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Swinx43 on Feb 4, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple’s declining software quality

On the WiFi issues I have noticed that when using a normal 2.4GHz router in combination with any Bluetooth mouse, keyboard etc. causes lots of issues for me.

Typically I would be getting really slow speeds and intermittent disconnects.

Switching to a 5GHz WiFi router solved a lot of problems in the WiFi department for me on both El Capitan and Yosemite.

vuulim on Feb 4, 2016 [–]

This is a very important point.

Bluetooth interferes with 2.4GHz Wifi, therefore most Macs with bluetooth keyboards/mice struggle a bit on networks at this frequency.

5GHz is pretty much a requirement these days to get the best from a newish Mac.

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