Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

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For many notebook users, when switching between network configurations using the "locations" menu in the Network system preference pane or from the Apple menu, the computer will lock up and stop ...

Network locations are extremely useful if you use your Mac across a variety of networking environments, like a Proxy-laden school building, a super secured enterprise site, or a special set up at home ...

In addition to redesigning the System Settings app on macOS Ventura, Apple has removed the app's longstanding Network Locations feature, as noted by Jason Snell at Six Colors. The feature allowed ...

Furthermore, when it did try to pay attention to network conditions, it sometimes did so clumsily. For example, Group Policy would attempt to detect slow links using ping (ICMP), which many ...