Something to try before OS X 10.10.1 arrives

Nov 13, 2014 12:37 GMT  ·  By

Apple is known to be looking into any Wi-Fi issues that customers may have reported since the launch of OS X Yosemite, and the necessary fixes are expected to arrive in the form of a very typical incremental update labeled 10.10.1. The only problem is we don’t know when.

Until Apple readies the fix – which can be anywhere between tomorrow and next month –, some users have decided to take matters into their own hands. An iMore reader contacted Apple Support with the problem, and he got some troubleshooting steps out of the techie at the other end of the line.

How to help stabilize Wi-Fi (not necessarily fix it)

Evan H. Katz was reportedly told that a potential solution to the problem was to modify the Network preferences using these exact steps:

1. Click on the Apple menu 2. Select System Preferences 3. Choose Network (found in the third row down) 4. Click the Advanced button 5. Click the checkbox next to Change networks 6. Click OK 7. Click Apply 8. Close the Network pref pane

The customer said that Apple instructed him to also try renewing the DHCP lease if everything else failed. To do that, Yosemite users must launch System Preferences again, access Network, click Advanced, select the TCP/IP tab, check the box next to Renew DHCP Lease, click OK, and finally close System Preferences.

OS X 10.10.1 should be the safest bet

It’s not exactly comforting to know that Apple may or may not fix the Wi-Fi problems associated with Yosemite in OS X 10.10.1, which can land on New Year’s Eve for all we know. However, it’s also the safest bet when it comes to this particular nuisance.

Same goes for other nasty bugs, like Notification Center’s amnesia. In a report not too long ago, we described a problem with Yosemite’s Notification settings and how it would forget the same tweaks over and over again with each reboot.

We called it the “amnesia” bug because it’s the best way to describe it, but otherwise it has nothing to do with the computer’s actual memory. Broken code is all there is to it.

Considering that Apple has thus far seeded only two betas of the 10.0.1 update, it’s hard to estimate when the final bits will arrive. The California-based tech company usually spends at least four betas per point update, but there have been exceptions where the bugs in need of fixing were so urgent that Apple commissioned an immediate public release. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case here.

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