sequoia create adhoc network

I too used the adhoc network feature frequently while performing using MainStage. I create an adhoc network and connect my iPad to the MB PRO running MainStage via the adhoc network and then use Logic Remote to have hands on control of the drawbars on the hammond organ plugin. It still works on a router, but I don't want to carry another piece of hardware around. Bring back the adhoc network feature. It is needed in these situations. And NO, I don't want to use another USB C cable. It was great working on wireless using the ad hoc network.

Seriously ... how arrogant to think that this world consists only of apple devices!!??? Ad-hoc worked fine and in a sudden in former OSes. There is no reason to throw away a good working solution. Airdrop is simply not the same than sharing volumes over a privat network ... or I have missed something. For example: Tell me how to mount a shared Volume via Airdrop? The Apple developers should come down from their ivory tower and start looking beyond their own horizons again.

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I was already aware of the new network sharing feature and have gone through various configs trying to make the sharing feature work as an adhoc network. It does not. It simply shares an internet connection from your machine (ie: ethernet) to other machines via ANOTHER network adapter (ie: wifi). If you do not have an internet connection to share, the sharing computer no longer broadcasts the SSID and then looks for a good internet connection.

I did indeed successfully connect an iPad via wifi to my MB Pro using internet sharing WHILE my MB Pro was connected to internet via ethernet. Once I disconnect the ethernet cable, internet sharing stops immediately.

So unless I am missing something, apple has done away with the stand alone create an adhoc network feature.

After much research I found the solution. The ad-hoc has been renamed by Apple and is still called "Internet Sharing Network". You can find out how to set it up in the manual under "Share your Internet connection".

Share the internet connection on Mac with other network users – Apple Support (AU)

This is not the most direct or obvious way to do it, but it works. Apple online help was of no help

tabcdzyxw wrote:

I am a long time user of Apple products, I have multiple M series laptops, mini, iphone16 ...etc...etc . Why with each new version of MacOS that has come out since Ventura (at least) or things more and more difficult to do. The specific issue here is the creation of a local wireless ad hoc network for the purpose of easily transfering photo that I have taken and marked up on my iPad to my M3 MBA running Sequoia via airdrop.

I am trying to do this while down deep in the bowels of a ship where there are no existing wireless networks. Why, why, why do you keep making things that just used to work so well on Apple hardware and software such as pain in the *** to do now?

You do not need an existing WiFi network to use Airdrop. You do need to have both devices turn on Bluetooth and WiFi. Bluetooth is used to make the initial connection and recognize devices, and WiFi is used to physically transfer the files, but connection to a WiFi network is not necessary. For instance Airdrop can be used to transfer files in some area where there are no WiFi networks to connect to, be it on a ship or in some area away from buildings.

How to use AirDrop on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

You do to need to create an ad hoc network to do Airdrop. You need both WiFi and Bluetooth turned on for both devices. I have used Airdrop many times when neither device was connected to a WiFi local network (ad hoc or otherwise).

Thanks for the valuable advice. I had indeed only tried with Ethernet connected and might have been in for a nasty surprise when I built the installation in the exhibition. It really is a shame what Apple is doing to us.

A thousand thanks again.

The solution is to create an Ad Hoc network via the terminal:

sudo networksetup -createnetworkservice AdHoc lo0
sudo networksetup -createnetworkservice AdHoc lo0

then use Internet Sharing to share this connection over wifi

Get yourself a copy of pairdrop: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop

This solution worked for me after a lot of searching: https://superuser.com/questions/1811625/create-network-option-missing-on-macos-sonoma-despite-legacy-networks-being-enab