Wi-fi always has to be hand connected when switching programs or useres

I have an imac running on 10.7.5 that wi-fi always has to be hand connected when switching programs or users. Can anyone help? Is something wrong with my settings? It will also look for all surrounding wi-fi connections, I cannot seem to get it to only connect to mine.

There are some apps that let you check the speed of your Wifi or let you analyze your network connections.
Search for "Wifi finder", "System Status" or similar apps.

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I can fix it for all of you
you need to go to
www.google.com
search for ipod linux and download the ipod linux installer
warning the ipod will lose all of the songs on it by doing this fix
use the ipod linux installer tell the installer during the installation that you want to keep the stock ipod operating system on it and the new linux os on it as well
then after install you will notice the ipod will not boot this is no problem ipod linux isn't designed to run off of the ipod mini so when you use it with a ipod mini the mini frezzes on start up
then reset by pressing the play and menu option together
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or you will experiance problems and i do mean problems
this is the trick apple doesn't want you to know about so they can charge you to get your ipod fixed and after posting this it will most likly be deleted
I am not responsible for anything that goes wrong worst thing that happens is you still have to send it into apple
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Morning JordenR,
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Hi
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Parbinder Johal wrote:
Hi
Recently Time Machine somehow always has something to back up - even when the only thing being done on my Mac is some internet browsing. Those backups are normally always around 30-60mb, I can't believe I'm creating that amount of new data each hour - I would surely see a dramatic dip in my Mac hard drive space!? Can anyone shed any light on what's contained within those back ups?
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