On our last European holiday (a couple of years ago) we used to regularly transfer photos from Georgie's Nokia mobile phone to our MacBook pro by bluetooth - it was very convenient - we could do it over drinks in the hotel bar.
I was trying to figure out how to do it with my new iPhone - but I'm having problems: Note, I don't use/like iPhoto - I prefer to just manage my photos like any other file - so I import using Image Capture, view with quicklook (or Graphic Converter) and edit using Photoshop elements or Graphic Converter. So far, I've successfully achieved the following: * Transferred photos when connected directly by dock/usb cable - Image Capture lets me browse & import from the iPhone with no problems. * Switched on bluetooth on the iPhone and successfully paired the iPhone with my Imac. If I look in Bluetooth Preferences, I can see the iPhone with: * Paired: Yes * Configured: Yes * Connected: No Also I have enabled Bluetooth sharing. So the problem seems to be actually making the connection. If I try from the imac, I can see the iPhone in the bluetooth menu but the only option is "Connect to Network" and, if I try that, I get the message: > The Bluetooth network is unavailable > There was a problem connecting to your device. Make sure the device is on, in > range, paired correctly (which it is) and services such as Bluetooth tethering > are set up properly. Well the device is certainly on, in range, paired correctly but I was under the impression, I would only need Bluetooth tethering if I wanted to connect the computer to the internet using the iPhones internet connection? If I try from the iPhone, I could see the iMac but when I tried to connect, it said that the device (my iMacs name) was unsupported and the only option it gave me was to ³forget Device² - which it did - the iMac no longer showed up just the ³searching² wheel. Just as a long shot, I tried turning on bluetooth tethering, unpaired and re-paired the iPhone and, for a while, the iPhone showed the iMac as ³connected² however, image capture couldn¹t see the iPhone and, after a minute or two, the iPhone disconnected and the mac showed a slightly different error message: > The Bluetooth network is unavailable > There was a problem with the device¹s connection. Make sure the device is > turned on, in range, and set up properly. I¹m assuming this probably comes up because I have Cellular Data set to off on the iPhone (since I don¹t actually want to conect to the internet through the iPhone). I¹m probably missing something really obvious here something that was so easy on an ancient nokia shouldn¹t be so hard on my new iPhone surely!! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
