I can tether fine via bluetooth (I am doing it now), however I tried to select usb only with my phone connected to the computer and I get nothing. I went to the network setting in sys prefs, but nothing shows up? Am I missing something? I am running 10.4.11. I am on Fido so tethering is allowed (and free)
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Can't tether via usb
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Have you had tethering working over USB at all previously? I have had it working over both, but have been trying to work around a fix to keep Visual Voicemail and tethering both active while still keeping the option to change Cellular Data Network.
I am at a point now where I can't tether over USB as well, but I think my problem is do to so many network connections on my mac. Probablly need to remove the plist file to get my network back to default.
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It should appear after you have plugged in the iphone via USB and turned on Tethering on your iphone under Settings->General->Network and you should then go to your network settings on your mac and should see an entry called Ethernet 2 or something like that.
Your Network should look like this and it should say Cable is Connected. To get VM back. You need to Option-click "Check for update" in iTunes with phone plugged it and navigate to User/Library/itunes/iphone support carrier and click Open. It will restore the original carrier file and remove Network Data selection from your iPhone. Now both will play nicely together. I had mine working since 3.0 came out.
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When I plug my iphone in, I don't get an option for ethernet 2 or anything. Just unplugged ethernet port and airport. Could this have something to do with the fact that I enabled tethering before officially being told I could by Fido? I went to a site and got it enabled there via a small installation. If so, can I get rid of that, and get it from Fido?