What to do when your Mac can’t detect a Wi-Fi network

Your Wi-Fi network has disappeared from the macOS interface? Here we show you the different ways to fix the problem of connecting to your Wi-Fi network

Mac and any other device with an Internet connection It can play a trick on us by simply not showing us the Wi-Fi network we connect to daily.. The problem can be more serious when they don’t know us and can’t connect, although this may simply be due to a type of interference. This and other similar cases can occur throughout the day, so In this article, we will show you different ways to fix your internet connection when Mac not detecting Wi-Fi network. We also recommend in this article how to improve your Mac’s Wi-Fi.

If you have a Mac laptop or desktop and an Ethernet connection nearby, use that as much as possible.

Of course This is not the most practical solution.first because Newer Mac laptops no longer have an Ethernet port. which was present on older computers. However, if you are considering purchasing a USB-C hub adapter, choose one with an Ethernet port. You don’t know when you might need it. Also take into account that the internet router must be nearby to avoid any disturbance.

Why Wi-Fi on Mac can be unstable?

There are several reasons but The most common ones can come from the Internet operator’s own router.from the secondary router if it is split or from the Mac in the background. In a very personal case, the dual-band router usually fails in the 5G connection, telling me that the password has not been entered. On the Mac side, sometimes the corresponding connection is not displayed. Fortunately, I resorted to the first solutions presented in this article.

Turn Wi-Fi on and off on your Mac

1. Open the Mac Control Center or if you have the direct shortcut in the menu bar, click on Wi-Fi control
2. Disable connection by clicking on the switch icon
3. Allow about 5 minutes before reactivating it
4. If the problem persiststurn off Wi-Fi and restart your Mac
5. Then turn on the Wi-Fi connection and check if the problem has been resolved.

Restart the Internet router

If the problem has not been solved before, it is a matter of checking if the Wi-Fi network appears on other devices. To quickly tackle the problem, it is advisable to restart the internet router. If possible, turn it off for 5 minutes and turn it back on.

A first reinforcement for Mac: restart the PRAM

PRAM is the memory responsible for storing the system configurationso if you still don’t have wifi connection another recommended tip is reset this memory on Macs with an Intel processor.

1. The procedure must be performed with the Mac turned off
2. Turn on your Mac and then press Cmd + Option + P + R for 20 seconds
3. Continue pressing the keys until you hear the power-on sound

On Mac with Apple Silicon, this option is no longer possible since the system does it by default when it needs it. Still having trouble with your Wi-Fi network? Let’s move on to some more complex steps.

Delete PLIST files from Wi-Fi network

Now we will have to Delete macOS Preferences and Settings Filesare based on lists containing attributes or properties of the process. In this case, we will locate and eliminate those related to the Wi-Fi network that are causing us connection problems.

1. Turn off Wi-Fi on your Mac
2. Search for calf and click on the Go menu then Go to folder
3. Enter the following route: /Library/Preferences/System Configuration/
4. Once in the containing folder, search for the following files:

• com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
• com.apple.network.identification.plist
• com.apple.wifi.message-tracer.plist
• Network interfaces.plist
• preferences.plist

As a final step, select these files together by pressing each with the Cmd key; press the secondary click and proceed to send them to the landfill. Second act, Restart the Mac so that the system inserts new files itself. This ensures that the Wi-Fi network connection will be fresh (as if your Mac was new).

Clear Mac Cache

As a final preventive measure, you should delete the cache that is no longer useful and may cause interference with your Wi-Fi network.

1. Open Finder, click the Go menu, then click Go to Folder
2. Enter the following path: ~/Library/Caches
3. Select items which contains said file and delete them

If you notice any disconnections or interruptions in your internet service, call your provider

It is important to mention that These types of outages could spread and worsen to the point of causing Internet interruptions or disconnections.. This is a separate issue for your Mac and belongs to your internet service provider. It doesn’t hurt to check the Downdetector site and search for your provider to see if there have been any outages nearby in the last few hours.

It is also It is advisable that you can contact them so that they can examine the quality of your connection.. It is likely that the provider’s router will start to fail after a few years of installation or it will simply start to experience problems with its servers.

We hope these tips have achieved the goal of fixing the problem connecting to your Mac Wi-Fi network.. If you need it, we leave you other tips from Apple regarding this topic.

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