macOS WiFi BSSID scan

March 9, 2024

The undocumented, discontinued macOS command-line utility airport– not to be confused with the Airport Utility app–gave detailed information about the current WiFi connection and nearby WiFi APs. This utility was located at /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport.

Since discontining airport, current BSSID requires using CoreWLAN framework as demonstrated in Python scan-wifi-python.

Apple provides a list of device WiFi support.