Disable internal wifi hardware on MacBook
Post date: 2024-03-29 08:26:13
Views: 112
I have a 2012 Retina MacBookPro that works fine except the built-in wifi is so out of date/spec that it hogs spectrum and makes other devices take a shit. I have a nice shiny new 801.11/ac USB wifi adapter that I want to use instead of the built in hardware.

When I plug in the USB wifi adapter, it's mounted and recognized, but isn't used as a network adapter. I can't seem to select it, nor to specifically disable the built in hardware. The OS is Catalina, 10.15.

I'm not averse to opening the machine up and pulling the native hardware out, but I'm not sure that's possible, and would rather choose a software configuration solution if one is available.

(NOTE: web searches for this specific issue of "macbook disable built-in wifi hardware and use usb wifi adapter instead" appear to be especially fruitless, so please don't just "google it for me" because that probably won't be helpful.)
Please click Here to read the full story.
 
Other Top and Latest Questions:
Wall Street and Main Street face off next week with Nvidia, consumer earnings. Here's what's ahead 
Berkshire Hathaway returns to airlines with $2.6 billion stake in Delta Air Lines
This used to be possible... Extracting hardcoded subs using SubRip
ISO: Good board games for 2 people to play outside while waiting in line
Stargate SG-1: Rite of Passage Rewatch
Special Event: Eurovision 2026: The Grand Final
Book: The Player of Games
A Man on the Inside: Family Weekend 9
The Boys: The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother's Milk
UAE says its decision to leave OPEC was a strategic economic move, not a political one