How can I get my MacBook to AUTOMATICALLY connect to the personal iPhone hotspot ? It does not work!

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How can I get my MacBook to AUTOMATICALLY connect to the personal iPhone hotspot ? It does not work!

The iPad can do it. Why not the Mac ?

It is so annoying to search for the iPhone personal Hotspot every single time you wake the MacBook from sleep and then manually connect to it. This must be a software-bug, and I hope it get's fixed in the next update, so 'it just works"

My M1 Macbook can automatically reconnect to any other wifi. Only the iPhone personal hotspot is not working this way (even though I enabled the checkbox for automatic connection to this network, which took several tries, by the way, until MacOS accepted it.)

Yes, Bluetooth is on and Personal hotspot is discoverable, yes the devices are all using the same AppleID

Yes, I followed these three guides without any solution:

Posted on Jun 27, 2021 1:00 AM

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LukeInDaSky Author

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Jun 27, 2021 1:14 AM in response to ProustGiulio

This is the only thing a user should do. And then it should work. But it does NOT automatically reconnect after the Mac was sleeping (contrary to the iPad, which will do it without any problems. So the problem must be Mac OS)

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LukeInDaSky Author

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Jul 11, 2021 8:54 PM in response to ProustGiulio

So, there are still the same problems.

Who can help?

Also one more problem: Often, the MacBook does not show personal hotspots when searching for Wifi networks. So, first of all, it does not automatically connect to Hotspots (yes, also friends hotspots, so it is not just related to my iPhone), but also it will not show nearby hotspots in 30-50% of the time when I manually search for it. This is so frustrating.

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ProustGiulio

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Jun 27, 2021 1:09 AM in response to LukeInDaSky

Start here:--> Use Instant Hotspot to connect to your Personal Hotspot without entering a password - Apple Support

Regards

Giulio

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ProustGiulio

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Jun 27, 2021 1:46 AM in response to LukeInDaSky

Well, since my knowledge about macOS is very poor, I'll ask hosts to move your question to the appropriate Community, where you might be able to get a correct answer.

Regards

Giulio

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How can I get my MacBook to AUTOMATICALLY connect to the personal iPhone hotspot ? It does not work!

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