![]() Again this didn’t make sense because all of our devices were working but the new iMac. He believed the problem was interference from other wireless access points nearby. ![]() Finally he got to third level support, and the answer from the tech was very interesting. He went through a lot of configuration changes with the AppleCare people, getting rid of configuration files and again changing all the channels but still the iMac dropped the connection. He finally buckled down on Saturday and called Apple. The frustrating thing was that our current wireless network works fine for 2 iPhones, a Blackberry, 2 iPads, 3 TiVos, an AppleTV, 2 Bluray players, 2 PCs, and 4 Macs, just not on this brand spanking new iMac. I exhausted my vast network knowledge by changing the channels on the router but that was all I had in my bag of tricks. You can imagine his frustration to have such a high end machine that would barf on him like this. He pretty much lost his connection every 5-20 minutes. But it wasn’t all happiness in the Sheridan household, because the iMac kept dropping the wireless connection. Steve was delighted with it – as well he should be as I kind of went over the top – the highest end core i7 processor, 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD and a 1TB SATA drive. Wifi on New iMacĪs you all know, Mipples was returned home after I succumbed to the ransom demands to get Steve a 27″ iMac. I promise THIS week i’ll play Caleb’s review. last week in the intro I promised a review by Caleb Fong, but I never played it! not sure how that happened but the good news is that gives me even more help for this week’s show. I assure you that he is on notice to not slip up like this again. Well there WAS a glitch – the music for Chit Chat Across the Pond was not in it’s correct place, but he didn’t do his usual scan and so it was missed. One of his many responsibilities is to scan through the audio file and make sure there’s no glitches. On last week’s show, I’m afraid Quality Control Director Steve really fell down on the job. Today is Sunday May 6th, 2012 and this is show number 365. Hi this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Mac Podcast, hosted at, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Macintosh bias. In Chit Chat Across the Pond Bart explains the schizophrenia that is Apple’s approach to security. George from Tulsa tells us the end of his saga to save money on his T-Mobile bill. ![]() ![]() Rod Simmons from the Simple Mobile Review Podcast reviews the Shure SE535 noise isolation headset. Ken Wolfe of the Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City gives a review of an iOS productivity app Clear by RealMac Software. Summer72H tells us about a free iOS app called Alarmed from. Caleb Fong, aka Geekosupremo gives us a rundown on a wild process he follows to edit video. Disk Inventory X from helped find a crazy disk space problem on my neighbors computer. One nifty tool every Mac user should have.Wifi problems on the new 27″ iMac – using iStumbler from helped us analyze the problem (and buy a new simultaneous Airport Extreme). If you are one of those people who carry their Mac around, then iStumbler is a must have app for you as it scans WiFi networks and lists out AirPort networks, Bluetooth devices, Bonjour services and Location information. Offers a toolbar which have Setup, Pair, and Browse buttons to facilitate your Bluetooth connections.A decent graphical display of connections help you analyze stuff about the networks, if you wish to.Features a plugin called, Inspector which takes care of displaying all the detailed information about any connection.Features a monitor to keep an eye on the connected network.Scans and lists out all the available WiFi networks and Bluetooth connections in reach.Here are some of its features which makes it one of must have apps for Mac. IStumbler not just operates on WiFi networks but it also works like charm for Bluetooth connections and Bonjour services. And the fact that this free Mac app lets you machine use the strongest possible signal makes it more than a useful tool. Using this app, you can look for active WiFi connections at any place. In this particular post, we would be talking about iStumbler which is actually a Mac WiFi Scanner. They are called as WiFi Scanner, WiFi locators, WiFi sniffers, wireless network locators, and by many more names. Well, there isn’t a single name or term used for apps used to scan WiFi connections.
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