OS X Mountain Lion disconnect from wi fi
Hello,
This is really annoying...since I have downloaded MOuntain Lion, my Wi-Fi disconnect every 5 minutes...
Can someone help me with that ?
Thanks
Your Internet is too slow, take it someplace else with a faster, more reliable connection, like 10 mb/s minimal, 20 mb/s plus preferred with nobody else using it and start all over again.
You may want to consider using cloning software once you do get it installed so you can return the base install in the future yourself.
Most commonly used backup methods
BTW, submit severly negative and hostile feedback to Apple concerning their poor decision not to include a OS X boot USB key with each new Mac, automatically assuming everyone in the world has a fast reliable Internet conneciton.
Apple has been making plenty of plain assine decisions recently that are totally out of touch with reality of real users, why I don't recommend their machines to anyone anymore because I'm tired of the hassles from people I reccomend their products too.
For instance if there is a Recovery HD partition, there is enough room on the drive to include a encrypted copy of the base OS X install so the Internet isn't needed except for updating. But Apple decided to force everyone to use the Internet to download a new copy of OS X.
Simply assine.
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