| Hi Neil,
when Apple introduced the iPhone, one of their forms of protecting us from unwarranted viral attacks from others was to limit bluetooth to sound only via bluetooth earpieces and handsfree devices only later allowing higher quality stereo audio as well. File transfers were not allowed and all photos/files/documents were only allowed to transfer over a USB cable. Nothing has changed.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? The debate continues.
Regards,
Eugene 
On 29/09/2010, at 9:27 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
On our last European holiday (a couple of years ago) we used to regularly transfer photos from Georgie's Nokia mobile phone to our MacBook pro by bluetooth - it was very convenient - we could do it over drinks in the hotel bar.
I was trying to figure out how to do it with my new iPhone - but I'm having problems:
Note, I don't use/like iPhoto - I prefer to just manage my photos like any other file - so I import using Image Capture, view with quicklook (or Graphic Converter) and edit using Photoshop elements or Graphic Converter.
So far, I've successfully achieved the following:
- Transferred photos when connected directly by dock/usb cable - Image Capture lets me browse & import from the iPhone with no problems.
- Switched on bluetooth on the iPhone and successfully paired the iPhone with my Imac.
If I look in Bluetooth Preferences, I can see the iPhone with:
- Paired: Yes
- Configured: Yes
- Connected: No
Also I have enabled Bluetooth sharing.
So the problem seems to be actually making the connection.
If I try from the imac, I can see the iPhone in the bluetooth menu but the only option is "Connect to Network" and, if I try that, I get the message:
The Bluetooth network is unavailable
There was a problem connecting to your device. Make sure the device is on, in range, paired correctly (which it is) and services such as Bluetooth tethering are set up properly.
Well the device is certainly on, in range, paired correctly – but I was under the impression, I would only need Bluetooth tethering if I wanted to connect the computer to the internet using the iPhones internet connection?
If I try from the iPhone, I could see the iMac but when I tried to connect, it said that the device (my iMacs name) was unsupported and the only option it gave me was to “forget Device” - which it did - the iMac no longer showed up – just the “searching” wheel.
Just as a long shot, I tried turning on bluetooth tethering, unpaired and re-paired the iPhone and, for a while, the iPhone showed the iMac as “connected” however, image capture couldn’t see the iPhone and, after a minute or two, the iPhone disconnected and the mac showed a slightly different error message:
The Bluetooth network is unavailable
There was a problem with the device’s connection. Make sure the device is turned on, in range, and set up properly.
I’m assuming this probably comes up because I have Cellular Data set to off on the iPhone (since I don’t actually want to conect to the internet through the iPhone).
I’m probably missing something really obvious here – something that was so easy on an ancient nokia shouldn’t be so hard on my new iPhone surely!!
Cheers
Neil
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Neil R. Houghton
Albany, Western Australia
Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
Email: n...@possumology.com
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