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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 00:18:53 GMT
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On 2015-02-06, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <cjiepdFu0euU5@mid.individual.net>,
>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2015-02-06, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> And then they'll come back on the desktop, too, when it syncs to the 
> cloud.

Yep.

> There's probably no way to keep the SSID list on the desktop 
> clean.

It's a relatively new feature. Give it time.

> I wonder why he even cares? It's not like you need to go into the WiFi 
> network list on a desktop machine much -- just connect it and forget it.

Well, in my case, it was slowing down the amount of time it took for my
MacBook Pro to rejoin my home network upon waking it up, even though
mine was first in the list. I would open the lid, open a terminal
window, and find that network access wasn't restored until up to 10
seconds later. I noticed I had about 30 access points in the list.
Deleting the extra ones fixed the issue.

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