There’s a lot of hidden features in Leopard, today I’ll show you a hidden details trick for your airport menu.

If you go the airport menu you will see a menu with a list of nearby wireless networks and of course the one you are connected to (if your connected to one). whether you “option+click” the menu instead, you’ll see the menu displays more data than usual, including

the MAC address of the access point, the channel, signal strength and transmit rate (Eg 54Mbps).

If there are multiple networks within your range, you can mouse-over them and press “option” it will display more knowledge for those non-connected networks, including what shield the network has in place. Very handy whether your on the go!

Orginal post by James