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Hi guys so my sisters macbook pro has suddenly stopped detecting wifi. I know pretty much next to nothing when it comes to MacOS issues but considering im that tech guy in the family im expected to know these things...

Anyway she told me apparently the symbols no longer there and it's not finding any wifi at all. She's going to bring it over to my house later today and i was wondering what could be some solutions to fix this issue? Not quite sure of the model i think it could be the 2013 model? Any suggestions will be welcome.

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2 minutes ago, MajorFoley said:

Sigh hoping that won't be it because that would be worst case scenario and i dunno if i have any spare. Other suggestions before i go that route?聽

Try to figure out if she changed anything, other than that I don't know what else could be causing her laptop's wifi to spontaneously stop working.

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1 minute ago, Sauron said:

Try to figure out if she changed anything, other than that I don't know what else could be causing her laptop's wifi to spontaneously stop working.

I'm honestly hoping she just accidentally pressed a key combination and turned it into airplane mode or something... Isn't there a diagnostic function with macs that you can do while booting to check if hardwares working?

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2 minutes ago, MajorFoley said:

Isn't there a diagnostic function with macs that you can do while booting to check if hardwares working?

Sorry, I don't know.

2 minutes ago, MajorFoley said:

I'm honestly hoping she just accidentally pressed a key combination and turned it into airplane mode or something...

That could be, hopefully it's that. Though small usb adapters are pretty cheap.

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3 hours ago, MajorFoley said:

Well wifis dead, had to get an adaptor but will take it to apple care at some point. CNW004 or something was the code

If it's not within warranty it may not be worth it to get it fixed, 2013 wifi wasn't great anyway :P

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10 hours ago, Sauron said:

If it's not within warranty it may not be worth it to get it fixed, 2013 wifi wasn't great anyway :P

its a 2015 apparntly, a local authorised apple repairer and usually my 2nd favourite shop will take it for 2 days and get it done under 100 bucks, she obviously wont wait that long so i set an appointment at an official apple place to get a price on them because god forbid they can quote something they should already know and if its over that i wil tell her it aint worth it,聽she'll likely just have to use the adaptor.

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7 minutes ago, MajorFoley said:

its a 2015 apparntly, a local authorised apple repairer and usually my 2nd favourite shop will take it for 2 days and get it done under 100 bucks, she obviously wont wait that long so i set an appointment at an official apple place to get a price on them because god forbid they can quote something they should already know and if its over that i wil tell her it aint worth it,聽she'll likely just have to use the adaptor.

$100? I'm telling you, just get a low profile usb adapter. Much cheaper and possibly better. I doubt the Apple store will quote you a lower price.

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On 2/4/2020 at 5:59 AM, Sauron said:

$100? I'm telling you, just get a low profile usb adapter. Much cheaper and possibly better. I doubt the Apple store will quote you a lower price.

AUD buddy aussie prices tend to be more. And that would include labor costs which i assume would be the 50-60 bucks part, the wifi usb adaptor i got her cost 30 and thats not with a 5ghz option attached to it either. Itll be her choice not mine.

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EDIT Yeah apples taking the mickey out of it. They wanted 209 bucks and 5 days, 100 for the labor and 109 for the card that certainly aint happening when an authorised store quoted under 100 bucks and 2 days lol.

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