My personal choice is through Wi-Fi since I can keep my iPhone in my pocket and connect to the Hotspot from my MacBook Pro. (Turning On Personal Hotspot)Īs demonstrated in the screenshot seen above, a user can connect to the iPhone Personal Hotspot one of three ways: through Wi-Fi (easiest and quite fast), Bluetooth (easy, yet not as fast), and USB (easy, fast, very secure). It’s smart to set a Wi-Fi password for the Personal Hotspot so others can’t freeload on your connection.
Tap on it, then toggle the Personal Hotspot switch to “on” (it will turn green). On your iOS device, go to Settings > Personal Hotspot. In this article I’ll show you how to set up Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad, connect to it from your Mac, and make sure that you don’t use all of your monthly data allotment quickly by minimizing your Mac’s data usage. This can be very useful for Mac users on the road with a good cellular data connection and no way to connect to a free - or safe - Wi-Fi network. Your iOS device, using its cellular modem, connects to the Internet and then uses its built-in Wi-Fi to become a mobile hotspot. One of the great features of iPhones and cellular-equipped iPads is the ability to use the device as a Personal Hotspot.
