Tethering or wi-fi hot spot to a Mac

bboyswoosh87 · January 19th, 2011, 09:03 AM

So, I just read on cnet that I cannot tether my Macbook pro or any Mac Os x products is this true. Thats weird since I can do it on my Nexus One. Can anyone tell me if this is true I was thinking of upgrading to the Nexus S, but that is one feature I do not want to give up. I tether my macbook at school using my Nexus one and its really useful.

Heres the link to the story
Tethering and a hot spot on the Nexus S | Android Atlas - CNET Blogs

B2L · January 19th, 2011, 12:32 PM

I have tried looking everywhere. And as far as I know that is correct. All the articles i read say Macs don't allow usb tethering.

quantumrand · January 19th, 2011, 02:06 PM

You should still be able to do Wi-Fi tethering, I'd imagine.

bboyswoosh87 · January 20th, 2011, 01:26 AM

It says both don't work that pretty much means i won't be upgrading.

quantumrand · January 20th, 2011, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bboyswoosh87

It says both don't work that pretty much means i won't be upgrading.

When tethering wirelessly, the Nexus S just makes your usual Wi-Fi hotspot. I suppose I could see OSX being particular about what hotspots it lets you connect to, but it would be Apple's fault, not Android's.

TOR · January 20th, 2011, 06:45 AM

I've successfully done wi-fi tethering on my Nexus One, so I can't see why it should be different for the Nexus S. As for USB I can't honestly say sorry.

shikem · January 20th, 2011, 02:50 PM

I can tether my iPhone to my Nexus S wirelessly using the wifi hot spot with no problem.

smileman · January 20th, 2011, 04:21 PM

I tether my Nexus S and MacBook Air and it works great.

quantumrand · January 20th, 2011, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smileman

I tether my Nexus S and MacBook Air and it works great.

There we go. Seems the Mac user in the review just didn't know what he was talking about.

nickmv · January 20th, 2011, 05:14 PM

Yeah that's complete BS. I've tethered my NS using WiFi hotspot to my Macbook Pro several times, and it works great. Now USB is another story, but I don't see the point when the hotspot feature is there. You CAN tether using USB, but it seems that the guide I read about it was quite complicated and involved using a command line and way too many steps. Some people will argue that you can charge while doing USB tethering, but last time I checked, you can plug the phone in while doing WiFi hotspot as well.

I rarely trust anything Cnet says

bboyswoosh87 · February 4th, 2011, 01:30 AM

Thanks a lot this was really helpful looks like i'll be upgrading to a Nexus S

JoelB84 · February 4th, 2011, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smileman

I tether my Nexus S and MacBook Air and it works great.

I have a Dell Laptop and my daughters have a Macbook Pro and I've been able to tether to them both (simultaneously even!)

QuasarZ · June 3rd, 2011, 10:39 AM

I know this is late to the party but I just ran into this issue right now and found this thread while I was searching on now to tether lol. I can confirm that just plugging in the usb alone will not tether. I did not dig any deeper into the usb tether because hotspot works great. I am using wifi hotspot now to type this. I just turned on the hotspot feature and my mac found it right away.

buckiesw16 · July 13th, 2012, 09:47 AM

I use HTC desire on a MacBook - I found wifi worked well - I am currently connected using EasyTether but I also made a connection using the instructions I found in this link
https://secure.kitserve.org.uk/content/how-usb-tether-android-phone-mac-os-x-computer