MacOS Ventura WiFi network order

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RunningMan

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#302349 16-Nov-2022 15:14

Is anyone aware of a way to change the priority of WiFi networks under Ventura? Under previous versions you could change the order of preferred networks, but Ventura seems to be alphabetical only.

gehenna

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#2997134 16-Nov-2022 15:23

Yeah used to be able to drag and drop right? Strange that they'd deprecate a feature as useful as that. Not so strange if they moved it to another place to the same thing.

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RunningMan

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#2997138 16-Nov-2022 15:42

Yeah you could just drag to change order. If you have a device with say 20 known networks it can take 10 or more seconds to connect to wifi if it near the end of the alphabet. Used to be able to drag common netorks to the top. If it's in a new place, I haven't found it yet.

yann

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#2997290 16-Nov-2022 22:29

From what I understand, Apple have removed the ability to order the network priority, and have instead made it into some auto determining thing based on different factors.

I tend to uncheck networks that I don't tend to want via the Automatically join network as off.

But based on the Apple info here: https://support.apple.com/en-nz/HT202831

"Your "most preferred" network
Known networks are scored based on your actions. If you manually switch to a network, its score increases. If you manually disconnect from a network, its score decreases. The "most preferred" network is the network with the highest score."

I don't think the score is visible in the UI, but I haven't looked around.

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#2997296 17-Nov-2022 06:06

Network options have been dumbed down in 13. In addition to preferred networks, the options for setting various locations are also gone. The underlying functionality, at least for locations, is still there (accessible from the command line) and it makes me wonder how long it will be before someone gets the old OS 12 System Preferences running on 13. Maybe it'll end up in Retroactive eventually...