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Friday, 27 November 2015

MB Air: connect, update App Store with broken Wifi/Airport via USB WiFi

Source: apple.stackexchange.com --- Thursday, November 26, 2015
On my MB Air 2,1 (mid 2009) the wifi is broken. Connecting with the internet is possible via an Apple USB-Ethernet-adapter. When trying to install an app/update via the App Store (e.g. to OSx El Capitan) the message in App Store is: Your device or computer could not be verified. It seems to me a working Wifi Airport Card is a prerequisite for connecting/authenticating with the App Store. Can anyone confirm this is the issue? Is a work around available? Otherwise I've googled a bit and as far as I can tell the options for this 6 year old machine are either to have the wifi repaired (€125) or buy a USB wifi dongle (€22) and accept that OSx will not be able to update. Cf. e.g. this post: A NIC (network interface card) is needed for authentication purposes to make sure the computer is what it claims to be. on forums.macrumors.com reads like a sound argument. ...



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