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All Devices iPad Photos connected to personal hotspot used up all my data
I was on vacation last week and downloaded all of my photos to my iPad Pro. My iPad is WiFi only, and it was connected to my iPhone’s hotspot, and it uploaded 20 GB of photos to my iCloud, using up my 20 GB of ATT data for the whole month in just a few days. On my iPhone, there’s an option in... -
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Why does my device show up on my tablet- Nalegier
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- hotspot
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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Photos.app is not syncing when using hotspot. How to treat hotspot as a regular Wi-Fi on macOS?
Recently I started use hotspot as my home internet. I have unlimited data and high speeds 160/40 Mbps. Everything works well except Photos.app. It just doesn't sync even a single photo. I contacted Apple support, but it's just a big facepalm. They asked me to test this problem with other... -
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Other Personal hotspot fails to reconnect to MBP
Hi, I got my Iphone xs max a few days ago and i have had lots of issues with the personal hotspot. I enable it and can connect to it the first time by writting the password. Then when my MBP goes to sleep and i wake it up it refueses to connect to my iphone. Sometimes it does not evenfind the... -
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Other Autoconnect to IPhone hotspot
My IPhone Wifi hotspot (the first one in the screenshot) is shown with a different icon from any other hotspots (Android, broadband etc). This doesn't bother me except I need to manually re-connect my Mac to the hotspot whenever it's restarted/woke up from sleep, instead of it auto-connecting... -
Mac iCloud Photos not updating using iPhone Personal Hotspot
Any ideas on this one? My iCloud photo library isn't updating when my Mac (high sierra - latest version) is connected via my iPhone 7+ (iOS 11 - latest version) using the personal hotspot connection. I also use iStat and can see there is no network activity on the Photos app. Everything else... -
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iPhone 5 - Hotspot
I have created a Hotspot on the phone and connect my laptop to it. If I shut down the laptop and open it again, it is not detecting the iPhone. I have to OFF the hotspot and ON it again. Then only the laptop detects the iphone. How can I avoid this OFF and ON in the iphone, every time I open my...- uksharma3
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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iOS 11 personal hotspot never works
I have been using personal hotspot from my iPhone to my MacBook almost daily in iOS 10, after updating to iOS 11 it NEVER connects. I’m using the feature where I activate the hotspot directly on my MacBook, but even if I manually turn hotspot ON on my iPhone it won’t connect. So I did some...- peroddmund
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- hotspot ios11 personal
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- Forum: iOS 11
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iOS 11 personal hotspot not working
Hi, After facing tones of problem after updating my iPhone 7 to iOS 11, today I find a new problem. Personal hotspot is not working. I have manually set APN for hotspot, It's enabling well in menu , but no devices cannot connect to wifi, bluetooth and even usb hotspot. It was working fine in... -
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Other Other devices can turn on my iPHone's hotspot?
So even if I have "Personal Hotspot" turned off on my iPhone, it still appears as available on my Macbook Pro and it can connect to my iPhone which automatically turns the hotspot on and the wifi off on my phone. Is this because they are on the same Apple ID? Is there a way to stop this? I... -
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This should be simple... Internet Connection Sharing Not Working Correctly.
For the life of me I cannot get this to work. It should, and it almost does, but does not. :( Imac - Connected to Ethernet - (USB ethernet) - Internet works fine. Sharing Internet, through wifi. (Basically creating a wifi hotspot) Once Started. The Ethernet in network shows green...- JohnnyNintendo
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- dhcp hotspot internet sharing self assigned sierra wifi
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- Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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General Hotspot Questions
I've got a couple of questions relating to the sharing of my iPhone's 4G connection via Personal Hotspot. I'm often at a location where my phone is only able to keep a solid 4G connection in a certain, small area of the building. I therefore keep my iPhone there while connecting my iPad via... -
'Ask to Join Networks' - General settings query
Hello Mac Community, Another question has arisen related to WiFi and Security. I am looking to get a proper answer as Google has revealed a mixed bag of decisions through multiple forums. People leaning one way and others leaning the other. Most of you are probably familiar with the settings... -
Printing over Ethernet, while using Wifi for Internet
We have a odd situation at work where our internet gateway is down today, so no one can connect to the internet, but we can still access our internal network server to access files to work and print. I turned on the Mobile Hotspot on my phone to get internet access so I could check emails, but...- gman71882
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- hotspot networking printing wifi
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Personal Hotspot doesn't work
Hi everyone, I noticed this at least PB 3 that Personal Hotspot isn't working well for me. 1) If a enable manually the hotspot, the wifi network is not visible by other devices (macbook pro, other iphone). But some time, it is, and I don't know why. 2) With a continuity/hand off enabled mac... -
Sharing to make hotspot: question
Hi, I am still relatively new to using this $$ iMac I bought. I keep it at Mom's house and only get to use it a short time every month, still learning. We had a terrible storm--the lightning hit and fried our phone lines. Got those fixed yesterday only to discover that our Windstream DSL...- blackberrybunny
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- dsl hotspot imac roku wifi
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- Forum: OS X Yosemite (10.10)
