[llea1]

ive had the same problem however i found that if you use both the Mac and the phone after restarting (soft reset the phone) both the dropping happens with much less frequency. Hope it helps.

a week ago i was on a road trip from atlanta to san diego and i had the same problem until i reset both abd was able to keep the same connection for an hour on the road(!)

and yes i was able to get it to work by just connecting it via bluetooth with no extra software or hacks. Just hit connect to network and VIOLA!

let me know how it goes for you