Mac Pro WiFi broken.

I am fixing my Dad's Mac Pro with broken WiFi. I have a Gigabyte WB-300D WiFi adapter left over from when I built my PC in 2012. When I slot it in, it doesn't show up as an AirPort card. What can I do to get my WiFi working?
I don't really want to buy a new adapter.
It's running the latest version of Mavericks (10.9.1).

That adaptor is not Mac compatible hardware. Here's one that is:
TP-Link PCI Express Wifi Adapter

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Anybody else seeing this recently? Hopfully it's not a hardware issue.

All kinds of weird fixes for this issue have been reported, most of which make no sense. I think it's usually or always caused by a hardware fault, which may be intermittent — something like a loose connector or a failed solder joint. Almost anything might seem to fix it, at least temporarily. In some cases, a software or firmware bug may be involved.
The Apple Hardware Test doesn't find anything, as usual.
To rule out everything but a bug or a hardware fault, take each of these steps that you haven't already taken:
1. Make sure all available updates are installed.
2. Reset the NVRAM.
3. Reset the System Management Controller.
4. Boot into Recovery by holding down the key combination command-R at the startup chime. In the OS X Utilities screen, select Get Help Online. A copy of Safari will launch. Test, then reboot as usual.

Since last day my Mac Pro dosen't connect to my home wifi network. When i try to search, it dosen't see the network. My iPhone connect to the network without problems. I didn't, change any configuration of the network. Is it a physic problem?

Physic problem at Mac Pro wifi adapter?

Mac Pros are desktops.
MacBook Pros are notebooks.
The Mac Pro may not have a built-in WiFi Airport card, but can have one added.
The MacBook Pro has a built-in WiFi Airport card.

Hello ... I have a problem with a wifi connection speed on my mac pro ... the problem is that in one room the internet opening for the websites is extremely slow ... but when i move the mac pro somewhat to other location ... the internet speed increase

hello ....
my connection problem on my mac pro is :
that when i try to open a website on safari .... it delays ... and takes more than 30 seconds to open completely ...
but when i move the mac pro to another location ... its internet opening speeds up ....
also in one room ... web opening delays .... but on other rooms it is normal
so what can i do to solve this problem ....
Note : also when i hold it up and move in the same room ... the speed changes and somewhere speed up ... and in another location speed down ..
thanks for you all ...
Waiting for your support ... as quick as possible ...

WiFi signals get stronger the closer the machine is to the router and the less interference/blocking of the signal like via walls with metal in them or of thick concrete.
Since the signal emanates outwards in a sphere, your supposed to place the wireless router in a central location in the building so it covers all areas.
The power of the router also has a affect, if your router is old or something not that powerful like a Airport Express, it doesn't have the ability to filter out other signals or enough punch to get through walls etc. or cover a large area as effectively.
If you buy/have a powerful router of newer make and have issues where there is metal in the walls or thick concrete, then you can buy something like OpenMesh and by using Ethernet cables from the back of the router, extend the WiFi signal into other rooms and areas past the blockage.
https://www.open-mesh.com/

Migration assistant screw up, Mac Pro not seeing wifi/TC

Hi
I've been using a MacBookPro (MBP) for almost 5 years now, with a 1TB Time Capsule (TC1) using Time Machine (TM). I am the sole user, HDD is 270Gb used/50Gb free; using Mavericks, v10.9.2. On Friday, I used Sophos anti virus home edition, to scan the MBP. It comes up with no threats identified, and I uninstall Sophos.
Yesterday I took delivery of the Mac Pro (MP) with the 3Tb Time Capsule (TC3).
I booted up the MP, with the TC3. I did not, at this stage, connect the TC3 to the internet. Using TM, I backed up the MP. TC3 flashes the amber light.
Using Migration Assistant (MA) I tried to copy the MBP to the MP, 3 times. This did not work. At the point where the target machine has listed what is available to transfer, I click Continue and MA on the MP closes, on the MBP it says something like connection lost. The screen where this happens, lists 3 items available to transfer Application, Documents/Date and Computer settings; with a content of 128kb indicated, which is clearly wrong! The connection was an Ethernet cable direct from the MBP to the MP.
At this stage, I decide to connect the MP to the internet using TC3, there's some settings to be changed on TC3 using Airport Utility and it connects ok. TC3 has a steady green light.
I run 2 software updates on the MP. I surf the net briefly, to make sure it's ok.
I try again to use MA. This time, the dialgoue box listing what's available to transfer is different. There are 2 or 3 more options, colour is present, the font is different, the box is about the same size. The MP would not let me take any screenshots as all other applications are closed when MA is running. I don't think it gave me the size of what was being transferred, but it looked more hopeful, so I Continue and the transfer starts, with an estimated time of 33 minutes.
The transfer completes.
The MBP, as you would expect, has not changed, the MP has, but not in the way I expected. Applications appear to have all transferred (without checking them), no Documents/data and no Downloads appear to have transferred; I ticked to transfer everything.;I know I can reconnect the Ethernet cable and simply copy the data across.
But the main problem appears to be, the MP does not see the wifi.
Ethernet cable is removed.
The MP asks if I want to give permission to eeEvents manager (I presume calendar related) and say yes. It also asks if I want to install a Java run time, no.
In System preferences/Network it tells me a new Thunderbolt bridge has been found and asks if it's ok, to accept it, yes. It tells me the Ethernet cable is disconnected, rightly so; it says Airport is not connected.
I open Airport utility, no sign of the TC1 or TC3 despite it searching. Apart from TC1, the MP, MBP and TC3 are sat within a couple of feet of each other.
I turn on TC1/TC3 (separately and not at the same time, then at the same time), but the MP does not see them. I've reset TC3, rebooted the MP and still the MP does not see it.
I don't get any errors or warnings coming up.
I think my next option is to try and reset the MP to the factory settings, but this won't work, as I've no internet connection to reinstall OS X. No disc is sent with the MP.
Any suggestions as to what to try? Otherwise, I'll be off to the Apple Store tomorrow for a One to One!! :-(
Thanks for any help and Happy Mother's Day!!

Take the MP and connect it via ETH to your main router.
Restart the machine holding down command option R, you should see a spinning globe
Open disk utility and reformat the MP HD as Mac journaled
Then install OSX on this drive

How can I set up my Mac Pro so that my wife and I can use our separate iTunes accounts? I keep getting an error message that the computer is already associated with an Apple ID even though the two accounts are associated with separate log ins!

I'm getting very confused with setting up multiple user accounts on my Mac Pro for my wife and I. We each have a separate iTunes account, and we want to keep our music libraries seaprate. I've set up two user accounts on the Mac Pro and I have my iTunes authorised and logged into my user account on my user account. Under my wifes user account (i.e. a separate log in on the computer) I'm trying to set up her iTunes account, but I can't download or play anything from the cloud - it just says "This computer is already associated with another iTunes Account" and tells me that if I 'transfer' then I won't be able to use the other one for 90 days! This is really annoying as my wife can't access music she has purchased on her iTunes account on the home machine. We're not trying to do anything dodgy, just access our music on our own accounts on separate log ins on the same machine. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

Hi Allan, thanks for that. I've already set up a log in for my wife and that is all working fine. The problem is that when she logs in and opens iTunes and trys to associate her library with her iTunes account she gets the error message "This computer is already associated with another iTunes account". Whilst this is true, the computer is associated with my iTunes account under my separate log in, which should have nothing to do with hers. If she transfers the association to her account it will lock me out of my content on my log in for 90 days - I'm trying to work out how to associate each of the log in accounts with a separate iTunes account so we can access our music independently of one another without locking each other out. Hope that makes sense!

I'm having multiple crashes on my new 5s. I can't connect to my Mac Pro!! Power cord broken. How can I fix this without connecting to my MacBook? Very frustrating and disappointing. Please help!!!

I'm having multiple crashes on my new 5s. I can't connect to my Mac Pro!! Power cord broken. How can I fix this without connecting to my MacBook? Very frustrating and disappointing. Please help!!!

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iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
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Mac Pro Bootcamp WIFI-driver immunity

So. Apparently OS X 10.10.1 and Windows 8.1 are fighting a war over my Network and Bluetooth Device (Broadcom) in my Mac Pro (late 2013). It's really the strangest thing. I have looked everywhere, tried everything and I still have no idea what's happening. Maybe you guys know what it could be.
I have installed Windows 8.1 on my Mac Pro with Bootcamp, installed the latest Bootcamp Drivers (via Bootcamp) and Windows seems to work just fine! After a reboot into Mac OS X 10.10.1 - it took quite some time to connect to our WIFI - and a reboot back into Windows (pressing alt at start up) Windows could not connect to our WIFI Network. The network showed up in the available networks list, but when i tried to connect to it, it just tried to connect for about 20 seconds and then promoting an "windows can't connect to that WIFI..." error. More over it only found something like 4 available networks, where there normally are about 40 (I live in crowded area).
So after some research i managed to uninstall the current version of the network card driver and installed an older one (downloaded from the Broadcom Homepage I think) and Windows suddenly saw all the other 40 networks and could also connect to our WIFI again. Problem solved I thought.
So after another boot into MacOSX and back into Windows the same thing happened AGAIN! Only saw something like 3-4 other Networks and couldn't connect to our WIFI.
And here comes the funny part. I found jet another (older bootcamp) driver for the network adapter, managed to install that driver and (ijeey) it worked. Windows suddenly saw all the other 40 networks and could also connect to our WIFI again.
So after ANOTHER boot into OS X (this time my bluetooth mouse froze while booting and I had to cold restart the Mac Pro twice! - but then it worked!) back into Windows the same thing happened AGAIN!
Since then I have installed and uninstalled maybe 4 different drivers and it's like my mac becomes immune to each new driver after I reboot into OS X and back into Windows. So each time I have to install a new (different than before) driver to be able to connect to our WIFI. And I'm slowly running out of drivers.
Need help. Any thoughts?

On the OSX side, can you look at About This Mac -> System Report -> WiFI and Bluetooth, which will look similar to the following?

HT4628 My ipad and iphone connect and recognize wifi signal, but my mac pro running 10.6.8 does not recognize or list the wiifi signal as option, any ideas?

Hi,
In Austria, iphone and ipad "see" and connect to wifi signal no problem but mac pro in same room will not even allow me to choose the same wifi signal. It seems almost blocked. Havectried everything it seems by restarting, deleting preferred accoints, etc. software is updated but running osx 10.6.8
Thanks for any help!

Try the basics first:
Change your router channel number. Most times this works & is all you have to do.
Disconnect & reconnect your modem. unplug it for about 10 seconds. Plug it back in. Do the same for Apple’s routers. Wait for everything to reboot.
System Preferences>Network
Click the Assist Me button.
In the next window that pops up, click the Diagnostic button & do the necessary.
Research Knowledge Base for network problems that pertain to the OS that is currently installed on your computer. See these basic networking KB Articles: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1401 AirPort troubleshooting guide
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712 Using network locations in Mac OS X
Manually provided DNS server addresses are higher priority than DHCP's
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1714 Solutions for connecting to the Internet, setting up a small network, and troubleshooting
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What to do when you can't connect to the Internet
Also, run the Airport Utility app which is located inside the Utilities folder.
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If using a Linksys router, contact LinkSys Customer Support and/or post in their forums.
If using Apple's Airport, please re-post over in one of the AirPort Forums.

Mac Pro SL Wifi / Airport Problems... big time !

Hey everyone,
im typing this text on my 600 euro sony subnotebook because of wireless problems with my 6 Core Xeon Mac Pro Late 2010 i paid 6024 euros for.
Whats the Problem ?...
My Airport connenction is usual 4 times slower than on every other wifi device on my netgear wnr 2000v2 Router. And extremly instable too... it drops down to 0 bytes per second transfer for over 1 minute peaking at 40kb and dropping down to 0 bytes again... all other devices run at 200 kb/s at least...
I tried so far:
resetting the pram
deleting the System Configuration Folder from /Macintosh HD/ Library/ Preferences....
deleting Keychain Passwords for wifi
deleting all chaches via Cocktail
resetting smc
resetting the router
tried every firmware version on my router
tried different channels on my router
tried every encryption and no encryption on my router
tried b/g/n modes on my router
tried to deactivate quality of service settings on the router
installed a combo update of 10.6.7 snow leopard over the first 10.6.7 installation
nothing worked,increased the bandwith / stability, or it worked ony for a couple off minutes or 2 restarts...
i know these Mac OS X wireless problems since i got my Powerbook G4 in 2005 with Panther and Tiger and Leopard and i cannot believe after 5 Years of Development a Unix based OS has problems with networking... i expect a Unix OS to work like 1+1= 2 and not 1+1=268 on a rainy day, on sunny days its 739... this is what i experienced from windows systems in the past... i have my doubts that 10.6.8 will solve this problem... oh wait, maybe lion will fix this !

If you've never had good WiFi performance from the MP, that suggests a hardware issue, such as a loose antenna connection.

I was just told ML could not be installed because apple HD is broken and could not be repaired. I never had any problem ever to suggest a broken HD, on my 2 yr. old mac pro. 10.6.8. Any one else having this problem? Will I get a refund, if so how?

I have a 2009 MAC PRO 10.6.8. Had never had any problems. Tried installing Mountain Lion today. Was told, " Mountain Lion could not be installed because Hard Disk is broken"!
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mottoo wrote:
I have a 2009 MAC PRO 10.6.8. Had never had any problems. Tried installing Mountain Lion today. Was told, " Mountain Lion could not be installed because Hard Disk is broken"!
Is it because HD is broken or perhaps incompatible? Has any one else had this problem? I had no symptoms suggestive of a broken HD. Will I get reimbursed if ML could not be installed? If so what do I have to do?
How can I verify the status of the HD, in absence of symptoms for my own information?
The solution to your problem is rather simple
1: Get a external hard drive and use Disk Utility to format it with a GUID partition map and OS X extended Journaled.
2: Export your browser bookmarks and any other needed data to a file,. Copy your User data folders of Music, Pictures etc over to the external drive via drag and drop copy methods, disconnect the drive.
I don't advise using TimeMachine at this point since your boot drive is messed up, thus so will be your TM drive, just transfering the problem later on back to the new install. We are proceeding with a "Fresh install" method to eliminate as many issues as possible which a TM restore can return to a new OS X install.
3: Next you will need to follow these instructions to zero erase (important) and install 10.6 fresh, use the same named account (different password ok)
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
4: Before you return files or install programs, Software Update fully and use the AppStore to install 10.8, this way it will be on a fresh 10.6 install, free of issues.
5: Install any and all 10.8 compatible programs as much as possible before returning your User files, this is a performance measure.
If you need too, use this site to find one's that are 10.8 compatible.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
6: Last install your user files from the external drive backup into their respective Music, Pictures, Movies etc., folders, into the same named accounts so you preserve your iTunes playlists. When you open those programs, they will update their respective support files automatically.

When watching my Apple TV (3rd gen) the picture jumps a few frame every few seconds, this happens when I rent a film or play back from my new Mac Pro, my Wifi is the Airport Express.

When watching my Apple TV (3rd gen) the picture jumps a few frames every few seconds, this happens when I rent a film or play back from my new Mac Pro, my Wifi is the Airport Express.

These may be different issues, but lets look at rentals first.
Poor motion can result from mismatched output. If your source is 24 or 30 fps you should set the output of the Apple TV to 60 Hz, for 25 fps content use 50 Hz.
Additionally motion software on the TV itself can cause the picture to jump, check your TV settings and turn off any motion settings in use,

I have an older model Mac Pro that isn't WIFI: how do I update it?

I have an older model of Mac Pro — the MacPro 1,1 — that isn’t wifi capable.a wifi network.
How do I update it to a connect it wirelessly to my router?
Would a PCIe card work?   If so, what would be the best sort?Should I, instead, get the relevant Airport base station?
Any help would be appreciated

Since the early Intel-based Mac Pro tower was available in a heavily customized version
with many extras as a BTO, and also lesser optioned models, the parts may be harder
to come by now after this passage of time, than when the MacPro1.1 first arrived.
Wi-Fi:    Optional AirPort Extreme card (802.11a/b/g/n)
Bluetooth:    Optional Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
Modem:    Optional Apple USB Modem (MA034Z/A)
Fibre Channel: Optional (MA462G/A, MA465G/A)
Internal RAID:   Optional Mac Pro RAID Card with 256 MB cache & 72-hour cache battery backup
An internal Wi-Fi or BT component likely had an external antenna such as the last model
PowerMac G5 with a similar all-metal aluminum case, as that does resist radio waves...
The answer for issues with last model PPC G5 aluminum, was an external antenna.
Not sure what model or part numbers were involved in any of the BTO or dealer installed options.
So if you use an expansion card idea, note the metal case of the early MacPro may block it.
You could use an Apple Express, and use it via Ethernet cable, to extend a network to MacPro.
PS: The two linked PCI card adapters are not familiar to me, nor are the complexities of this
series of early MacPro; other than they do have similar issues with wireless due to metal case.
Good luck & happy computing!
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I am unable to connect my Mac Pro to Internet even though rest other devices are working in a Wifi network

Please help me find a solution to my problem. I am unable to connect to Wifi network at home using my Mac Pro which was working perfectly all right till yesterday. I have checked my Wifi connections and have other devices which are working fine. I tried resetting my network but still the problem exists. I am unable to figure out what next I can do to fix this? Does anyone know a solution or do you think my networking Card is not working? PLease advise?

Okay have you tried preferences>Network then click diagnostics?
to verify if you are communicating at all go to application>Utilities>Terminal
in terminal type ping google.com should get over and over (send what you get)
64 bytes from 173.194.34.164: icmp_seq=99 ttl=52 time=31.586 ms
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