iOS 9 - no USB hotspot anymore ...

Greetings AppleStar,

Thank you for your continued use of the Apple Support Communities!

To begin troubleshooting, please make sure iTunes on your Mac is up to date. If iTunes is current and this issue continues, please use the attached link below to reinstall iTunes.

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I can certainly understand your frustration due to Personal Hotspot via USB not functioning as expected after updating to iOS 9. I want to assure you that Apple does care about this situation and we are committed to helping you use Personal Hotspot again via USB, the way you prefer.

Please continue to be an asset in the communities by replying to this post and let us know if these steps helped to resolve the USB Personal Hotspot issue. We look forward to hearing more from you.

Best

I have the same exact problem (mostly the same specs, too) and my iTunes is the current version.

Joe, any sense of when the issue would be fixed, rather than having to download 240 MB and reinstall iTunes entirely?

(Not all of us have unlimited fast connections... downloading the 2 GB new iOS was trouble enough.)

I also have the same problem. I am already on the latest version of iTunes.

The response of the Apple specialist doesn't make sense to me. What we are talking about is network connections — not iTunes.

I guess it has something to do with how the iPhone connects with the Mac...

I just went and downloaded and reinstalled iTunes (over my existing copy) and USB personal hotspot from iPhone now working fine.

Thanks. When you reinstalled iTunes, did you loose all your music, settings, podcasts, etc?

So how do we uninstall iTunes, it won't let me delete it as it says it is required for OS X

Also this is automatically updated via the App store

Still without USB tethering

brad

Ok Apple listened they have release update 9.0.1 resolves this issue. iPhone 6 128G now connected

I did the update and now we can update the USB connection, silly apple where should I send my cost for lost productivity

brad

I did the iOS 9.0.1 update but it still does not work. Will not pair on bluetooth neither.

However, the iPhone works with the iPad iOS 9 and with the car radio - both by bluetooth.

So???

1. Go to the Network setting on the iMac or macbook pro

2. Press the plus symbol

3. then Select iPhone USB connection

That should do the trick once it is added as a connection you will be able to connect,

brad

The problem isn't caused by iOS 9 or 9.01 but is caused by iTunes 12.3. It's an issue with the kext file. There's a discussion over in the iOs 9 discussion at MacInTouch.

Go into Time Machine to a timeframe before you installed iTunes 12.3. In the System/Library/Extensions folder, find the AppleUSBEthernetHost.kext. Tell Time Machine to Restore that file to the same folder. Replace the version that's there and restart your system. Test out your USB hotspot. Worked for me.

Oakvilleadvisor: Tried. System does not even propose a USB network connection.

AppleStar: Thank you. Just reinstalled iTunes and things work now. Yes same version 12.3.0.44

Apple needs to learn about

1. Testing software before relaeasing
2. Communicating with customers — including admitting errors when they happen
3. Keeping customers.

Thank you for your help.

Just to close this loop, no, you don't lose anything. At least, nothing I noticed.