This video is really SUPER! My MacBook was not running its WiFi steadly. The issue with my Mac was this: I was using 2 pen drivers connected to the USB ports and have tried many alternatives but no success after all. After viewing this life saving video, I found that removing the 2 pen drivers the Wi-Fi access to the router came back to normal. So, if you have such an issue with no access to your W-Fi router (or slow access as well), just try removing your your pen driver (just disconnect it from the USB port). Thank you very much, Phil, from Make Tech Easier!!!!
Thanks brother, Your solution worked for me like magic. My Macbook wasn't detecting my 5gz wifi, But thanks to your advice of editing location, it magically started detecting it. Thankyou
Thank You very much for resolving the issue on my MacBook Pro. WiFi stopped working, your detailed instructions to reset the PRAM & SMC resolved the issue.
really interesting video, i am facing issue that in one or two signal bars internet stop working in mac air 2015 with monetery os however on same location other devies works fine, can you please help in solving issue
Please inhave followed all your instructions to have a wi-fi on my mac. In the NETWORK pane, no wifi is displayed apart from Thunderbolt and Bluetooth. Please can you help me to fix this. Or can you recommend a mac OS compatible usb wireless adapter? Thank you very much.
Dude you just saved me a trip to Apple and perhaps some money. If anyone keeps getting the invalid password response then try disconnecting all usb plugs and it might work. I tried everything else and of all the things this is what helped. Thanks man 💪
A really comprehensive video which is easy to follow. However, I have followed every possible solution and still the network will not stay connected. I recently had to have my MacBook Pro lid replaced. Ever since I have had problems but I cannot see how this could be connected?
Hi thanks for your videos I wonder if you could help me I've purchase a 2nd hand nomad 27inch but there is no wifi icon and no wifi the person I purchased it from said he hadnused wifi on this Mac for the last 2 years now I'm using a ethernet cable and a win dongle works if I reset the iMac off a back up image the wifi symbol appears greyed out and then says no hardware I've tried all your methods but still to no avail Thank you for your time regards Ian
Just found this - a real life saver. My Mac was starting to run its WiFi really slowly which is not good as I have a video job interview this week! Thank you.
Sorry to say but none of those worked on mine High Sierra. My wifi is turned on but wont show available networks where there are a lot of networks available.
Hi Phil...the WiFi is not an option at all in the sidebar of the Network window.Strangely, I have High Sierra on a partition and WI FI works fine. It's just when using Monterey.
Thank you so much you saved me so much money I was about to go and buy a whole new mac book pro and then I found this video that save my mac. Your a legend 👏
wtf, unpugging my usb hub stopped wifi from crashing down every other few seconds. never had this problem with it. I guess it's some power issue. thanks for this video !
Thanks for providing several ways to do it. Mine is still not working. I took it to Best Buy and they had no problem accessing WiFi. I took to work and I had no problem accessing WiFi. I am at a loss!
Teh N00ob oh thanks but so did u shut it down and restart bc I have tried everything? Or did it go back to normal by itself bc mines been like this for 5 months 💀
My word.. who knew that my usb hub could be the problem! I've tried everything before this video but fortunately for me I stumbled upon this simple solution. After unplugging the usb hub... whalaaah... Bob's indeed your uncle :)
This was very informative thank you. My wifi disappeared after a recent update to Catalina. Network preferences will not let me add wifi. It just doesn't take. I can add or remove a VPN etc but once I click the create button nothing happens.
Like mentioned in the vid, my WiFi doesn’t work because I have a dongle plugged in with an hdmi and Ethernet plugged into it. I need these things plugged in AND the WiFi. What is the solution besides just unplugging the dongle?
Actually... After a while, even that doesn't work anymore. So I've started trying to wrap some aluminum foil around the dongle plug to shield the antenna. Sometimes that solves the problem. Sometimes I have to fiddle with the foil. Soon Apple will come out with a $500 piece of foil tape to solve the issue...
I’m using a 2016 Mac I’ve tried all the steps and sometimes it connects to my WiFi and others it doesn’t but it has no problem on me tethering can you assist in any way?
Yeah it worked I had to reset my pram !!! My laptop was stuck like this for almost a year it was a waste literally thought I just had a broken laptop it was like owning an expensive brick but it’s working yay
My wifi will not switch from status:off even when I click turn on wifi. I restart my Mac and it automatically connects to the wifi and I can use it for an hour but then the same thing happens again.
I need help. I sent my MacBook air for battery replacement. The Wi-Fi worked fine when I got it back. But after speaker replacement and a system upgrade, it isn't connecting to Wi-Fi. I tried the steps from your video, all of them and it finally worked. But once I shut it down and restarted, it not working. I tried doing the steps you showed again, but the same error occurs. It connects to mobile hot-spots. the Wi-Fi is working fine on all other devices and the password is correct.
Like and Subbed earned, you showed a second of how to restart SMC for desktops and I did that correctly and it fixed it thank you. If you are on desktop mac and your wifi is litterally not turning on or turning on for a literal milisecond and you trying to restart many times, add new interfaces or other methods. Do the steps on the screen at 3:41 this should fix your problem
Still not able to get online. I have a MacBook Pro Mojave OS. My WiFi shows 5 bars and my phone can connect but MacBook will not. It was working just fine until yesterday. The only thing I can think of is that I downloaded adobe creative and I had a technician login remotely to do a speed test. The speed test showed it was fast and worked. I went to bed and overnight could not log back in :(
My MacBook Pro is in recovery, as I’m due to sell it soon. It’s a mid-2009 model. The WiFi icon is not showing on the screen, when it boots up in OS X Utilities. I’ve opened the MacBook up, checked the WiFi cable and airport card - I cannot see any problems. I’m still so confused. Any help is gratefully appreciated!
Thank you, you helped me solve my issue. MacBook Pro 2018 connected to WiFi for months and suddenly it would not connect. It turned out to be a Logitech transmitter connected to a USB hub (type C connector). How can Apple make such a mistake? Something else I noticed is that if my MAC is connected to a 5.0 Ghz WiFi signal, all my bluetooth devices connect and reconnect; this is a well known issue. Unbelievable !!! Thanks again for your help.
so, there is no way to use that particular USB 3 adapter with internet? i have a FHD video capture device using usb 3, and when i plugged in it my internet connections dies.... any help?
Hii...ok I have a problem my macbook pro...the wifi shortcut is not appears in my mac...its doesn't appear in the network too...the reason y..I accidentally removed the wifi in my mac...so how can I get it back???please need help ...please
Thank you for your video but still I am not able to connect. It is a public WiFi and once the caption to add the username and the password pops ups it doesn’t load it so I cannot run the WiFi. Before I could but with this macOS Catalina I can’t 🥺
Hi, were you able to fix this? I just updated to catalina 10.15.7 last night but this morning my macbook wont connect to wifi , hospot and even airdrop isnnt working anymore :(
Hello macbook pro 2018 is not finding any wifi network at all. It randomly stopped working i have tried everything and its just not finding any wifi networks or any mobile hotspots and bluetooth is not working too. It says its not available. Please help
Hi, I saw your solutions and I tried some of it like reset NVRAM and SMC but its not working for my problem ..... I can tell my problem ...... my problem is I recently bought the new MacBook Pro 16 inch everything is fine battery backup and other stuff just weird problem whenever I lid down my Mac goes in to the sleep mode except WiFi it stay on and because of that my battery is drain during night time around 15-20% ... but when I put wifi off manually battery not drain ...... I tried everything but nothing is working , In my old MacBook whenever I lid down wifi goes off automatically but not in new one ... please help if you have solution ...
Same thing happened to my macbook. SOLUTION GO TO 1- System Preference 2- Network 3- WiFi 4- Advanced ( bottom right) 5- Proxies And DESELECTED ALL THE CHECK BOX OF PROXIES Done✅
Hi I have an old a1186 Mac Pro . I’ve brought a new WiFi card , went to install it and theres no wires that should connect to it . I’ve got the bt wire which does the Bluetooth. I’ve turned it on abd it’s not coming up with any WiFi hotspots like my sky tv router ? Can you help?
Not really certain I can help with specific hardware issues by remote control. You could always take it into an Apple Store and they might be able to advise you what's wrong. Good luck
I’ve been using my docking station for the longest time. I have two thunderbolt cables for my monitor output. Now all of a sudden I lose my internet connection within 10 seconds of connecting to my WiFi. I show I’m connected but I lose the internet, however, I show I’m still connected to the WiFi and my wireless router shows I’m connected. I just lose the internet. Any thoughts
2018 MacBook Pro 32 Gb RAM. Mojave and later Catalina- Wifi will not turn on at all. I did all of your steps. I can use ethernet but Wifi doesn't work. Yet Apple Diagnostics reports no problem. Any further suggestions to try before calling Apple?
@@ngbg27 Sent it back to Apple. New logic board. When it doesn't work, it's simply broken and needs replacing. Try everything else first; but it was about 5 days round trip.
My iMac 2017 has never connected to any WiFi The WiFi toggle on the upper right usually won’t let you slide it to the right, and when it sometimes does it shuts itself back off a few seconds later Someone please help!
This video is really SUPER! My MacBook was not running its WiFi steadly. The issue with my Mac was this: I was using 2 pen drivers connected to the USB ports and have tried many alternatives but no success after all. After viewing this life saving video, I found that removing the 2 pen drivers the Wi-Fi access to the router came back to normal. So, if you have such an issue with no access to your W-Fi router (or slow access as well), just try removing your your pen driver (just disconnect it from the USB port). Thank you very much, Phil, from Make Tech Easier!!!!
Thanks brother, Your solution worked for me like magic. My Macbook wasn't detecting my 5gz wifi, But thanks to your advice of editing location, it magically started detecting it.
Thankyou
Thank You very much for resolving the issue on my MacBook Pro. WiFi stopped working, your detailed instructions to reset the PRAM & SMC resolved the issue.
really interesting video, i am facing issue that in one or two signal bars internet stop working in mac air 2015 with monetery os however on same location other devies works fine, can you please help in solving issue
Please inhave followed all your instructions to have a wi-fi on my mac. In the NETWORK pane, no wifi is displayed apart from Thunderbolt and Bluetooth. Please can you help me to fix this. Or can you recommend a mac OS compatible usb wireless adapter? Thank you very much.
you are a legend, wi fi hotspot not connecting, tried everything except unplug all usb c devices, bang, thanks
Thank you for pointing out the hint regarding the USB C plug
I removed the plugged-in harddrive and it worked perfectly ✌️
Thanks a million.... the first one worked for me....thanks again. You have a new follower and subscriber.
The pram and vram worked for me! Thanks for saving my assignment that had to be submitted
Same hear
Bro I know what you mean 😃
Dude you just saved me a trip to Apple and perhaps some money. If anyone keeps getting the invalid password response then try disconnecting all usb plugs and it might work. I tried everything else and of all the things this is what helped. Thanks man 💪
Hi, thank you so much! You just saved my life. All of my type C devices where plugged in and that caused the wifi problem.
Unplug usb hub solved my issue, i have no idea after several months using dongles without wifi issue. Thankyou!
Same here!!
A really comprehensive video which is easy to follow. However, I have followed every possible solution and still the network will not stay connected. I recently had to have my MacBook Pro lid replaced. Ever since I have had problems but I cannot see how this could be connected?
Hi thanks for your videos I wonder if you could help me I've purchase a 2nd hand nomad 27inch but there is no wifi icon and no wifi the person I purchased it from said he hadnused wifi on this Mac for the last 2 years now I'm using a ethernet cable and a win dongle works if I reset the iMac off a back up image the wifi symbol appears greyed out and then says no hardware I've tried all your methods but still to no avail Thank you for your time
regards
Ian
Just found this - a real life saver. My Mac was starting to run its WiFi really slowly which is not good as I have a video job interview this week! Thank you.
Sorry to say but none of those worked on mine High Sierra. My wifi is turned on but wont show available networks where there are a lot of networks available.
Exactly happened with me
Its really frustating me
Same
Sameeee
Rooter? 😂
Hi Phil...the WiFi is not an option at all in the sidebar of the Network window.Strangely, I have High Sierra on a partition and WI FI works fine. It's just when using Monterey.
Dude is a genius, resetting NVRAM PRAM solved mine
Thank you my headache went instantly. Changing the location worked for me!
You're welcome!
I changed my DNS address and it solved my issue. I got a Google-WiFi that was unusable slow. Now it is very quick. Thanks!
Thank you so much you saved me so much money I was about to go and buy a whole new mac book pro and then I found this video that save my mac. Your a legend 👏
I’m truly grateful for this video. Wish I’d seen it before deleting all my apps and documents 😩
Hi .. still wifi is off. Please suggest . Status remains off only after trying all
Same here.
After deleting wifi history, and adding plus, Preferences Error - There was an error in the network preferences box shows up.
WTF!! I disconnected my USB and it starts working off, Thank you so much for the video mate 🔥
My home wifi always connects, but trying to connect when visiting friends in Michigan, it will connect to wifi, but NOT the internet. Any ideas?
it was the DNS that saved my computer. thank you!!!
Saved the day. WiFi wouldn’t work. But it WAS working... the problem = usbCdongle. Plugged into the top port. A have a MBP duel thunder bolt
wtf, unpugging my usb hub stopped wifi from crashing down every other few seconds. never had this problem with it. I guess it's some power issue. thanks for this video !
Hi I upgraded my mac book air 2012 from Catalina to macOs Big Sur and since NO wifi...Please help me¡¡¡ I already tried all your tips...
This video was very helpful to fix my Wifi Issue., Great job !!
It was the type C usb hub. Crazy. Thanks!
putting out the cables fixed the problem thanks a lot man
Wow, adding a location "Home" did it for me! Thanks!
Thanks alot for your helpful solution 👍 🙂 😊 ☺ 😀 👌 👍
Thanks for providing several ways to do it. Mine is still not working. I took it to Best Buy and they had no problem accessing WiFi. I took to work and I had no problem accessing WiFi. I am at a loss!
ivnd303 it could be an issue with your router same thing is happening with me !
Thanks... removing USB worked for me.
I'm having an issue where I'm connected to the wifi but I cant access the internet, I have no restrictions on the mac
Same, how did you fix yours?
@@CJ-sz1pw apparently the issue was overuse of the internet
Teh N00ob how did u connect it again?
@@anniemations2495 it was apparently caused by an overuse?
Teh N00ob oh thanks but so did u shut it down and restart bc I have tried everything? Or did it go back to normal by itself bc mines been like this for 5 months 💀
EVERYTHING FAILED EXCEPT THE LAST IDEA YOU HAD! THANKS!
Yeees the sleep wake tips worked beautifully thank you so much. Now I can finish homework on time✨
My word.. who knew that my usb hub could be the problem! I've tried everything before this video but fortunately for me I stumbled upon this simple solution. After unplugging the usb hub... whalaaah... Bob's indeed your uncle :)
Can you plug the hub back in after ?
@@creameggbatiman9528 yes, but I used a different usb port just to avoid issues again.
Thank you. It worked. I disconnected the USBC and it worked
This worked! Thank you so much. I thought I was going to have to wipe my computer.
Thank you so much! I didn’t find a solution before watching your video!
This was very informative thank you. My wifi disappeared after a recent update to Catalina. Network preferences will not let me add wifi. It just doesn't take. I can add or remove a VPN etc but once I click the create button nothing happens.
Having the same issue
After exhausting all methods. Created a new profile. Logged into the new profile. Logged back into main profile, and it worked.
Glad to hear it!
Like mentioned in the vid, my WiFi doesn’t work because I have a dongle plugged in with an hdmi and Ethernet plugged into it. I need these things plugged in AND the WiFi.
What is the solution besides just unplugging the dongle?
My solution was to unplug the dongles, connect to WiFi, then plug the dongles back in. The connection stayed solid.
@@NanoTellez 3ks,very useful
Actually... After a while, even that doesn't work anymore. So I've started trying to wrap some aluminum foil around the dongle plug to shield the antenna. Sometimes that solves the problem. Sometimes I have to fiddle with the foil.
Soon Apple will come out with a $500 piece of foil tape to solve the issue...
I’m using a 2016 Mac I’ve tried all the steps and sometimes it connects to my WiFi and others it doesn’t but it has no problem on me tethering can you assist in any way?
I am having the same issue. Were you able to find out how to fix this issue?
Yeah it worked I had to reset my pram !!! My laptop was stuck like this for almost a year it was a waste literally thought I just had a broken laptop it was like owning an expensive brick but it’s working yay
Glad we could help!
Help, I go to setting then network but wifi doesn't appear just Bluetooth
My wifi will not switch from status:off even when I click turn on wifi. I restart my Mac and it automatically connects to the wifi and I can use it for an hour but then the same thing happens again.
My macbook pro is showing hardware not installed what could be the problem?
I need help. I sent my MacBook air for battery replacement. The Wi-Fi worked fine when I got it back. But after speaker replacement and a system upgrade, it isn't connecting to Wi-Fi. I tried the steps from your video, all of them and it finally worked. But once I shut it down and restarted, it not working. I tried doing the steps you showed again, but the same error occurs. It connects to mobile hot-spots.
the Wi-Fi is working fine on all other devices and the password is correct.
Like and Subbed earned, you showed a second of how to restart SMC for desktops and I did that correctly and it fixed it thank you. If you are on desktop mac and your wifi is litterally not turning on or turning on for a literal milisecond and you trying to restart many times, add new interfaces or other methods. Do the steps on the screen at 3:41 this should fix your problem
Still My wifi is not working 😢
@@nahidsafdari3605 mine to it actually only worked for me for about a minute its sad
God thank you. I tried so many things watched so many videos. But jusy plainly disconnect USB work for me.
Still not able to get online. I have a MacBook Pro Mojave OS. My WiFi shows 5 bars and my phone can connect but MacBook will not. It was working just fine until yesterday. The only thing I can think of is that I downloaded adobe creative and I had a technician login remotely to do a speed test. The speed test showed it was fast and worked. I went to bed and overnight could not log back in :(
My wifi icon han cross sign and not turning on or scanning any network i have MacBook pro 2015 bigsur
Removed the USB cables. It worked.. thanks for the magic. Good job.
thank you the video was helpful
Worked for me. Thank you!
omg thank you so much 😭 i was literally almost gonna cry coz i've been trying to figure out what the heck is wrong with the wifi 😭
Omggg thank you so much . This video is really helpful! 🎉🎉🎉
My MacBook Pro is in recovery, as I’m due to sell it soon. It’s a mid-2009 model. The WiFi icon is not showing on the screen, when it boots up in OS X Utilities. I’ve opened the MacBook up, checked the WiFi cable and airport card - I cannot see any problems.
I’m still so confused.
Any help is gratefully appreciated!
Good bless you. Thanks it worked with the first method you showed
Thanks a lot 05:00 , Adjust Packet Size did the trick 😍
Thank you, you helped me solve my issue. MacBook Pro 2018 connected to WiFi for months and suddenly it would not connect. It turned out to be a Logitech transmitter connected to a USB hub (type C connector). How can Apple make such a mistake? Something else I noticed is that if my MAC is connected to a 5.0 Ghz WiFi signal, all my bluetooth devices connect and reconnect; this is a well known issue. Unbelievable !!! Thanks again for your help.
Thanks so much this worked
The wifi does not event detect available network. List is empty. Can u help
Wow. For me removing the usb doc worked 😊. You are a life saver
so, there is no way to use that particular USB 3 adapter with internet? i have a FHD video capture device using usb 3, and when i plugged in it my internet connections dies.... any help?
You wonderful human (apologies if this is an assumption 😉). Last option of location change sorted my issue out. Thank you.
hoping this is gonna work. i’ll update you !!
Im waiting your answer
Thank you soo much 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hii...ok I have a problem my macbook pro...the wifi shortcut is not appears in my mac...its doesn't appear in the network too...the reason y..I accidentally removed the wifi in my mac...so how can I get it back???please need help ...please
I unplugged the usb and it works! Thank you
Wooow estuve meses con este problema!! Thank u😭😭
This worked on my Mac Mini too..... I was about to go mad ...you saved my sanity!!
Thank you for your video but still I am not able to connect. It is a public WiFi and once the caption to add the username and the password pops ups it doesn’t load it so I cannot run the WiFi. Before I could but with this macOS Catalina I can’t 🥺
Hi, were you able to fix this? I just updated to catalina 10.15.7 last night but this morning my macbook wont connect to wifi , hospot and even airdrop isnnt working anymore :(
Hello macbook pro 2018 is not finding any wifi network at all. It randomly stopped working i have tried everything and its just not finding any wifi networks or any mobile hotspots and bluetooth is not working too. It says its not available. Please help
did you try all our tips?
Thank you for this video / USB hub causing all my problems now sorted 👍
Reseting my ram work for me thank you sir
Thanks bro 😉 can't tell you how much I am thankful to you
Your honestly a legend for that first step ❤️
Thank you. Finally it works.
Changing the package size helped me out thank you!
Non worked for me
When I go to system information-WiFi all I see is 13.0 ((null)) on some stuff and airport utility not inserted what dose that mean
ths video mess ed up my computer reseting the pram and smc bricked my mac book and i get get it to the boot screen
idiot
Hi, I saw your solutions and I tried some of it like reset NVRAM and SMC but its not working for my problem ..... I can tell my problem ...... my problem is I recently bought the new MacBook Pro 16 inch everything is fine battery backup and other stuff just weird problem whenever I lid down my Mac goes in to the sleep mode except WiFi it stay on and because of that my battery is drain during night time around 15-20% ... but when I put wifi off manually battery not drain ...... I tried everything but nothing is working , In my old MacBook whenever I lid down wifi goes off automatically but not in new one ... please help if you have solution ...
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Same thing happened to my macbook.
SOLUTION
GO TO
1- System Preference
2- Network
3- WiFi
4- Advanced ( bottom right)
5- Proxies
And DESELECTED ALL THE CHECK BOX OF PROXIES
Done✅
Hi I have an old a1186 Mac Pro . I’ve brought a new WiFi card , went to install it and theres no wires that should connect to it . I’ve got the bt wire which does the Bluetooth. I’ve turned it on abd it’s not coming up with any WiFi hotspots like my sky tv router ?
Can you help?
Not really certain I can help with specific hardware issues by remote control. You could always take it into an Apple Store and they might be able to advise you what's wrong. Good luck
You are a lifesaver!! I have called apple support the past few days and I fixed my Wifi only two minutes into your video!
Wala u make my day 👍 thanks a lot
Our pleasure 😊
Thanks man.. I was desperate before. Still can't believe if unplug the dongle was the solution.
The very last option worked for me! Thanks!
Update: it only worked for a few minutes /: wth is going on with my mac? smh
bro is your mac working fine now ?..
bro pls reply my mac is also giving me the same problem and I am about to go mad
@@smyounus3139 yeah, I haven’t had any issues lately
I’ve been using my docking station for the longest time. I have two thunderbolt cables for my monitor output. Now all of a sudden I lose my internet connection within 10 seconds of connecting to my WiFi. I show I’m connected but I lose the internet, however, I show I’m still connected to the WiFi and my wireless router shows I’m connected. I just lose the internet. Any thoughts
Thanks man, the last one worked for me, I literally named the new location "Fucking mac"
2018 MacBook Pro 32 Gb RAM. Mojave and later Catalina- Wifi will not turn on at all. I did all of your steps. I can use ethernet but Wifi doesn't work. Yet Apple Diagnostics reports no problem. Any further suggestions to try before calling Apple?
Hi did you get to fix this? Having same problem now after Catalina update
@@ngbg27 Sent it back to Apple. New logic board. When it doesn't work, it's simply broken and needs replacing. Try everything else first; but it was about 5 days round trip.
If this doesnt work . Check if your date and time is correct
You saved my life tysm
My iMac 2017 has never connected to any WiFi
The WiFi toggle on the upper right usually won’t let you slide it to the right, and when it sometimes does it shuts itself back off a few seconds later
Someone please help!