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Comment by hulitu

5 hours ago

> but things on the iPhone really do “just work”.

For values of “just work” close to 0.

Make a picture, connect with a Windows PC, iOS needs a password, then the picture is not visible to the PC, disconnect, go with Apple photos to look at the picture, repeat connecting, with password, now it is visible.

Try to set up a hotspot, there is no button to turn the hotspot on/off.

So yes, it “just works"

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gcr  4 hours ago

You can find your hotspot button in the control center. Swipe down from the top right of the screen. It’s in the same section as airplane mode / WiFi / cellular data, and takes another tap to access.

odo1242  4 hours ago

You actually don't even need to set up hotspot more than once if the phone and the computer are both yours (and apple-brand). You can just connect to the iPhone with the Mac (if they're on the same iCloud account) and it works without entering a password.

vladvasiliu  5 hours ago

> Try to set up a hotspot, there is no button to turn the hotspot on/off.

There is. You can even put it on the settings drawer. Look for "personal hotspot".

I don't have a mac anymore, but IIRC you could even turn it on from the paired mac. This definitely still works between iphones. When I take out my old iphone from the drawer to use as a GPS on my bike, with no sim card, it will connect to my regular iphone's hotspot automatically.