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How To Automatically Turn Off Airport When Ethernet is Plugged In
Filed under: Technology — kendall @ 7:24 pm
When I’m at work, I plug in my Ethernet cable and turn off my AirPort wireless network adapter. This is partly because the wifi in my office is a bit unreliable but also because the wired network is a lot faster. It’s not a major hassle to do this manually–it’s only two clicks to turn it off or on. Sure, over time that has added up to over a thousand clicks, still no biggie. But also, sometimes I forget to turn my wireless back on and those few seconds it takes to realize that my wireless is off and turn it on is a mild irritation. It also seems to cause Google Chrome to crash, often. So, cumulatively it adds up to a minor headache. So, I thought I’d automate this. I am indebted to this post: Auto-disable AirPort when ethernet is active. Most of what you need to make this work you c