Connect iPhone 4 to mac via Bluetooth

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Connect iPhone 4 to mac via Bluetooth

Hi all,

I am unable to connect my iPhone 4 to my iMac 27" via bluetooth. Here is what I try:

1) System Pref >> Bluetooth >> +
2) Select by iPhone that appears
3) Accept Pair code on iPhone
4) I get a success message
5) I then manually connect from the bluetooth screen, it flashes green for a second, then red (not connected

I have tried this process several times, tried forget this device on iPhone, restarting the iPhone, removing it from the iMac bluetooth screen, the starting again, same happens every time.

I am trying to use a program called Dialectic running, which enables me to dial from my iMac and have the request sent via Bluetooth to my iPhone.

iPhone, iOS 4

Posted on Jul 30, 2010 10:20 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 30, 2010 10:25 AM in response to lw_d

This is not supported. You can connect your iPhone to your Mac via Bluetooth for tethering only.

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lw_d Author

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Jul 30, 2010 10:29 AM in response to Allan Sampson

I have it working, I can confirm that it does work, it shows disconnected, then when I dial using Dialectic it connects.

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Answer 3

Jul 30, 2010 10:31 AM in response to lw_d

Then what is the problem?

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w7ox

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Jul 30, 2010 10:52 AM in response to lw_d

Wow! You solved your problem in 9 minutes: Cool. Out of curiosity I looked up Dialectic and found http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/ .. It says it works with the iPhone, so I guess it should 🙂

I'm a bit curious about motivation though: Carrying around even a MacBook to dial an iPhone seems a bit counter productive.

Phil

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lw_d Author

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Jul 30, 2010 10:58 AM in response to w7ox

I am trying a CRM/Project management tool called Daylite, Dialectic works with this, it just makes things that little bit easier, if I have a task to ring a client setup in Daylite, I just click on it in Daylite and then it starts dialing out on my iPhone.

I make quite a lot of calls during the day, this will save me a little bit of time, plus allow me to track the calls I make.

Lee

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Jamman32

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Aug 25, 2012 12:04 AM in response to lw_d

Hey Guys

I tried pairing with my imac desktop wont happen so i just email my bloody photos instead, God **** phone can do anything else you want, but except bloody bluetooth to your computer!!!!!! C'mon Apple instead of creating next big thing,let us have a bluetooth update, That would be great

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diesel vdub

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Aug 25, 2012 6:29 AM in response to Jamman32

Bluetooth file transfer has never been a supported feature of the iPhone. Consider how slow it is and the distance requirement for bluetooth to work, in my opinion, it's not worth the effort to make it work.

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