How To Use Hotspot Mac

You don t need to do anything on your device macbook air connects automatically.

How to use hotspot mac. Choose the internet sharing service in the left area to activate hotspot. Step 1 turn on your mobile hotspot. Enable internet sharing and configure your hotspot. How to share a wired ethernet internet connection with all your devices. Click start on the menu that pops up in order to turn internet sharing on.

Open your mac s app store click the search bar in the top right corner of the window. Connect to your device s personal hotspot. It s in the taskbar near the clock which is usually at the bottom right corner of the screen. Click install under the hotspot shield app. If you re using an android or iphone as a hotspot for your computer turn it on now step 2 click the icon.

With these steps you can instantly turn your macbook to hotspot. To activate the wi fi hotspot which you just set up select the checkbox to the left of internet sharing. This article has been updated for the most recent version of macos. How to use instant hotspot to tether your mac to your iphone or cellular ipad click on the wi fi icon in your mac s menu bar. Click on the device you want to use as a hotspot.

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. You ll find it in the system preferences window. Type hotspot shield into the search bar and press return. Don t click the checkbox yet. 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.

Click on internet sharing in the pane on the left. Click the apple menu select system preferences and click the sharing icon. Click on the start option to continue sharing an internet connection via creating hotspot. Click on internet sharing and then tick the option box next to wi fi. The wi fi icon in the toolbar changes to.