Choosing the Best Mac for Wi-Fi Analysis
Choosing a Mac for Wi-Fi analysis isn’t as simple as comparing processors or memory configurations. When running WiFi Explorer and other professional Wi-Fi tools, the Mac’s wireless hardware and [...]
Goodbye, airport!
It finally happened. Apple has officially retired the airport command-line utility on macOS Sonoma 14.4. Although it was considered deprecated, the airport command was still very helpful for quickly [...]
Yet Another Wi-Fi Details Shortcut for iOS
Apple recently launched iOS 17 with new options to retrieve details about your Wi-Fi connection using Shortcuts. When adding the "Get Network Details" action to a shortcut, you can [...]
Customizing WiFi Signal’s Menu Bar Status Display
WiFi Signal is a menu bar app that lets you monitor your Wi-Fi network’s status and signal quality. When you click the WiFi Signal's menu bar icon, a popup [...]
What’s Going On, Apple?
One of the many reasons we enjoy developing for Mac is that during all these years, we've encountered very few bugs in macOS. In other words, from a system [...]
Using WiFi Explorer’s Annotations in WiFi Signal
WiFi Signal integrates with WiFi Explorer to import and display access point annotations automatically. In WiFi Explorer, annotations assign custom labels to individual access points. You can use them [...]
WiFi Signal 4.0 Demystified
WiFi Signal 4.0 introduces several features for monitoring and troubleshooting Wi-Fi connections, including new tools for tracking association and roaming behavior. The release also includes interface improvements, dark mode [...]
There’s Nothing Hidden About Hidden Networks
Users occasionally ask why WiFi Explorer does not detect “hidden” networks. WiFi Explorer relies on Apple’s CoreWLAN framework for scanning, and CoreWLAN does not return useful information about a [...]