Macbook using iPhone hotspot for Internet - 07/16/13 01:06 AM
I just got my first iPhone today (yay! it's an iPhone 5), and I'm testing out the iPhone's personal hotspot feature. I have no problem connecting my Mac to it using WiFi, but trying to connect via the USB cable, I'm stumped. It doesn't show up in my Network Preferences, and when I try to add a new service, the only choices that come up are Airport, Firewire, Ethernet and Bluetooth; but no USB. Is it not possible to do this with USB?
The iPhone manual says only:
1. Plug iPhone into your computer
2. Choose iPhone from the list of network services in your settings.
But "iPhone" doesn't show up in the list.
I'm running OSX 10.6.8 on my Mac, and iOS 6.1.4 on the iPhone.
Edit: BTW, the Mac does recognize the iPhone, because it fires up iTunes when I plug it in, and gives me an iPhone related page.
The iPhone manual says only:
1. Plug iPhone into your computer
2. Choose iPhone from the list of network services in your settings.
But "iPhone" doesn't show up in the list.
I'm running OSX 10.6.8 on my Mac, and iOS 6.1.4 on the iPhone.
Edit: BTW, the Mac does recognize the iPhone, because it fires up iTunes when I plug it in, and gives me an iPhone related page.