I'm having issues when trying to connect my new MacBook Pro to my iPhone 4 via Bluetooth. I'm trying to connect my iPhone to my MacBook so that I can use the iPhone as a hotspot through Bluetooth and not wi-fi or a cable.   Things I've done: I start off by clicking the Bluetooth icon, then go to "Set Up Bluetooth Device..." I then select my iPhone when it appears. The pairing popup comes up on my iPhone but it never does pair... I get a popup on my phone later on stating the MacBook Pro was not compatible.  What can be done to troubleshoot tethering over bluetooth?
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I can successfully tether my Mac (10.7.3) to my iPhone4 (5.0.1) via wifi, no problem, been doing it for months.  However, when I try to tether via bluetooth instead, I can't seem to see the internet from my mac.  Network Settings reports a green light for Bluetooth PAN, but my browser can't connect to anything at all.  My Mac reports very similar IP addresses for both, starting with 172.20.10 and differing only in the last octet.  Any idea why I can't successfully tether via bluetooth?
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Blue makes  that you can connect directly to an iPod or iPhone via the dock port. I would love to have the same capability to do something similar for an Android phone or tablet. This would be really useful for field recording. I know that some tablets have support for various USB accessories to be plugged in, but I don't know if the OS can handle a microphone. Is this possible using existing or near future (Ice Cream Sandwich) hardware/OS combinations?
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Say I am playing a video on my MacBook Pro, and I don't want to distract others with the sound. The problem is, I don't have a 3.5 mm Headphone or AirPods at my hand, but I have an iPhone 8 Plus and its EarPods with Lightning Connector. Can I play the sound from the video playing on macOS with the iPhone, preferably without connecting the iPhone to the Mac so that I can plug in the EarPods to the iPhone's socket?  This is basically the reverse of
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I need to remotely grab the Bluetooth ID from multiple machines throughout my network. What are the best ways to remotely obtain the Bluetooth ID in OS X?
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As you guys may know, for several years now, Apple uses 4-ring headphone jacks instead of 3-ring headphone jacks, and the fourth ring is dedicated to microphone input. This is what lets you have headphones that also serve as a microphone on the iPhone (and probably most competing phones nowadays, too).    Also for several years now, these jacks have been recognized by MacBook Pros so that you can connect this kind of headset on your computer and use its microphone.  However, even though my MacBook Pro on Mac OS X recognizes the microphone built into my headset (that has one of those 4-ring jacks), it seems that Windows 8.1 on Boot Camp doesn't register my headset as a microphone and instead insists on using only the built-in microphone. This is an issue when I'm playing games because the fan kicks in and annoys everyone voice chatting with me.  Is there a way to make Windows aware of the microphone integrated to my headset and using the fourth ring of the jack?  The device manager says that the headset is advertised by the 'Cirrus Logic CS4206A (AB 11)' audio controller.
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When I turn on the Apple hotspot feature, is it an isolated network, or can I see other devices on it?  Can I use it to connect a third device to a Chromecast?  As in tablet -> iPhone with hotspot (and cellular data off) -> Chromecast?  I want to use a Chromecast while on holiday!
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I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) running on MacOS 10.14.3 (18D42) and since some time I have been unable to connect to any 5GHz WiFi networks while 2.4GHz networks from the same routers are ok.  I have tried several things to no avail:   deleting the network in my wifi settings using three separate and different brand routers  resetting SMC and NVRAM deleting settings in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ directory made the 5GHz open without passwords Changed SSID names   The Macbook is able to see the network; however, when I try joining the network, and I enter the password I keep getting an error "the wi-fi network requires a WPA2 password".   Interestingly, I get the same error when the authentication method is set to "Open".    I am 100% sure that the password is correct as I've tried several times (also setting up the 5GHz on different routers).  The networks are working (e.g. from my iPhone, Android phones).  Lastly, below are some of the details of the network setup in my Wi-Fi router.
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A friend asked me to help her with her old iPhone 4 (she has upgraded to a 7). When I turn it on, it says, "iPhone is disabled" and "connect to iTunes."  When I do so, iTunes reports that it is locked with a passcode, and that I need to type that in to continue. However, the iPhone does not display a keypad or allow any sort of input.  Apple suggests the only solution is a wipe, but this will lose all of her photos.  Can photos be retrieved (at a minimum) from a disabled iPhone 4?
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I recently switched from my beloved MacBook Pro Retina (Late 2013) i5 2.6/16/512 to MacBook Pro (2017) Non-TB i5 2.3/16/512.  I purchased what from the build-quality looked like a good USB-C-to-DisplayPort cable with 4k/60Hz support, just to run into the very problem the Logicboard repair guru Louis Rossmann had described in : As soon as you plug in the USB-C dongle, the (2.4 GHz) Wifi stops working despite full antenna signal. Unplug the USB-C connector and you are immediately back in the game.  The big question I'm asking myself now: Who is to blame? Is this a design flaw in the current generation MacBooks with improper shielding or is it a design flaw in the various dongles?  I mean the fact that even Apple’s very own USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter is causing these WiFi issues (as you can learn from the many horrific ; but AFAIK have been fixed through a ), show that there’s something going horribly wrong.
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Cannot connect MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) (10.13.3) to the internet through my Apple USB Ethernet Adapter. I am receiving this error under System Preferences/Network:   "Apple USB Ethernet Adapter has a self-assigned IP address and will not be able to connect to the Internet." IP Address: 169.254.59.248 Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0   I can connect to the internet with the same ethernet port on my Windows 10 machine. When I replace the IP address with a the Wi-Fi IP address I use to successfully connect to the same network under "Using DHCP with manual address", the Apple USB Ethernet Adapter icon is green and displays the message "Apple USB Ethernet Adapter is currently active and has the IP address xx.xx.xx.252." However there is no actual internet connection (i.e., I cannot visit any website).  According to  to a similar problem, I can:   Find and disable whatever firewall is intercepting the DHCP return traffic. According to System Preferences/Security &amp; Privacy/Firewall, my firewall is off. Is there anywhere else I can check for additional firewalls? Would firewalls somehow impact ethernet and Wi-fi differently?  Inspect the network traffic or the router logs to see if and why the Mac DHCP broadcast packet is being ignored. How do I check network traffic on my Mac? I am comfortable using the terminal.   I have also tried steps listed as potential solutions in :   To reset the firewall, go to the /Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences/ folder and remove the file called "com.apple.alf.plist," and then restart your computer. On my computer I went to /Library/Preferences/ and ran sudo rm com.apple.alf.plist If that was already set, try the "Advanced" button, then "Renew DHCP Lease" Removing their "Ethernet" config from the Network settings and then re-adding   Does anyone have other suggestions? Thanks in advance
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I'm having trouble understanding what I'm doing wrong here: I'm trying to set up two network Locations, one for my home network via my cable modem and a second for Wi-Fi tethering via my mobile phone. What I'd like to be able to do is change the Location (under the Apple menu &gt; Location) and have my Mac automatically connect to the proper Wi-Fi network: either my home network SSID or my WiFi tethering SSID. I defined two locations, switched between them, and set the preferred network list for each location. But when I change the preferred network list for one Location, it changes the list for the other Location as well! Am I doing something wrong or is it really not possible to maintain a separate list of Preferred Networks for each network Location? It seems doubtful it's not possible since just about every other netrok setting depends on the location... I am using OS X 10.7.2.
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I just got a new work laptop. I would like to seamlessly switch my bluetooth devices (headphones, magic keyboard, touchpad) between work / personal Macs without complex repairing. Has anyone solved this problem? Ideally, I would love it if my bluetooth devices just paired with the computer docked into my dongle that connects to my monitor / power. Like if there was some kind of USB bluetooth controller that exposed my bluetooth devices as USB devices to whatever was connected to it, that would be awesome. But I haven’t found anything like that. I’m curious if people have different solutions? It would also be ideal if this could be used for other bluetooth devices, ie seamlessly switch headphones...
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I have    iPhone 5 (with iOS 8.3) MacBook Pro Early 2013 (with OS X Yosemite 10.10.3) iPad Air (with iOS 8.3)   My iPhone is paired with the MacBook, so e.g when my phone rings, I can see it in my computer. But when I want to AirDrop photos from my iPhone the MacBook, then I can't see the MacBook in my iPhone AirDrop targets.  I can see the iPad, I can see my wife's iPhone, but not the MacBook.  On MacBook, I can see the iPad, my wife's phone and even my iPhone and I can drop to there, but not the other way around.  Before I started troubleshooting, the iPhone and MacBook were mutually invisible (I only saw iPad from both). After a while of trying things and sending files back and forth, my MacBook started to see the iPhone, but I did not manage to make it work from the other way. Still, the iPhone seems to be much "less" visible than the iPad - which I see almost instantly and always, the iPhone only seems to appear after a while.  Just to make it clear:   both iPhone and MBP have BT turned on both have AirDrop visibility set to Everyone   I would be glad for any suggestions to fix this - what settings to check, logs, whatever.
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I have a 2015 MacBook Pro with a MagSafe 2 charging cable. My wife has a new MacBook Pro from 2016 with USB-C. I was wondering whether I could technically (in the matter of electronic feasability) use her charging cable on my MacBook and vice versa with some sort of adapter / dongle, and, if so, where I would get one?
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With ubuntu 19.10 I have been attempting to pair my Airpods with my laptop. There seems to be a problem with pairing and system is unable to add them as Bluetooth device. This happened after an upgrade from 19.04. Changing ControllerMode in /etc/bluetooth/main.conf seems to have no affect. Any help appreciated.
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I just installed the OS on my laptop and at first wifi didn't work. After connecting to ethernet and updating everything, the wifi is working. But it disconnects here and there and requires me to reload the service or reboot. The bluetooth on the card does not work at all. It is seen and hciconfig shows an address for it. However, I cannot find bluetooth devices with it. I have seen a lot of different posts with this card but most of them are older. Where can I go from here.
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I'm a relatively new macOS user. Let me try to describe the problem I'm facing as succinctly as possible  Just this morning, when I'm unable to get any internet connection even though WiFi is connected (full strength). All my other devices has no issues when connected to the same network (it's my home network)  I've logged into the router, and checked, there are no blacklisted IP/MAC addresses.  Additional information   I'm using a tMBP 15" for over a year I've had no issues with any WiFi connectivity to my home network before today. ping from terminal doesn't work as well. I'm able to connect to my phone's hotspot, and get internet from my MBP.  I have bootcamp set up. When I boot into Windows, I'm able to get internet access through my home WiFi   How can I troubleshoot this to get to the root cause of the problem?