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Wi-Fi Issues Continue For OS X Users Despite Updates

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-motivation-to-fix dept.

itwbennett writes: Although Apple has never officially acknowledged issues surrounding Yosemite and Wi-Fi connectivity, the company is clearly aware of the problem: Leading off the improvements offered in the update 10.10.2 update released Tuesday was 'resolves an issue that might cause Wi-Fi to disconnect,' according to the release notes. Despite this, Apple's support forum was filled with tales of frustrated users. And Mac owners aren't the only Apple users experiencing wireless connection failures after updating their OS. Wi-Fi connectivity issues have also dogged iOS 8 since Apple released the mobile OS on Sept. 17.

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  1. Probably just holding it wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Users are probably just holding their device incorrectly,

    Captcha: Posture

    1. Re:Probably just holding it wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Any self-respecting straight man who owns an Apple likely doesn't have much of a device to begin with.

  2. in an unrelated news event by nimbius · · Score: 4, Funny

    thousands of coffee shops around the world were suddenly faced with a mysterious plunge in their electricity bill. Further componding the paradox was a sudden increase in customers willing to pay actual money for some foreign substance known as 'coffee.' Dusting off a curious relic called the 'espresso' machine one employee states, "according to the machine manual im called 'a barista', and this device makes something called espresso?" Puzzled, a cashier chimed in, "no thats not right, we're an ISP you know, like Comcast...thats what we sell isnt it?" Still curious, a manager emerged and asked, "how long have we sold this? its called a biscotti! does anyone remember these?" A customer interviewed expressed marvel in finding that, "This is a coffee shop now! just 3 months ago i think it was an office. everyone had laptops. I guess they moved?"

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  3. Re:No issues here by oodaloop · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess Apple can close the trouble ticket now. Thanks!

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  4. Re:No shit by Jesus_666 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just tried that and imagine my surprise when my MBP spontaneously downgraded itself to Mountain Lion!

    Okay, actually it just booted into the old Mountain Lion volume on the first HDD because the Mac keeps the preferred boot volume in NVRAM. So when clearing your NVRAM keep in mind that the Mac will boot into whatever system volume it finds first unless you tell it otherwise.

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  5. Re:No shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This must be that part of 'Apple just works' stuff I read about.