Apple Releases iMac Wi-Fi Update v1.0

Friday February 24, 2012 3:30 PM PST by Jordan Golson
Apple just released an update for all iMacs, Late 2009 or newer. It requires OS X Lion 10.7.3.
About iMac Wi-Fi Update v1.0

This update resolves an issue that may cause an iMac to not automatically connect to a known Wi-Fi network after waking from sleep.

It is recommended for all iMac (Late 2009 or newer) users running 10.7.3.
Weighing in at 25.81MB, the update can be downloaded from Apple's software update page.

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NXTMIKE
92 months ago
FINALLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

took them long enough. This issue has been happening to many users since August when Lion was released.
Rating: 11 Votes
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aper1202
92 months ago
I have this issue with my Fall 2010 11" MBA. When I open the lid from sleep sometimes the wifi won't connect or will connect to another network. I hope this issue is addressed for my model as well.
Rating: 4 Votes
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Sardonick007
92 months ago
Good

Never an issue on my iMac, but I do love updates. Curious thing is this IS an issue on my 2011 Macbook Pro. Minor inconvenience if anything. Going back to the fact that I do LOVE updates.
Rating: 4 Votes
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hexor
92 months ago
It fixes it! Finally! I thought it was something on just my system. It also fixes finding wi-fi on reboot as well. No more manually trying to get on a wi-fi network that takes up to 30 seconds after waking from sleep. Now it is automatically reconnecting to my wi-fi network and loading a web page within 5 seconds of wake up.
Rating: 3 Votes
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tirerim
92 months ago
Well, this would be useful if I hadn't long since given up on wireless with the iMac and hooked up an ethernet cable.
Rating: 3 Votes
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deftdrummer
92 months ago
Thank you MR for covering this. I never would have known otherwise! :D
Rating: 3 Votes
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TreyCox
92 months ago
Finally! This was sooo needed.
Rating: 2 Votes
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fivenotrump
92 months ago


... Weighing in at 25.81MB...


can we please retire this silly phrase?
Rating: 2 Votes
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nicklad
92 months ago

I found that this update caused some of my music applications to fail, specifically MOTU Digital Performer and the EastWest "Play" virtual instrument.

Fortunately, I make nightly backups, which is what is restoring right now.

Oh well...


Your machine was likely already broken, or broke for a completely unrelated cause. Look at the update in Pacifist, it hardly changes anything and does not touch anything that is related to those applications, at all...
Rating: 2 Votes
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bobbba
91 months ago
"This update resolves an issue that may cause an iMac to not automatically connect to a known Wi-Fi network after waking from sleep."

Read the article text, if you've got this issue this is relevant to you.

If you've got slow wifi, wifi that drops out while the Mac is awake, grey screens or no Internet once connected I don't see why this update or this topic applies to you, it's most likely a different unrelated problem(hardware probably in most cases imop).

Personally I have been using the frustrating "disable Bluetooth" fix on my MBA and that's worked fine. I've now had chance to try the 10.7.4 beta and it seems like it might be finally fixed...
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