Bluetooth problem with mac

[maxohkc]

Hi i was just wondering how do i connect my mac book with my motorola droid with bluetooth im really confused and have looked everywhere to find out how. i have done the obvious stuff but still cant get it i press pair on my droid and something pops up on my computer and droid with a code i press yes. and then my computer says its connected but my droid says paired but not connected. Im really confused please help

 

[camcrobe]

I've had success with "Bluetooth File Transfer" from the market place and my MacBook (running leopard). with the app running and the phone paired, I can browse and copy files to and from the CF card.

 

[maxohkc]

yah that didnt work i just tried my computer says its connected but my phone says paired but not connected

 

[camcrobe]

Even though it's not "connected"-- with Bluetooth file transfer running on the droid, under the Bluetooth menu on the Mac, select browse device next to your phone's name.

 

[maxohkc]

haha i know this sounds dumb but i just dont get it... i mean i can access my phone from my computer but i cant access it though my droid and im really trying to use bluetooth to tether using PDAnet. my phone still says paired but not connected

 

[camcrobe]

ah.. That's another matter. The "how to" on PDANet's website is pretty good. I believe you need to download the Mac application as well (free from their site). With both apps running, from the mac set up the phone as a modem from "set up device" and use 123 as phone number. Dial in through the network preference panel. I find, at least with my set up, that BT is much slower that the USB tether using pdanet.

[edit] I misspoke. For BT tether, you apparently don't need to have the app installed on your mac. I have it running in the background none the less

 

[maxohkc]

ah.. That's another matter. The "how to" on PDANet's website is pretty good. I believe you need to download the Mac application as well (free from their site). With both apps running, from the mac set up the phone as a modem from "set up device" and use 123 as phone number. Dial in through the network preference panel. I find, at least with my set up, that BT is much slower that the USB tether using pdanet.

[edit] I misspoke. For BT tether, you apparently don't need to have the app installed on your mac. I have it running in the background none the less

WOW i am so sorry thankyou for your help i got it too work just fine i was just pressing some stupid stuff earlier and screwed everything up im sorry for wasting your time thanks for helping me so much. I got it i went through that tutorial thing online like 100 times on pdanet but just couldnt get it... i got it now thanks for telling me how to do it

 

[camcrobe]

No problem. Glad you got it working.