How To Use Hotspot Mac

Connect to your device s personal hotspot.

How to use hotspot mac. Open your mac s app store click the search bar in the top right corner of the window. With these steps you can instantly turn your macbook to hotspot. Enable internet sharing and configure your hotspot. If you re not connected to a network right now you ll see an asterisk at the top left corner of this icon step 3 click the name of the hotspot. Step 1 turn on your mobile hotspot.

This article has been updated for the most recent version of macos. Click on internet sharing and then tick the option box next to wi fi. This opens a list of available wireless networks. How to share a wired ethernet internet connection with all your devices. The wi fi icon in the toolbar changes to.

If you are using ios 13 your mac should connect automatically as long as you are signed in to icloud otherwise enter the password as shown in the personal hotspot section on your iphone. Now turn on internet sharing by clicking the tick mark next to internet sharing in the sidebar. Click the apple menu select system preferences and click the sharing icon. Click install under the hotspot shield app. Some options will appear.

How to use a mac as a wi fi hotspot sharing from a wi fi connection. Choose the internet sharing service in the left area to activate hotspot. Sharing wi fi connection from mac can also be done. To activate the wi fi hotspot which you just set up select the checkbox to the left of internet sharing. The wi fi hotspot option is part of the internet sharing feature in macos.

You ll find it in the system preferences window. You don t need to do anything on your device macbook air connects automatically. Click start on the menu that pops up in order to turn internet sharing on. Click the wi fi status icon in the menu bar then click next to your iphone or ipad in the list if you don t see the list click other networks. All wi fi enabled devices that come within the range of the hotspot will be ready to establish a connection.