Bluetooth pairing between iPhone and Mac Mini M1 "not supported"

IdrisSeabright wrote:

drdavid09 wrote:

For example, If you are having intermittent internet issues via your landline, you can use tethering via bluetooth as an automatic fall-over-backup to maintain internet connectivity. Note how this is much better than WiFi tehtering because you still have access to your WiFi LAN (eg. printer) without having to switch between access points.

Using the phone's personal hotspot feature over BT is supported.

That is assuming the iPhone and the Computer are able to connect - something which used to be the case, but now bizarrely fails with the current software.

I was responding to

Lanny wrote:

BT pairing between iPhones and Macs has never been supported or needed, PERIOD.

IdrisSeabright is correct and Lanny is flat out wrong. BT pairing between iphone and macs has been supported until the recent bugs were introduced (at least I hope it is not by design) - and useful.

I have the exact same issue with the iPhone 13 promax and my iMac and as soon as you acknowledge the pairing code it says not connected and it says the iMac is not supported

two hours with Apple support and then another to the next day with a supervisor that screen captured everything on the phone and the iMac and went to engineering and had no solution.

The odd thing is everything seems to work it just says not connected

I have BT enabled on both my iPhone 12 Max and my Mac Studio. Airdrop does not work either. That's what brought my attention to checking Bluetooth in System Preferences. I cannot keep them connected. Same issue as previous folks. Connects then drops. Another odd thing is my Mac Studio is being identified as my Mac Pro which I replaced with the Mac Studio in December 2021. Air drop worked fine up until this week.

I am having the same issue but between my iPhone 13 and 2021 MacBook Pro

Tried all device paring again and found I could regain connection with old MacBook 13" (Mojave) and iPhone but not anything to MacBook 14". So it very well maybe something to do with Monterey.

Exact same problem here on Mac Mini 2018. Other BT devices connect no problem, iPhone 12 will not. Keep getting "Pairing Unsuccessful. XXXX-Mac-Mini is not supported." And I have tried every suggestion I could find.

I think the fact that Keynote remote and bluetooth pairing experience is very similar is indicative that there is a similar issue involved (pairing your iPhone or iPad as a Keynote remote does not use Bluetooth- it uses WiFi to connect. But, I get the same issue with it not wanting to connect to each other).

Sorry no idea re watch connect to mac. Never wanted or needed to do that but can see it would be good and i understand it is supposed to be possible but i guess we have to wait to see if the apple support team ever bothers to actually look st the problems we discuss in these forums and then actually gets the bluetooth connectivity working as they say it should.

Same here, that is, with the unsuccessful pairing between an iPhone 13 mini (IOS 15.2) and Macbook (MacOS 12.1). I also receive the "not supported" message. Had worked just fine, before some update on either phone or laptop. Any developments?

Yes, same issue. Iphone 11 and Mac Mini intel chip running Monterey 12.1. Connects then disconnects with the "Mac Mini" not supported error.

I use or used to use my mini to for phone calls since it's convenient. My iphone still connects to my old 11" macbook air.

I just want my money back. On all the devices.

Nope. Same old same old.

I then went and installed iOS 15.2.1 (newest update), and still no joy.

What's odd is that we're talking about a small number of users - there would be thousands screaming about this, if it was a widespread, general problem with either OS. Figuring out what we all have in common is the real puzzle.

Same issue between iPad Pro and Mac mini M1, just updated OS on both devices, still the same.

Some communication between devices DOES work though and even the Airdrop might suddenly complete at the most unexpected moment after the 'device unsupported' failure.

Someone must understand how the handshake system fails and therefore how to make this work, however painful it might be.

Same issue for me. Brand new M1 Laptop with latest OS and iPhone X with latest software. Won't pair using bluetooth - saying device (latest laptop) not supported. This is a bug that needs to be fixed. I'll register a bug report with Apple. My laptop and my iPhone bluetooth both work independently of each other, pairing to other devices, but won't pair to each other.

Follow-up to follow-up: Installed iOS 15.3 on the iPhone, but still no BlueTooth pairing w/ MacBook Air.

What has changed is that AirDrop is now working again. AirDrop is done via Wi-Fi, and is not dependent on BT pairing, so I assume it was a separate, unrelated problem.