iPhone and MacBook Pro M3 refuse to recognize one another. The phone provides a message that the NEW computer is "not supported." Both devices are fully updated. 7 different people at apple support online and they COULDN'T fix it. Good Luck.
Bluetooth pairing an iPhone or iPad and a Mac is not supported (except for Personal Hotspot).
If you are attempting to use Handoff/Continuity or AirDrop, that does involve Bluetooth but the devices are NOT paired; Bluetooth just needs to be on and the devices in range of each other. The following may help with Handoff/Continuity issues: Continuity features and requirements for Apple devices - Apple Support
Also see Share files between your Mac and Bluetooth devices - Apple Support
And see the information in: Bluetooth: Why can't I pair my iPhone or … - Apple Community
Bluetooth pairing an iPhone or iPad and a Mac is not supported (except for Personal Hotspot).
If you are attempting to use Handoff/Continuity or AirDrop, that does involve Bluetooth but the devices are NOT paired; Bluetooth just needs to be on and the devices in range of each other. The following may help with Handoff/Continuity issues: Continuity features and requirements for Apple devices - Apple Support
Also see Share files between your Mac and Bluetooth devices - Apple Support
And see the information in: Bluetooth: Why can't I pair my iPhone or … - Apple Community
appleisbecomingPC wrote:
Unfortunately this neither solves the problem nor explains it. It USED TO be supported because I used to use this feature daily. Controlling a keynote presentation with the iPhone came in handy. But I can no longer do that because the devices will not pair, and thereby I cannot use the phone to remote control keynote files.
You can certainly use your iPhone as a remote for Keynote. But it doesn't involve BT. It uses WiFi:
Use a remote to control a Keynote presentation - Apple Support
This is the way it has worked for as long as I remember.
Bluetooth pairing an iPhone and Mac has never been supported -- but Bluetooth has nothing to do with using Keynote Remote. See: Use Keynote Remote to control your Keynote presentation - Apple Support
Unfortunately this neither solves the problem nor explains it. It USED TO be supported because I used to use this feature daily. Controlling a keynote presentation with the iPhone came in handy. But I can no longer do that because the devices will not pair, and thereby I cannot use the phone to remote control keynote files. Moreover, Apple seems to have done a remarkably bad job of making such pairing options intuitive through connections other than Bluetooth.
I am still awaiting a solution for beneficial features that worked perfectly well within outdated systems but DO NOT work with these "upgrades."
Pairing Fail: MacBookPro M3 and iPhone not pairing.
