I have a mac and i accidently turned on something called airport wireless connection. I dont know how to turn it off. It seems to be slowing down my internet. If it is not the airport and it is a virus, are there any virus sweepers for the Mac OS X? If there is any other explanation, please explain.
2007-09-28 17:12:30 · 4 answers · asked by Joon P 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
To turn off wifi, go to the top right hand corner of the menu bar (viewable no matter what you are doing)
There should be a pie-like icon. Click on it and it should show you some options, one of which is "Turn Airport Off"
If you can't find it, click on the Apple logo on the top left corner > System Preferences > Network. Under show, choose Network Port Configurations. Uncheck Airport and drag Built-in Ethernet to the top. Then click Apply Now
Norton does produce AntiVirus for Mac besides Windows, and I trusted Norton on my PC.
Do you use a Linksys router? Some Linksys routers have some issues with Macintosh especially in assigning IPs. But that should not affect the over all speed of your network performance once connected.
One other possible external factor is your Internet Service Provider (e.g. Cox, AOL, NetZero), try checking with them.
A possible internal factor is background daemons and updates, but they tend to have very low thread priority. Try to close out some dashboard widget first, and see if the performance improves.
2007-09-28 17:57:38 · answer #1 · answered by W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your Mac has no virus protection software scanning ever at all, unless you decided to download and install something. iOS (the system on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch) is pared down and does not load at the same size as OS X and the Safari for OS X. A Windows 7 system will be just as slow as your Mac (as the other answerer suggested). You cannot make a computer load web pages as fast as a phone.
2016-05-21 02:35:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe someone in your range has a wireless router and you are connecting to it by accident. It is a cheap or old router and connects as 802.11b which is very slow.
Open System Preferences > Network. Click on "Show" and choose "Network Port Configurations". Now uncheck Airport. Click to "Apply now". Quit System Preferences. Restart.
2007-10-02 04:04:22 · answer #3 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because its a mac. mac got last in consumers reports for Internet, graphics, and overall user friendly this past year.
no offense but people that were stupid enough to think that apple computers are the way to go are stupid. because they are WAY over rated. along with iPods and every other apple product. (they say they don't crash or freeze. . .well my a$$!) save money and lots of incompatible money wast. go with a PC not a mac.
2007-09-28 17:20:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋