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In the screenshot shown, most of these WiFi networks are in other cities that only my iPhone has connected to: …

The only way to stop from automatically joining a preferred, or known, wi-fi network, is to not store the password for that network and type it in each time without clicking the "save password" button …

You could also uncheck the "Remember networks this computer has joined", in combination with "Ask to join networks", ensuring that the one you want is in your preferred list. This will then mean the …

AirDrop is limited to the sending and receiving of file only, and cannot be hijacked for any other purpose. It's one of those "Do 1 thing well, and nothing else" tools. There may be other software a …

I'm not near a Mac or Unix box to show, but what you will see is a network interface that might be called say "en0" (Ethernet0) which is a physycal interface (may be wifi, or cabled) and a further one …

Turn Wifi Off and On. If this does not solve it: Turn Ask to Join Networks On and Off. … If this does not solve it: Turn Wifi Off, turn Ask to Join Networks Off, and reboot your phone, then turn Wifi On If none of the above solves it, I would consider connecting to iTunes, backing up your …

I have an Airport Extreme (will find actual version number later, as it's not able to tell from Airport Utility any more) that runs a 2.4 and 5 ghz network. The 5Ghz one is almost always fast, but th …

You could certainly try backing up to a computer running a server version of the OS which allows for networked TM backups to it much like your Time Capsule. You could also just get an Airport Extreme …

At present, there is no way to find out, but I am offering this as an answer anyway despite it being covered by the linked answer: 1) If you have a Mac connected to the same network, you can find the …

Try to create a new user account without any WIFI passwords stored etc, and force yourself to have to log out or switch users to procrastinate. This isn't perfect, and it probably won't work. … As you say, you know the passwords by heart, so perhaps you will have to do something like set a static IP that won't route over the WIFI even if you connect because it will be different from the DHCP …

It's flat out wrong, you can go into Airport Utility, check the connected clients list and see the connection speed and quality of all devices which will vary greatly. The only time slowest common de …

Attached to it are an Airport Express (802.11n 1st Gen Single Band) which is connected by and extends WiFi over it's wired ethernet, and also an Airport Extreme (802.11n 2nd Gen Single Band) which extends …

You need another computer to try to access the sleeping Mac for something. The easiest way to test this is with a dedicated WOL client testing program like this from another machine on the LAN. I no …

After a re-image, then to rule out any configuration issues, try to connect to the WiFi source without restoring your data. If it works, then perform a restore and check again. … If it's still not working, then my hunch is that maybe you have accidentally caused the wifi antenna connection to disconnect internally - serious question, can you identify any faint rattle type noise …

If you connect to the TC (via whatever speed you can get with wireless, or gigabit cable) then your communication to it and any other device on teh same LAN that is also connected to the local LAN is …