Those earlier books focused mainly on Apple’s Wi-Fi products, but now that Apple no longer makes AirPort devices, Glenn has written a new book that takes his well-respected advice on wireless networking in other directions: Take Control of Wi-Fi Networking and Security For the past 15 years or so, Glenn Fleishman has been carefully studying the ins and outs of Wi-Fi in its various forms and helping tens of thousands of people understand how best to make use of this essential technology–in part, by way of five previous Take Control titles on Wi-Fi.

The world of wireless networking is constantly evolving.

Read the rest of the article on The Mac Security Blog. In this article, I’ll show you how to remove these Wi-Fi networks so your Macs and iOS devices forget them. You can cull these Wi-Fi networks, but you can only really clean them out on a Mac. While it means you don’t have to search for or remember login credentials when you connect to a known Wi-Fi network on a different device, it can lead to a surfeit of Wi-Fi networks stored in your keychain and potentially allow you to unknowingly connect to a Wi-Fi network that might not be secure.

Your Apple device’s ability to remember previously connected to networks can be both good and bad. Whether you connect to these networks with your Mac, iPhone, or iPad, miraculously, your devices will remember these networks and sync them via iCloud - so your other Apple products can access them too, if you use iCloud Keychain. If you travel regularly with your Mac or iOS device, you likely find yourself connecting to new Wi-Fi networks: at airports, in train stations, in hotels, restaurants, pubs, or at clients’ offices.

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