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When I'm at a specific location, I want my MBP to connect to only one specific WiFi connection available. Too many times it "automatically" connects to garbage WiFi signals like "xfinitywifi" or "CableWifi" that are nearby, and I always have to manually set the connection to the one I really want to use. Is there a way to limit a macos WiFi connection to a specific WiFi signal?

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    Are you not willing to 'forget' wifi like xfinitywifi? I've done this and I never auto-connect to that one. If I want to connect in the future I have to manually reconnect (which isn't a problem for me because I don't want to connect to it, ever).
    – fsb
    May 3, 2017 at 15:28
  • I'll add it as an answer and you can accept if you like it.
    – fsb
    May 3, 2017 at 15:32
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    Well if you go to System Preferences > Network > WI-FI (left) > Advanced (button on the right) > WI-FI (fist tab) , you can drag Wi-Fi networks to preferred order. So if you're near networks A and B and B is above A, B is the one it'll connect to. Would that work for you?
    – Joonas
    May 3, 2017 at 15:37
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    @Joonas has the right idea. Also I would uncheck the box for "Remember network this computer has joined". This will prevent it from remembering these random unsecured networks and automatically joining them.
    – Todd Dabney
    May 4, 2017 at 6:25

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Source: Here's how to forget a wifi location so that you don't auto-connect to it when in range.

  1. Click the Wi-Fi icon toward the upper right of your screen in the menu bar. It looks like a pizza slice.
  2. Click on Open Network Preferences. enter image description here
  3. Click the Advanced button.
  4. Click the Wi-Fi tab.enter image description here
  5. Select the network(s) you'd like your Mac to forget.
  6. Click on the minus (-) button.enter image description here
  7. Click on the OK button.
  8. Click on the Apply button.enter image description here
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