Apple is mum but will likely patch the flaw soon

Oct 25, 2014 07:51 GMT  ·  By

Yosemite may look great but you can’t say the same about its functionality. Especially the connectivity bit. Numerous customers are filling forums with complaints about crippled Wi-Fi connections after making the jump to OS X 10.10.

Many of these users can be found on Apple’s own forum. Everyone seems to be having the same problems. Their Mac will either drop the connection intermittently or fail to connect altogether.

Frustrated users

One customer, who claims to be using a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) with OS X Yosemite installed writes on Apple Support Communities, “I just updated to Yosemite on a brand new 15" MBP Retina Display. For some reason my WiFi is not working. I turn it on and select the network I want to join (my regular network at home that I've been using with this same computer before updating). So, I turn it on and select the network and doesn't seem to want to join it and then my WiFi switches back off completely.”

Another user replies, saying, “Yup, same issue, same machine. Tried wiping the Bluetooth.plist and rebooting but no luck.”

Multiple similar replies soon arrived, with some users claiming that a reboot fixed their woes temporarily, while others say they’ve noticed discrepancies between different routers at similar ranges relative to the computer.

Users on other forums are echoing these complaints, and by the looks of things – number of active threads on the topic, replies, and views – the issue is indeed widespread.

Problem usually lies in the software

These issues are almost never hardware-bound, so users shouldn’t panic just yet. Also worth noting is that every initial release of any OS is bound to suffer from some bugs that are exhibited only after the software gets released in the wild.

Depending on the computer configuration (i.e. model, hardware alterations), applications installed, and even general usage of the system, Wi-Fi connectivity can vary greatly from customer to customer.

Apple is mum

It’s Apple’s job to test various types of configurations and usage scenarios before releasing a new OS to users, but it’s also hard to predict every possible scenario without real life testing on tens of thousands of computers.

In typical fashion, the Cupertino giant is silent on the matter and has yet to respond to media inquiries. The company is most likely working to address this issue and will release a patch in the form of a very familiar incremental update, likely bearing the 10.10.1 designation.