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1. #HOW TO RESET MAC WIFI SETTINGS MAVERICKS HOW TO#
2. #HOW TO RESET MAC WIFI SETTINGS MAVERICKS FOR MAC OS X#
3. #HOW TO RESET MAC WIFI SETTINGS MAVERICKS MAC OS X#
4. #HOW TO RESET MAC WIFI SETTINGS MAVERICKS INSTALL#
5. #HOW TO RESET MAC WIFI SETTINGS MAVERICKS PASSWORD#

I have gathered the most common workarounds/fixes for this issue. The issue ranges from not being able to connect to the network after waking up the device from sleep mode to intermittently being disconnecting from the network to not even being able to connect.

#HOW TO RESET MAC WIFI SETTINGS MAVERICKS INSTALL#

Sure, zeroing the data and doing a full install & update of the operating system TWICE IN A ROW may require a lot of time, a fair amount of effort, and no small amount of technical knowledge, but to borrow a line from Aliens, "It's the only way to be sure"įor any place that has to set up more than a few units for sale/deployment/imaging/whatever, it's invaluable to be able to get all software updates & installs done to a machine and then reset it to the welcome sequence.Many users are experiencing issues with their Wi-Fi connection on their devices after upgrading to the OS X Mavericks. Pretty time consuming just to remove a user account.Īs agentx suggests, any machine being transferred from owner to owner should be wiped and erased first by the original owner, and again by the new owner. a machine before handing it off to the end user or imaging it for deployment.Īnd since we're talking about resetting Lion here, short of other shortcuts, for many users erasing and reinstalling means starting with 10.6, updating to gain access to the App store, downloading >4GB, installing 10.7, and running software update.

#HOW TO RESET MAC WIFI SETTINGS MAVERICKS MAC OS X#

I've gotten a lot of helpful info from Mac OS X Hints over the years to make it happen!Īs gopes pointed out, this is extremely useful to use, say, in a script so that you can fully update, setup, etc. I've been using similar instructions going back to the 10.4 days. Thanks for the well written instructions. When the Setup Assistant starts, just press cmd-Q on the keyboard and you will be prompted to shut down. If you want to check that the Setup Assistant will run, you can turn on your Mac. delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership USERNAMEĨ: Remove the Setup Assistant flag so that it runs when the Mac is started up.ĩ: Remove the cache files and virtual memory swapfile. delete /Groups/admin GroupMembers GENERATEDUID In the next step, type in this UID where you see GENERATEDUID written.ħ: Remove USERNAME from the systemwide admin group and then remove USERNAME’s record. $ launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ In the rest of this hint, this remaining user will be referred to as USERNAME.ģ: Boot your Mac into single user mode by restarting and holding down Command-S at startup.Ĥ: Mount the filesystem in write mode and delete the USERNAME home directory.ĥ: Load OpenDirectory so we can remove the system’s record of USERNAME. Delete all users except for the one you are currently logged in as.

#HOW TO RESET MAC WIFI SETTINGS MAVERICKS PASSWORD#

It should not connect to your network anymore (and should ask for a password if you try).Ģ: Still in System Preferences, click Show All at the top left and then click the Users & Groups icon.

Select Wi-Fi from the list on the left and click the Advanced button on the bottom right.Confirm that you want to delete the item and quit Keychain Access. There should be an AirPort network password item in the list for your local WiFi network. On the keychains list on the left, select the System keychain.If you don’t have a list of keychains on the left, choose View > Show Keychains.Open Keychain Access in the Utilities folder.This provides a current version of the hint for 10.7 and presumably 10.8, though I have not been able to test on Mountain Lion.ġ: Remove references to, and the stored passwords for, your local WiFi network. So instead of adding yet another modification in the comments of a hint related to 10.5, I thought I would submit a new hint brining everything together from the old hint, its comments, changes needed for 10.7, and the missing items I have found. There is also a command that changed in 10.7 (also in the older hint’s comments) and even with the modifications suggested in the comments, the hint is still incomplete.

#HOW TO RESET MAC WIFI SETTINGS MAVERICKS FOR MAC OS X#

The most recent hint was posted in 2007 for Mac OS X 10.5 and there were significant corrections included in the comments. This can be useful if you are passing on or selling your computer to someone else.

#HOW TO RESET MAC WIFI SETTINGS MAVERICKS HOW TO#

There have been previous hints on how to reset earlier versions of Mac OS X to delete users so that it boots to the Setup Assistant again.