OS X Yosemite update fails to solve Mac Wi-Fi mess

From InfoWorld: Apple on Monday released the first update to OS X Yosemite that included fixes for unspecified Wi-Fi problems and improved reliability for connecting to Microsoft Exchange corporate email servers.

But Mac owners who had said that Yosemite crippled their Wi-Fi connections reported that the update did not solve their problems.

The 311MB download of OS X 10.10.1 was the first update from Apple since it released Yosemite in final form on Oct. 16.

According to Apple, Yosemite 10.10.1 "improves Wi-Fi reliability" -- a big problem for users in the past month -- "improves reliability when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server," and addresses a pair of issues specific to enterprise customers.

Other problems dealt with by 10.10.1 ranged from mysteriously changing Notification Center settings and Time Machine backups not appearing, to updates refusing to show in the Mac App Store and failures in connecting to remote machines with Back to My Mac.

Early indications from the most active support discussion thread was that the 10.10.1 update did nothing to help. "10.10.1 didn't fix my Wi-Fi issues, still randomly dropping every few minutes or so," said Mike Ormerod Monday morning.

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