I cannot connect iPhone 5 and MacBook Air through Bluetooth

The message appearing on my iphone is "Connection Unsuccesful: Make Sure "Computer name" is turned on and in range".

Both devices have Bluetooth on and are able to pair, but do not connect. Any idea?

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Jan 22, 2014 8:58 AM

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Jan 22, 2014 9:06 AM in response to duwyn

Hi


What are you trying to do? Internet tethering or something else?


You should be aware that data transfer or any sort of transfer (pictures, video, music etc) using Bluetooth has never been a feature of iOS.


If you want to transfer data from your Mac/PC to your iPhone or vice-versa use the cable that came with the iPhone to physically connect the device and use iTunes to sync whatever seems appropriate to you.


HTH?


Tony

Jan 22, 2014 9:15 AM in response to duwyn

What you need

To share content with AirDrop, both users need one of these devices using iOS 7:

  • iPhone 5 or later
  • iPad (4th generation)
  • iPad mini
  • iPod touch (5th generation)

You also need to turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. And if you want to share with your contacts, sign in to your iCloud account.

You can't use AirDrop on iOS to share with OS X users, and OS X users can't use AirDrop to share with iOS devices.


http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5887

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