WiFi network judgment abnormality

[kiritoevangelion]

In the latest macos system, it seems that location permission is required if you want to obtain wifi information. The error here is whether the positioning permission has not been obtained. But I can't figure out how to give the application location permissions in the system settings...

[peternlewis]

@kiritoevangelion

In the latest macos system, it seems that location permission is required if you want to obtain wifi information. The error here is whether the positioning permission has not been obtained. But I can't figure out how to give the application location permissions in the system settings...

Correct. Sadly:

• Apple changed Sonoma such that getting the wifi name requires Location permission.
• Apple did not change Sonoma such that requesting the wifi name prompts for Location permission.
• Apple has provided no way to manually add Location permission.

See:

Sonoma Wireless Compatibility

Unfortunately, macOS Sonoma restricts access to the wifi information without Location Permissions, but does not prompt users for such permission when the wifi information is requested. Further, there is no way to manually add Location Permission. So currently, the wifi facilities (including the Wireless Network trigger, Wireless Network condition and WirelessNetwork token) will not work with any version of Keyboard Maestro in Sonoma. To resolve this, Apple will need to either provide a way to m…