#Type2phone windws Bluetooth
#Type2phone windws mac

The actual pairing procedure-which only starts after you go through all those steps to get the phone to see the Mac-was different on the two machines. The phone didnвЂ™t see the MB Air immediately either, but it did on the first try with the вЂњTroubleshootingвЂќ technique. I have no idea why it didnвЂ™t work at first or why it finally did. It still didnвЂ™t work the next couple of times I tried it, but then it did. Since my iPhone uses my iMacвЂ™s WiFi sharing at work, that seemed like reasonable advice. Eventually, I found this message on HoudahвЂ™s support forum, which suggested turning off WiFi on the devices before trying to pair them via Bluetooth. The first few times, I just got an error message on the phone saying a connection was impossible. On the iMac, I had to do this at least five times before it worked.

#Type2phone windws mac

Tap the name of the Mac to start the pairing procedure.

#Type2phone windws Bluetooth

On your iPhone / iPad, go to Settings > General > Bluetooth.

Set Bluetooth on the Mac to be discoverable.

If the Mac is listed with a blue arrow, tap that arrow and select вЂњForget this deviceвЂќ.

With both my iMac and my MacBook Air, I had to resort to HoudahвЂ™s вЂњTroubleshootingвЂќ tips to even get the phone to see that the Mac was available: I do, and IвЂ™ve always felt ridiculous typing away on the phoneвЂ™s small keyboard when real one is right in front of me.Д«efore you can use Type2Phone, you have to pair your Mac with your iPhone, which I found difficult at best. If you donвЂ™t see the value of having a full-sized keyboard for your iPhone, you must not get texts while youвЂ™re at your computer. This is functionality that Apple should have built-in (we stay within the Apple ecosystem because of its excellent product integration-this is an area where the integration fails), but until it does Type2Phone will fill the gap. The purpose of Type2Phone is to allow you to use your Mac as a Bluetooth keyboard for your iPhone or iPad.

Well, now I have it installed on both of my computers, and even though it was hard to get working and has a weird display, it seems like a useful tool to have. IвЂ™d seen mentions of Type2Phone by Clark Goble and Stephen Hackett, but I didnвЂ™t get around to looking at it until Justin Blanton linked to it earlier this week.