Connecting Iphone to Macbook to act as modem

I have been trying to connect to the internet with my macbook via iphone - using the latter as a modem. Is this possible and is it best to use a cable. I did find some settings once but alas, cannot anymore! Please can anyone help?

Unless your wireless provider supports tethering, you can't.

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Is there a way to connect my iphone and macbook pro so I can use my iphone as a modem instead of buying an aircard?

Not currently, there may be the option for "tethering" come 3.0 update but no options so far wait for the 3.0 update and then check with your carrier to make sure that they allow tethering as i understand it's a bit of a sore point in the US don't know if it's the same in Canada but i think "rogers" (is that right) allows tethering for capable handsets. Still a bit of a moot point till 3.0 becomes available to consumers

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every time iTunes freeze when i connect iphone or iPad on my MacBook Pro
please advice what is to be done to repair it.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
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Basic question - trouble connecting iphone to macbook pro

Hi team,
I have a fairly basic one for you all. I have recently purchased a macbook pro, previously had an ibook G4.
I am connecting my iphone to the new computer and want to sync it to this machine. It is advising that once synced, all info from the old laptop will be cleared and new info added. All music, photos etc are already on the new comp so thats ok but my concern is losing my contacts..
Can anyone tell me if this is the case? I have my iphone synced with outlook contacts and i would assume they will stay on the device but what about original phone contacts including those saved to the sim?
Help appreciated!

Apple really should give more options in these menus. I've had some "hold your breath and click" moments when using my iPod Touch as well.

Can't connect iPhone to MacBook, requires mobileme.

Hi,
so I have a MacBook Pro from mid 2009 and I still have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and I want to keep it that way.
My problem is that it won't accept my iPhone without me being registered at mobileme.
Now mobileme was replaced by iCloud and is inactive since 2012 something I believe.
How can I connect my iPhone 4S to my MBP without having to register to mobileme or something.
Thanks in advance!

I have had exactly the same frustrating experience trying to connect my iphone GS to my macbook pro. It was exactly as Steve described it in his original post. I want to connect computer and iphone so I can use the iphone's microphone for Dragon Dictate.
Dragon Dictate has been another frustrating experience and as yet I have not progressed with a solution. I bought Dragon Dictate and installed it on my computer. I also downloaded the free app "Dragon Microphone" thinking I could use the iphone microphone. I was trying to avoid buying a headset and the computer's microphone was not giving me wonderful results, even after considerable voice training on Dragon Dictate.
The free Dragon Dictation app for iphone works excellently. But it is a pain then getting my script back on to my computer (cutting, pasting, emailing, transferring to Word). If I could use the iphone microphone directly with my computer then I would be happy. But at the moment, I am not happy with these aspects of my computer/phone. Otherwise, I love my macbook pro and my iphone.
Can anyone hepl?
Nola

Connecting iphone to macbook bluetooth

can anyone let me no where i can find a step by step guide on how to connect my iphone to my macbook bluetooth please please please

what i mean is i simply wont to connect my iphone to my macbook via bluetooth i was
able to do this with my motorola and transfer songs files ect what i am asking is can
this be done without an internet or tethered connection but a simple bluetooth
connection my mac recognises the phone and my phone recognises the mac but
it says in my bluetooth manager not connected only paired
You only do this through iTunes with a USB connection. Not sure why anyone would want to do this. bluetooth is terribly slow, a tiny fraction of the speed of USB 2

Connecting iPhone to Macbook by Bluetooth

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How do I connect my iPhone 5 to my Macbook Pro by Bluetooth? I can pair the 2 devices but cannot connect them. I would like to do transfer of files from my iPhone to my computer. Kindly assist. Thanks.

This is not a feature of the bluetooth profile offered by the phone and never was

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The bluetooth is on in both devices, they get connected for a few seconds, but then they go "not connected", i´m trying to use airdrop, but nothing i do seems to work.

The iPhone is not designed to pair via Bluetooth with a computer (Mac or Windows) except for personal hotspot and then only if your cellular plan supports it. AirDrop requires that Bluetooth be turned on for both devices but they do not pair. More information:
Bluetooth: Why can't I pair my iPhone or iPad with my computer?
Mac Basics: AirDrop lets you send files from your Mac to nearby Macs and iOS devices - Apple Support

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I Have a iPhone 5s, a macbook pro 2014, and a lightning port to hdmi connector. I was expecting to plug the connector into my iPhone and to hdmi on my MacBook, but nothing happens when I do. I would like the be able to play videos from my iPhone onto my computer. What am I missing? This should be easier, I am quite disappointed honestly. what am I doing wrong?

Hi AmbiguousSk8r,
The HDMI port on a MacBook Pro does not support video in, only video out. See this article -
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) - Technical Specifications
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Connecting iphone to macbook

I am having a problem connecting my IPod to a Macbook Pro. I am running iTunes 10.5 and have upgraded my iPod to iOS5. When I connect the iPod it can be found by the Macbook but it will not let me edit my apps. When I click on the APP tab at the top of the itunes screen I can see all the apps but they have been greyed out and will not allow me to make any changes.
How can I fix this situation?

Head to Settings -> General -> Restrictions and make sure that Installing Apps has not been disabled.
Is your iTunes library authorized with the account used to make your App purchases?
Is this the computer you normally sync the iPod with?
B-rock

Bluetooth connection iPhone 4-Macbook Pro

Hi,
I'm not being able to connect my iPhone 4 to my Mac... the computer finds the phone just fine and goes through the pairing process. But when the phone 'finds' the pairing request and asks if I want to pair and I click 'Pair', it tells me that my Mac is unsupported??!!
I don't understand this. My old Sony Ericsson phone paired with my Mac just fine.
Help please!
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These are the only supported Bluetooth profiles:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3647
As you can see, file transfer, by Bluetooth, is not supported.

I have upgraded my macbook pro to Lion, using Icloud if take a photo on my Iphone this syncs to my mac however my video does not synce wirelessly from my iphone to macbook. How can I get this to do it.

I have upgraded my macbook pro to Lion, using Icloud if take a photo on my Iphone this syncs to my mac however my video does not synce wirelessly from my iphone to macbook. How can I get this to do it.

Thank for the quick response, is there any way of syncing video files wirelessly from IPhone to Macbook or can this only be done by connecting IPhone to Macbook using USB Cable.

How do I find all the purchased items on my iPhone? When I try to update the iPhone iOS while connected to my MacBook it says there are purchased items on the phone that have not been transferred to my iTunes library and that I should transfer them.

How do I find all the purchased items on my iPhone? When I try to update the iPhone iOS while connected to my MacBook it says there are purchased items on the phone that have not been transferred to my iTunes library and that I should transfer them before updating.

Thanks. This seems to have worked easily.

I need to transfer playlists from my old iphone into itunes so that I can then add them to my new iphone 6. However, none of the playlists on my iphone appear when I connect to my macbook. I have read other threads but have not found answer. help!

I am a group exercise instructor and rely heavily on my playlists. My old phone is an iphone 4s and I just bought an Iphone 6. I also have a macbook where I keep my itunes account, but I create all my playlists on my phone. I need to transfer those playlists from my old iphone into itunes in my computer so that I can then add them to my new iphone 6. However, none of the playlists on my iphone appear when I connect to my macbook. I have read other threads where the suggestion was to attach the old phone to itunes, find the phone in itunes and click the little arrow to the left to show the playlists. Then right click on the playlist and export it, saving it to the desktop, to then import it into itunes. However, in my case, the playlists do not show up when the phone is connected to itunes. I have clicked on the little arrow and all I get is "music", "purchased", etc., but none of my playlists. I'm sure some years back I probably deleted something in my itunes library and now none of my playlists show. Please help me. I would hate to have to recreate all of my playlists. Thank you!

I know it sounds weird, and that is the reason I posted my question. Because my case is not like all the ones I've found online and it's confusing. I added a screen capture of my itunes with my old iphone (the one that houses my playlists) connected to it.
My playlists "ARE" in my iphone 4s. They are still there even though they do not show up when I plug in to itunes in my computer.
When connecting my phone to itunes on my macbook, the playlists do not appear anywhere in itunes. I have found my connected iphone icon, I have clicked on the arrow next to it and it does pull up the standard lists that come with the iphone/itunes: Music, Movies, TV shows, books. That's it! below that is "Genius" and below "Geniuns" is "PLAYLISTS" but the only playlist of mine that shows there is one that I created several years back titled "90's music" and that one I created it on my computer, not my phone. Under "90's music" there are also other standard playlists that itunes automatically adds.
Does anyone else have this issue or know how to get around this. I am starting to think that I am going to have to recreate these lists on my computer

My iPhone 5 won't connect to my macbook pro retina over bluetooth?

My iPhone 5 won't connect to my macbook pro retina over bluetooth?

Ah, sure it actually won't. I have the same problem, and I contacted Apple Support. They told me that there is an incompatability between the iphone 5 and MacBook Pro Retina such that Bluetooth pairing is not possible.
The Support Agent actually had the audacity to tell me this was part of the design of the OS on the MacBook Pro, like Windows people saying, "That's not a bug. It's a feature!!"
Personally, I think this is insane. While I was trying to tether the iphone to the MacBook Pro retina for an internet connection, there are other reasons related to file transfers for which one would want to pair the iphone 5 with the MacBook Pro retina.
I am hoping this "feature" is fixed in iOS 7, and/or in some dot release of Mac OS 10.8.
By the way, the personal hotspot feature on my Verizon iphone 5 works great either via a wifi or USB connection. There are occaisions, however, when one would 1) not have a USB cable, and/or 2) have another wifi relationship between the phone and a network that one would not want to have to "forget" in order for it not to connect to that wifi network. The Macbook will not find the iphone as a wifi hotspot if the iphone is connected to wifi in the first place. At least mine won't.
WWSJS??? What Would Steve Jobs Say???!!!
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