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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Why are WiFi SSID's my iMac has never been near in my WiFi list?
Date: 6 Feb 2015 00:05:01 GMT
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On 2015-02-06, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <cjidi7Fu0euU2@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-02-05, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>> > Okay, so one time? In band camp? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> was 
>> > all, like:
>> >>> Does the cockamamie iCloud copy SSID's amongst devices in an account? 
>> >>> That would (possibly) make sense for mobile devices, but certainly not 
>> >>> for a 27" iMac.
>> >
>> >> Makes sense for laptops, though. And I'm sure someone on planet Earth
>> >> has moved a desktop computer around expecting them to be there. For the
>> >> rest of us, the delete key works fine.
>> >
>> > That's probably not a good idea. If you delete them, they will be
>> > deleted off the other devices.
>> 
>> That depends on which access points you've collected. Most of mine are
>> collected from trips I take while on vacation, and there's absolutely no
>> need to hang onto those.
>
> It seemed like he was also suggesting removing the ones for local 
> hotspots that you use with your mobile devices, e.g. Starbucks.

If so, he'd have to reconnect to them. Big deal. Anyhow, he's in full
control. So he can do as he pleases.

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