If you’re having trouble with the Wi-Fi on your new mid-2013 MacBook Air, a fix may be on the way. Per AppleInsider, in a likely response to reports of 802.11ac Wi-Fi issues with its latest MacBook Air refresh, Apple late Friday began sending out invitations to select users, offering inclusion in the AppleSeed Program to […]
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Even in the event that the Wi-Fi connectivity issues on the mid-2013 MacBook Air notebooks are hardware-based, the underlying operating system software is apparently throttling potential data speeds on the new networking protocol. Per AnandTech and CNET, a series of tests by AnandTech confirms that much of the Wi-Fi speed throttling is software-based. The new […]
This might be why your friends, the ones who wait a month or two after a brand new product hits the market, could be right… Per 9to5Mac, over the past few days, a notable amount of users have complained about Wi-Fi issues plaguing the new 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air models released during the week […]
To be fair, this is what they invented firmware updates for. Per Gizmodo, some early adopters of Apple’s latest MacBook Air models have found their new thin-and-light notebook will unexpectedly and repeatedly drop its wireless connection. A growing discussion thread on the Apple Support Communities website details the connectivity problems being experienced by numerous users. […]
This was a weird thing that popped up, but it’s hard to argue with the Emergency Alert System. Per The Mac Observer, wireless carrier AT&T began pushing an update to iPhone users over the weekend that adds support for Wireless Emergency Alerts. The WEA system sends text messages to smartphone owners alerting them to physical […]