Hi Ronni, Thanks very much for that info.
I must admit, I¹m extremely unimpressed with Apple¹s approach here. One of the great things we found on our holiday was the ability to easily transfer photos not only to our own computer, but also to friends/people we met. Now it appears that it is beyond the capabilities of my new iPhone I have to have a cable in my pocket and, even if I do, I¹m not sure how that would work with, say, a windows laptop (without iTunes installed?). I didn¹t really follow the article you linked to I wasn¹t sure what all the different Bluetooth profiles actually meant (though some were fairly obvious) - but the iphone4 gets a tick in EVERY box - sort of implying it can do everything presumably there is some other Bluetooth profile listing to describe transferring photos and that would not be ticked (if it was even listed). Sorry to rant on, especially since you have been so kind as to explain my problem I guess I¹m a little disappointed to find my long-awaited iPhone is not as wonderful as I was expecting :o( Anyway, it¹s long past my bedtime time to send Mr Crabby to bed I really am sorry about that, Ronni ;o) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 29/9/10 9:53 PM, Ronda Brown at [email protected] wrote: > File transfer via bluetooth is NOT supported. > > You can connect to telephone headsets/handsfree devices, stereo > headphones/speakers, a computer for tethering purposes and some peer-to-peer > apps from the app store. > > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3647 <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3647> > > Sent from Ronni's iPad > > On 29/09/2010, at 9:27 PM, Neil Houghton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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] <mailto:[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]>
