Using a bluetooth dongle with a mac; NEED HELP

[mebo73]

Just went out and bought an ibook and want to use my phone as a modem. So i called up and added that to my plan, went to use it and nothing happened. I called tech support for help and they said i can only do this via bluetooth since its a mac. Well i bought a bluetooth dongle off ebay, recieved it today and want to play with it. Well my ibook picks up the bluetooth from the phone but says it doesnt have the right info to connect to the phone. Then the phone doesnt pick up the bluetooth from the ibook. Is there anyone that can help me, is there many people that use macs with their phone. If u can email me mebo926@aol.com id rather get help from here than call tech support.
Thanks in advance!

[Musicman247]

You'll have to get an application for your Mac to work with your Windows Mobile Phone. The only one I can think of off hand is the missing sync. Here's a link: http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_windowsmobile.php

But I'm pretty sure that is only for syncing, not internet sharing.

[Negrito]

Originally Posted by mebo73

Just went out and bought an ibook and want to use my phone as a modem. So i called up and added that to my plan, went to use it and nothing happened. I called tech support for help and they said i can only do this via bluetooth since its a mac. Well i bought a bluetooth dongle off ebay, recieved it today and want to play with it. Well my ibook picks up the bluetooth from the phone but says it doesnt have the right info to connect to the phone. Then the phone doesnt pick up the bluetooth from the ibook. Is there anyone that can help me, is there many people that use macs with their phone. If u can email me mebo926@aol.com id rather get help from here than call tech support.
Thanks in advance!

I have a macbook. what OS are you on?


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[mebo73]

Im using tiger

[Negrito]

Then you sir are in luck. USBModem works on Tiger. Also im not sure if this is a plus or not, but you wont need that dongle.

http://www.mobile-stream.com/usbmodem_wm.html


If you are looking for a free solution i can type up how i connect on my MacBook, but i use leopard, so im not sure if it would be the same... Let me know.




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[Musicman247]

I actually have an iMac running leopard and would love to know how to share my internet with it without the use of another computer!

[Negrito]

Originally Posted by Musicman247

I actually have an iMac running leopard and would love to know how to share my internet with it without the use of another computer!

Ok, so here is how i connect on my MacBook...

1) On the device i open ICS. Set to Bluetooth and click connect. If your bluetooth wasnt previously on it will ask you, obviously say yes.
Btw, i keep my bluetooth status thing in the menu bar on the Mac. You can set that in the system preferences.
2) Then i click on the bluetooth icon in the menu bar. (If your device and Mac are not synced then do so now by clicking 'setup bluetooth device...' and follwing through the prompts. make sure you click 'mobile device' when it asks the device type.) Mouse over your device (it should be in the drop down if paired). Do not click. You just highlight it when you mouse over, and it will expand a menu. The last option should read 'connect to network'. Click that option.
3) The device should now read 'Connected' in the top left. As well as three dots in a horizontal row over the bluetooth icon in the menubar on the mac.
4) You should now be able to fully browse the internet.
5) Enjoy.

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[mebo73]

IM HATING THIS PHONE AND IBOOK!!!!!! I cant get anything to work!!!