<p>Hi,<br>
I have a one year old White Macbook and our younger son has a one year old Black Macbook. Ever since the last update, neither of us can connect wirelessly to the internet without the laptop’s power cord plugged in. When it’s plugged in, we can connect to the internet. When the power cord is not plugged in, we can’t connect to the laptop. Everything was fine until the last apple update. I was on the phone with Apple tech support for 3 Hours yesterday (not fun) and we still have the same problem. They had us “stage” the problem and then send them some kind of detailed report of our computer.</p>
<p>Anyone else having this issue with their White or Black Macbooks? Our son found some forums last night that mentioned that a lot of people had the same issue since the last apple update.</p>
<p>I have a macbook pro- ( older version) haven’t had any problem</p>
<p>Have you tried zapping pram & running fsck -fy?</p>
<p>Did you run update from the Software update in Apple menu or from the combo update from the website?
I always run the combo update</p>
<p>Make sure the firmware in the battery is current. you can check under the apple menu * about this mac<a href=“also%20check%20to%20see%20connections%20are%20clean%0ALeopard%20cache%20cleaner%20will%20tell%20you%20battery%20health”>/i</a></p>
<p>First I would try
shutting down computer- taking battery out and unplugging for at least 5 min
zap pram ( about three times)
run fsck -fy
then reboot</p>
<p>If you are still having trouble it is a lot easier to go to an Apple store so they can actually get their hands on it to look at the problem</p>
<p>If I have a problem with my computer that cannot be resolved by rebooting or shutting down and restarting, it’s time to walk into the apple store. :)</p>
<p>I have both Onyx and Leopard Cache Cleaner installed as well as ifree memory and Checkup. I run them often, because both the installed Ram & free memory are limited.</p>
<p>I also use App Zapper to find files on applications I no longer need, Xslimmer which removes files from applications I don’t need ( like the Korean version) and Whatsize which helps me find where my files are.</p>
<p>Keeping caches pared down goes a long way towards a smoother running system.</p>
<p>Yes! We have the exact same problem with the new update (great to hear its not just our equipment), but even worse: It also takes much longer for each page to load, now that we have installed the update.</p>
<p>I keep waiting and hoping that Apple will come up with a fix-it update. I am not as motivated as you are to tackle the problem myself, but hope that millions of other people will complain and get them to fix it.</p>
<p>Thanks emerald. I’m not quite computer savvy enough to try anything that you’ve suggested. I received an email from the apple tech guy (3 hours on the telephone yesterday) and all it said was “He hopes to have an answer by Wed.”. During the phone call, he had me “stage” the problem on my computer and on my son’s computer. Then he told me to do something (sorry, I"m stupid when it comes to this technical stuff) and the information was somehow sent to apple. </p>
<p>The apple tech kept trying to get me to buy their router. I told him that my gut says that it’s not our router that is the problem but the latest Apple update that messed everything up.<br>
He still kept suggesting that it may be an incompatibility with our netgear router. I told him “no” because everything had been working fabulously until that last update. Our Dell’s are working fine wirelessly. It’s our White MacBook and our Black MacBook with the issue—and it happened after the update. As long as the power plug is plugged in, the wireless works.<br>
What a pain. </p>
<p>I’m too neurotic (LOL) to try any fix on my own. I’m hoping Apple releases some kind of fix. The closest Apple store to us is a good 1¼ hour drive.</p>
<p>I have a one-year-old white MacBook. I often use it (using boot camp) as a Windows/PC emulator. I think I’ll just do that exclusively for a few days… in the hopes that my computer will NOT update.</p>
<p><em>crosses fingers that this non-techie solution will work</em></p>
<p>Apple doesn’t automatically update system software- if you click on software update- it will look for apple software to update- or some applications will notify you that there is an update available- but you always have to click OK and usually type the admin password as well.</p>
<p>That was one of the advantages of the Apple OS over Windows, because a virus couldn’t install in the background without the user knowing it.</p>
<p>^^^ No no no. <em>This</em> is my support discussion board. I know they will speak English here. I hope one of you Interpreters will go to the Apple boards and come back here.</p>
<p>CC as one-stop shopping. That is my Internet mantra.</p>
<p>I am really mad at Apple for this one! In order to use my wireless, I have to have the power cord plugged in. Without the power cord plugged in, NO WIRELESS at all. My white macbook is only 1 year old. Son’s black black macbook is only 1 year old. Everything was fine until the update.</p>
<p>I checked the message/forums on the Apple site today and it’s chock full of people complaining about no/limited/intermittent wifi since the Apple 10.5.8 update. It’s a huge problem. So, I guess we have to wait for Apple to come up with a solution.</p>
<p>BTW, the number of posts for this issue isn’t that large. The problem apparently doesn’t affect such a large number of users that the boards are really hit. It can take Apple a while to figure out a problem, notably as with the first few months of MacBooks shutting down spontaneously. Turned out an error made the fan not turn on properly - or at all. In a case like this, I’d bet they know what the problem is but not necessarily why and understanding the why is important.</p>
<em>This</em> is my support discussion board. I know they will speak English here. I hope one of you Interpreters will go to the Apple boards and come back here.</p>