Connect iPhone 5 to MacBook Pro without personal hotspot

I am trying to pair my iPhone 5 to my MBP so I can use Dialectic. I keep getting an error on the iPhone saying that this device is not supported. It seems I am supposed to turn on my Personal Hotspot, but I can't do that as I have an unlimited data plan from AT&T and if I do that it will change my data plan! I must be missing something. Please help!

Not too sure if this answers but I had problems with tethering my macbook pro to new Iphone 5. This is how I did it.  Blue sync device via Macbook. Clear all devices first so that it picks up phone then go through steps. The Macbook said all was fine the phone said forget device. Don't panic.
Go to the wifi connection on mac and you're phone should be there click on it.  It will ask for a wifi code which will be on your iphone, (not the five digit number). You'll find in settings>personal hotspot,punch that in and it should work. 
I know it works coz I'm writing this, after a lot of stress and confusion.  Jeez apples supposed to be easy.
Hope this helps.

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