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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
chad said 1:03PM on 5-29-2007
It's about time!
Let's hope leopard has this built-in
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Dan said 1:14PM on 5-29-2007
There's something similar (and free) that I've been using for awhile:
http://coconut-flavour.com/coconutwifi/
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GM said 1:37PM on 5-29-2007
me too...
love my coconut!
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Donald Burr said 2:04PM on 5-29-2007
AFAIK, Coconut Wifi does not show signal strength, only encryption/non-encryption status. The signal strength indicator is particularly helpful... it's really frustrating to click on an AP name only to find that the signal is so weak that it's next to useless.
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Paul said 2:08PM on 5-29-2007
How do you uninstall this thing?
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Contra said 2:51PM on 5-29-2007
After I installed this plugin the Wifi-Menu behaved really slow and I couldn't deactivate wireless. So I removed it.
@paul: go to /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins and delete the WiFind file.
Contra
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Tom said 2:54PM on 5-29-2007
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.....
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Macskeeball said 3:52PM on 5-29-2007
The regular AirPort menu allows you to sort in order of decreasing signal strength if you option-click it.
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NS said 4:10PM on 5-29-2007
Now that's a cool tip Macskeeball!
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Pepe said 4:33PM on 5-29-2007
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 ;-)
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Kevin said 4:57PM on 5-29-2007
You can also try istumbler:
http://www.istumbler.net
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Greg G said 6:48PM on 5-29-2007
What's this about alt clicking?
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Colin said 8:30PM on 5-29-2007
12. Greg G:
It's right next to the Windows® key!
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Bob Mc said 8:32PM on 5-29-2007
That's a great utility. Something so simple yet so useful. Apple should buy this and implement it into 10.5.
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phil188 said 9:54AM on 5-30-2007
Simple, useful, cheap... Now that i have it i can't imagine not having it.
Great find.
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Mace said 9:49PM on 6-05-2007
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.
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