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I've read the other questions and answers on this subject but they all put the onus on the user to find solutions. I've chosen an iPhone and MacBook precisely so I have compatible products. The hotspot connection is rubbish. Why should I have to dig around in system preferences? Why can't apple make it work? Don't they want it to work?
iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 15
The first line of defense when encountering such issues is to temporarily remove all third party add-ons. The easiest way to do that is to Restart into Safe Mode. Safe Mode does a five-minute disk repair, then loads only a minimal set of Apple-only extensions and invites you to log in. No third-party extension are loaded, so:
"Works in Safe Mode, fails in Regular Mode" implies "It's something you added"
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There is some helpful stuff and some obscure stuff that is made available when you hold the option key and click on the Wi-Fi icon on the menubar.
The immediately helpful: wireless diagnostics
The more obscure that I would like to see to help:
screenshot or transcribe the snapshot that appears there. Looks like this older one:
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The first line of defense when encountering such issues is to temporarily remove all third party add-ons. The easiest way to do that is to Restart into Safe Mode. Safe Mode does a five-minute disk repair, then loads only a minimal set of Apple-only extensions and invites you to log in. No third-party extension are loaded, so:
"Works in Safe Mode, fails in Regular Mode" implies "It's something you added"
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There is some helpful stuff and some obscure stuff that is made available when you hold the option key and click on the Wi-Fi icon on the menubar.
The immediately helpful: wireless diagnostics
The more obscure that I would like to see to help:
screenshot or transcribe the snapshot that appears there. Looks like this older one:
.
For most Users, "it just works" and works well, and the only thing they have to do ONCE is select the network provided by the iPhone HotSpot and enter the password/passcode.
If this differs from your experience, that is not by design.
Please describe the gross symptoms you are experiencing.
Hi
Thank you for responding. The first problem is the MacBook failing to see the iPhone, this can be temporary, lasting a few minutes, or it can remain unseen for sometime. The second problem is the MacBook losing connection with the iPhone. I have found a 'solution' to this which is turning off the power saving function on the MacBook. This works but it isn't really satisfactory as it wastes power.
As you can probably tell, I'm not really interested in the technical whys and wherefores, I just want to use it.
Hotspot connection
