Noticed your iPhone and Macs Wi-Fi werent so good over the last year?

Youre not alone, and Apple isfinally fixing it, albeit quietly.

Ever since upgrading to yosemite, discoveryd goes to 100% cpu and dns requests fail.

Apple is finally fixing the reason your Mac and iPhone’s Wi-Fi sucks

What new nightmare is this?

First, you should probably understand what the Domain Name System (DNS) does.

Domain names for websites, like thenextweb.com, have an attached IP address that locates these computers.

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Think of a domain name as a human-readable way to get to the right IP address.

It all happens without your knowledge at least, when it works.

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In general, it worked flawlessly.

Apple tried on three occasions to patch out the problems, but the complaints continued to flow in.

When we get the updates later this year, your devices Wi-Fi should be a lot more reliable.

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