How To Enable Network Access On Mac For Bluetooth

Photoshop cloud brushes for mac. Jul 18, 2015 - How to Fix Bluetooth Network Unavailable on OS X 10.10.4. The way hand off works in the Apple world, turning on the hotspot on an iPhone (Bluetooth. This, unfortunately, disabled MacID and left back at having to enter my.

On my desktop, my trackpad is successfully paired/connected, so I think my desktop Bluetooth works properly. But I am unsuccessful in getting my iPhone to connect (via Bluetooth) with my desktop. I am certain that Bluetooth is enabled on my phone as I see the icon in the phone's 'menu bar'. The desktop sees the phone (in System Prefs/Bluetooth), but when I try to connect to the Network, I am told 'Make sure Network access is available'. Ergo, no connection and no phone/desktop bluetooth pairing. What am I missing?

Okay, now I understand. I have had a few apps that can synch between the iPhone, iPad, and Mac when they are on the same LAN. Most of those apps have transitioned to synching with iCloud, and thereby synching the data on all my iOS and OS X devices. If I understand the recent product announcements from Apple, their intent is to extend the iCloud link so that it becomes essentially another drive on the Mac and by extension iOS devices for virtually all inter-device communications. But as far as direct communication between the Mac and the iPhone and/or iPad goes I am not aware of anything except iTunes via USB but not Bluetooth or I/R. Adding OS X Server to your Mac and setting up a VPN (Virtual Private Network) and installing a VPN client on your iOS device might give you some of what you want. Unfortunately, most of the VPN apps for the iPhone and iPad are written only to link to their server, so it would take some research that would enable you to connect to your own VPN server.

If all you want to do is control your Mac from your iOS device there are several clients and servers applications that might do the job for you. GoToMyPC has a good reputation and is available in the App Store.

Edited by joemikeb ( 06/15/14 12:56 PM). Okay, now I understand. I have had a few apps that can synch between the iPhone, iPad, and Mac when they are on the same LAN.

Most of those apps have transitioned to synching with iCloud, and thereby synching the data on all my iOS and OS X devices. If I understand the recent product announcements from Apple, their intent is to extend the iCloud link so that it becomes essentially another drive on the Mac and by extension iOS devices for virtually all inter-device communications. But as far as direct communication between the Mac and the iPhone and/or iPad goes I am not aware of anything except iTunes via USB but not Bluetooth or I/R.

Adding OS X Server to your Mac and setting up a VPN (Virtual Private Network) and installing a VPN client on your iOS device might give you some of what you want. Unfortunately, most of the VPN apps for the iPhone and iPad are written only to link to their server, so it would take some research that would enable you to connect to your own VPN server. If all you want to do is control your Mac from your iOS device there are several clients and servers applications that might do the job for you. GoToMyPC has a good reputation and is available in the App Store. My interest in getting the Phone & Mac to connect via BT was mainly academic (and it bothered me that while my Mac could 'see' the Phone in BT, it could not stay connected whilst I was connected via WiFi), and I got to wondering if something was wrong with my BT, and if so, I wanted to address that issue before Yosemite was released.

There never was an operational imperative per-se. That said, I am trying to help the local MUG who has (about) 7 blind members, and they seem to extensively use BT, and ergo my new interest in all things BT. So in that regard, your comments about servers & VPN, is especially most welcome. Your time and expertise is truly appreciated! A while back I had an issue with Bluetooth not connecting properly when more than one device was involved. Although the devices are different than in your case, (and I don't have an iPhone so I don't know what you're looking at) but maybe there's something in what I found that may be of help. Here's what I reported back then: A new Bose Soundlink Mini that I had been using with my iPad via Bluetooth worked flawlessly, connecting without issue.

The I coupled the Bose with my iMac and it worked fine. However, the iPad then stopped linking with the Bose, instead suggesting that it needs to be within range, even though it was only a foot away.

My Apple keyboard connected as usual. I assumed the Bose might still be linked to the iMac so I opened the iMac and disconnected it. For good measure I also turned off the iMac Bluetooth.