Homedale
Homedale is a macOS Wi‑Fi monitoring utility that scans nearby wireless networks and helps you inspect signal strength, channel usage, and access point details.
What is Homedale?
Homedale is a native Wi‑Fi monitoring utility for macOS that helps users inspect nearby wireless networks and troubleshoot coverage issues. It is designed for people who want to see available access points, compare signal strength, review security and channel information, and monitor how a connection changes over time. The app can graph signal strength for selected networks, show detailed information elements broadcast by access points, and visualize channel usage to help identify less crowded channels. It also supports location-related lookup features based on detected access points. Homedale is published by The-sz and is most useful for home users, IT staff, and anyone optimizing WLAN performance on a Mac.
Key features
- Scan nearby Wi‑Fi access points and view signal strength in real time.
- Review network details such as SSID, BSSID, vendor, channel, and security type.
- Monitor selected access points with a signal-strength graph over time.
- Analyze Wi‑Fi channel usage to find less congested channels.
- Inspect advertised access point information elements in detail.
- Connect to or disconnect from available wireless networks from the app.
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Homedale is a legitimate network utility for viewing nearby Wi‑Fi information and monitoring wireless conditions. Access to Wi‑Fi and network information is normal for this kind of app. As with any network analysis tool, it can reveal details about nearby wireless environments on your Mac, so use it on devices and networks you trust and remove it if you no longer need wireless monitoring features.
Recommendation: Keep Homedale if you use it to troubleshoot Wi‑Fi coverage, compare access points, or choose better channels. If you do not use wireless diagnostics on your Mac, you can remove it without affecting normal macOS operation beyond losing its monitoring and analysis tools.
Common paths
/Applications/Homedale.app
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