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How to set preferred wifi to auto-disconnect from tethering?

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I use my android phone as a hotspot on my commute, but I often forget to turn it off when I get to work/home. This is expensive. I want my laptop to auto-switch to my work/home WIFI when I get to my destination. The problem _may_ be that my hotspot shows up as a regular wifi connection on my mac, not as a personal hotspot. (I don't know.) My searching shows that older versions of macOS allowed me to drag-and-drop the network preferences; but it seems that now it uses a scoring system (Source: Apple Support, 2023) Is there a way I can do this? I haven't found answers to these online: - Can I mark my wifi as a personal hotspot, and will that fix it? - Can I code up a script to affect the scoring of my preferred devices? - Can I code up a script to detect the available wifis and disconnect from my andoid's wifi? - Something else??? #### Other notes It is work laptop; ability to run certain software is limited by company policy, but I do have root access. I am an adept programmer, though AppleScript gives me headaches/heartaches. --- **Sonoma**: 14.6 (23G80)
Asked by Michael Deardeuff (193 rep)
Aug 8, 2024, 01:24 AM
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