lost clout’ with the company’s industrial design group and software team…
Marco Arment: Apple’s Mac Pro is ‘very likely dead’
Apple chief executive Tim Cook [yesterday] addressed concerns about the state of Mac desktop hardware inside the company…
How Tim Cook’s Apple alienated Mac loyalists
To die-hard fans, Apple Inc.’s Macintosh sometimes seems like an afterthought these days…
Apple’s not very good, really quite poor 2016
As they drift off for their one- or two-day vacations shortly, will Apple’s senior executives be patting themselves on the back?
The Amplifi HD is another excellent candidate for an Apple router replacement
You can set up the entire system in under 15 minutes…
The eero home Wi-Fi system is the mesh network solution Apple should’ve made
With Apple reportedly discontinuing its line of wireless routers…
How I fixed my Wi-Fi by ditching crappy consumer-grade hardware
Almost everyone has a story about their crappy home Wi-Fi connection…
What to do when your Mac says ‘Wi-Fi: No hardware installed’
A large number of reports from people who have suddenly found their Mac has lost track of its Wi-Fi adapter…
The Mac’s best app to analyze and troubleshoot a Wi-Fi network is free
Most Wi-Fi networks, home or office, have a number of common problem areas…
Use your Mac’s standard OS X apps to optimize your home Wi-Fi network
Some time ago I visited my parents, and as these things tend to go, they had a list of things…
How to keep your Mac from automatically switching to other Wi-Fi networks
Why does my Mac keep switching to another Wi-Fi network? How do I make it stay on my network?
Another device using your computer’s IP address? Here’s the fix
Why does my Mac’s Wi-Fi keep switching to another IP address?
Bluetooth 5 to offer 2 times the speed and 4 times the range of current standard
Bluetooth 5 will be the successor to Bluetooth 4.2, which was released at the end of 2014…
Apple to deliver iMessage to Android at WWDC
Apple will announce that iMessage encrypted text messaging is coming to Android users…
iPhone 7, next-gen Apple TV, Airport Extreme could add faster Wi-Fi for 4K video streaming
There could be a surprise to the wireless capabilities of the upcoming iPhone, dubbed…
How to give guests access to your Wi-Fi without exposing your network
Most of us have a steady stream of visitors to our houses — friends, family, landlords, pizza delivery guys…
Changing your Wi-Fi channel to boost speed
If your home Wi-Fi has slowed to a crawl, there are all kinds of possible reasons why…
The future of Wi-Fi is 10,000 times more energy efficient
A new type of hardware that uses 10,000 times less power than traditional Wi-Fi networking equipment…
How Apple keeps your Instant Hotspot connection private and secure
Continuity was designed to make your iPhone, iPad, and Mac work more easily, quickly, and seamlessly together…
Mossberg: Eero makes Wi-Fi simpler and stronger
Eero’s basic product is a dead-simple wireless mesh network of devices..
Apple execs defend software quality, but what’s their offensive game plan?
Apple has a problem with its software and apps…
Apple takes its eye off the ball: Why users are complaining about Apple’s software
The last few weeks have seen an explosion of discontent with the quality of the core apps of Apple’s iPhones, iPads and Mac computers…
The feds have to act to get America faster Wi-Fi
The federal government is currently holding spectrum that could be opened up for unlicensed use…
Breaking down Apple’s software quality issues
In the last couple of years, however, I’ve noticed a gradual degradation in the quality and reliability of Apple’s core apps…
Walt Mossberg: Apple’s software needs work
In the last couple of years, however, I’ve noticed a gradual degradation in the quality and reliability of Apple’s core iSO and OS X apps…
Apple and the curse of the ‘edifice complex’
It’s called the edifice complex, and it carries a curse: A high-flying company builds a beautiful new headquarters, then heartbreakingly loses altitude…
Alphabet Inc. may soon dethrone Apple as the world’s most valuable company
As the digital advertising market booms and demand for smartphones wanes, Alphabet Inc…
2015: Apple’s year in beta
What we got in 2015 was an Apple that released more products than ever, all of which felt incomplete…
OS X: How to disentangle your Mac from the ‘Xfinitywifi’ network
This can cause all sorts of frustrating issues that aren’t always easy for people to figure out…
Apple’s OS X 10.10.4 finally kills ‘discoveryd’ networking nightmare for Mac users
Apple today released OS X Yosemite 10.10.4, an under-the-hood update…
Juniper Research: Wi-Fi to carry up to 60% of mobile data traffic by 2019
Operators are also converting residential customers to community hotspot providers…
Yes, the fix for OS X Yosemite’s Wi-Fi problems is finally on the way!
Macintosh users have, since the release of Yosemite (OS X 10.10), been bedeviled by Wi-Fi connection issues…
Coming at WWDC 2015: Apple’s quality-focused OS X 10.11 and iOS 9
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference looms…
Apple focuses on making OS X reliable again for Mac users
Yes, the various parts of Continuity are neat when they function…
