On 06 Sep 2018, at 09:30, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> wrote: > Has anyone gotten the iPhone's Personal Hotspot to work using only a USB > cable?
Yes, but it was a year or two ago. > The instructions in Settings -> Personal Hotspot are vague: > > TO CONNECT USING USB > 1. Plug iPhone into your computer. > 2. Choose iPhone from the list of network services in your settings. > > What does step 2 mean exactly? > On my Mac, in Sys Prefs -> Network the iPhone does show up as a network > interface, but as "Not Connected. Either the cable for iPhone USB is not > plugged in or the device is not responding.” This is what mine looks like: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nmjhnyvz6ba6gt9/Screenshot%202018-09-08%2007.09.44.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/tx2azg0a4thiahs/Screenshot%202018-09-08%2007.11.06.png?dl=0 > Tried different cables, different USB ports, rebooting, etc. No joy. > Has anyone ever done this? Does it even work? > MacOS 10.13.6, iOS 11.4.1 It does work. Make sure you are using the ‘iPhone USB’ Device (there are others. You can add it if its not there by clicking the + -- 'There's stranger people in this world than Corporal Nobbs, my lad.' Carrot's expression slid into a rictus of intrigued horror. 'Gosh.’ _______________________________________________ iPhone-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
