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WiFind replacement Airport menubar item

WiFind from Tasty Apps is a neat little replacement for Airport menubar item that adds some cool features. Specifically it shows right in the drop-down menu both whether or not networks are locked and also each WAP's signal strength. This is surely a much handier way to check all those networks at your local coffee shop, rather than just trying to connect to each one. It is worth pointing out, however, that WiFind does its magic via a SIMBL plugin.

WiFind is $8 and a demo is available.

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phil188

Simple, useful, cheap... Now that i have it i can't imagine not having it.

Great find.

May 30 2007 at 9:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex

Coconut wifi, well I used it for awhile then my signal strength on my MBP kept dipping in and out on my home network. A little digging around on the internet (when signal strength allowed) showed that coconut wifi was the culprit. I don't know if they've changed the code or not but I'm staying away from that app, even though it did what it was suppose to do very well.

May 29 2007 at 9:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bob Mc

That's a great utility. Something so simple yet so useful. Apple should buy this and implement it into 10.5.

May 29 2007 at 8:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Colin

12. Greg G:
It's right next to the Windows® key!

May 29 2007 at 8:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ggolinsky

What's this about alt clicking?

May 29 2007 at 6:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kevin

You can also try istumbler:

http://www.istumbler.net

May 29 2007 at 4:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pepe

You know, I think (especially after all of this "Mac 101" stuff) it's a good idea to try option-clicking everything. There's a lot of fantastic stuff hidden ;-)

May 29 2007 at 4:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nikescream

Now that's a cool tip Macskeeball!

May 29 2007 at 4:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Macskeeball

The regular AirPort menu allows you to sort in order of decreasing signal strength if you option-click it.

May 29 2007 at 3:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tom

number 5 - http://www.tastyapps.com/wifind_faq.html - the last one.

I was actually in need of something of this ilk in exactly the described coffee shop scenario. I thought one must exist.....

May 29 2007 at 2:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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