How To Use Hotspot Mac

Click on internet sharing in the pane on the left.

How to use hotspot mac. It s in the taskbar near the clock which is usually at the bottom right corner of the screen. How to share a wired ethernet internet connection with all your devices. 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. Enable internet sharing and configure your hotspot. Click install under the hotspot shield app.

Open your mac s app store click the search bar in the top right corner of the window. Step 1 turn on your mobile hotspot. The wi fi icon in the toolbar changes to. 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 start on the menu that pops up in order to turn internet sharing on.

Some options will appear. Don t click the checkbox yet. If you re using an android or iphone as a hotspot for your computer turn it on now step 2 click the icon. Now turn on internet sharing by clicking the tick mark next to internet sharing in the sidebar. With these steps you can instantly turn your macbook to hotspot.

Click on the device you want to use as a hotspot. All wi fi enabled devices that come within the range of the hotspot will be ready to establish a connection. Click on internet sharing and then tick the option box next to wi fi. To activate the wi fi hotspot which you just set up select the checkbox to the left of internet sharing. You don t need to do anything on your device macbook air connects automatically.

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. Open system preferences and click on the sharing pane. Choose the internet sharing service in the left area to activate hotspot. You ll find it in the system preferences window. Click on the start option to continue sharing an internet connection via creating hotspot.