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I have an android... and the hotspot integration (with my mac) is as simple as "click the hotspot button and everything works". Seriously wondering what you thi
by gpm 3y ago
I have an android... and the hotspot integration (with my mac) is as simple as "click the hotspot button and everything works". Seriously wondering what you think "ideal" looks like if not that.
Well the wifi burns extra energy, but there's also the "plug them together with a USB cable, hit the USB tethering button, and everything works" option.
- minimaxir 3y agoOn MacOS, your phone automatically appears in the Wi-Fi menu and clicking it immediately starts a Personal Hotspot on the phone and connects to it. Disconnecting from it also stops the Hotspot.
- mcculley 3y agoIn my experience, it appears sometimes. Opening the Personal Hotspot settings pane on the iPhone may make it appear on the Mac. Maybe not.
- minimaxir 3y agoIt'll only appear automatically w/o the Hotspot pane if both devices are on the same iCloud account.
- mcculley 3y agoI am well aware of how it is supposed to work. All of my devices are on the same iCloud account. Have been since there was an iCloud. It still is flaky for me and many others. (Even if it was reliable, I would rather not have to click anything and pass every packet through another radio powered by another battery. I want my laptop to have my emails downloaded when I open it, just like the more "consumer" devices Apple ships.)
- antifa 3y agoEvery android device I've owned in the last decade has had a wifi hotspot feature that 100% of the time just works.