The Wi-Fi status in the menu bar indicates if the system's wireless internet capabilities are enabled. If so, the system will scan for available wireless networks to connect to. At the time of this revision all computers Apple builds have wireless network capability, which has not always been the case. This control only pertains to systems that have a wireless NIC available. Operating systems running in a virtual environment may not score as expected either. Enabling Show Wi-Fi status in menu bar is a security awareness method that helps mitigate public area wireless exploits by making the user aware of their wireless connectivity status. The user of the system should have a quick check on their wireless network status available Fix: /usr/bin/defaults write /System/Volumes/Data/Users/$USER/Library/Preferences/com.apple.controlcenter "NSStatusItem Visible WiFi" -bool true

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/usr/bin/defaults write /System/Volumes/Data/Users/$USER/Library/Preferences/com.apple.controlcenter "NSStatusItem Visible WiFi" -bool true