Connect your Android phone to your Mac via USB cable. Go the settings menu on your phone. In the connections section, select 'More'. Select 'Tethering & Portable Hotspot'. Check the 'USB tethering' box. If everything worked out okay, your device should now become available in Mac OS X's network menu. Jan 02, 2013 In my testing, I was tethering a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.8 connected to a Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.2. The connection was fast, and more reliable than Wi-Fi tethering. The according to the developer, HoRNDIS is working with Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8. The advantages of USB tethering.
Unfortunately, I have an Android phone and a Mac computer. The official Android website says that you can use a USB cable for tethering with computers running Windows or Linux but not with Mac OS X. Nevertheless I have found a way to do it with OS X, read on for more information. Warning: Always check your network tariff before doing this. With Tether, your Mac automatically locks when you're not there and springs back to life when you return. It's that simple! Tether Android to Ubuntu, Mac OS X, Windows, PS3, Wii, XBox. Home: EasyTether for BlackBerry: Support: Buy EasyTether $9.99 from our website One-time fee, free updates. EasyTether shares Internet connection on your Android smartphone with your computer or tablet. EasyTether uses exactly the same data plan that is used for the on-phone Internet.
Tethering your Android phone to your Mac using a USB cable is easy. In this article, we are going to walk you through the steps, so you can use your Android's internet connection on your Mac. This is necessary if you wish to bond your Android's 4G/LTE or Wi-Fi connection with your Mac's Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection.
NOTE: macOS or OS X can be restrictive. Some users will find issues adding connections to their mac. In these cases, get in touch with your network adapter manufacturer for further support.
Step 1: Turn on your Android's Personal Hotspot. To do this, open the Settings app and tap More... Then choose Tethering & Mobile Hotspot. Toggle the USB tethering switch on.
Step 2: Download and install HoRNDIS. HoRNDIS is a driver for Mac OS X that allows you to use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get internet access.
Step 3: Connect (or “tether”) your Android to your Mac using a USB cable. When you do this, your Mac should immediately recognize your device.
Step 4: Now it’s time to get you connected! Open System Preferences on your Mac. Then click Network and select your Android USB. If you don’t see it, click to add it. If you are already connected to Wi-FI (or another connection), your Personal Hotspot connection might not activate until you uncheck “Disable unless needed” under Status.
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The possibilities of someone owning a Mac and Android device might be very less, but if you do own both of these then you must have faced a genuine problem that i have too faced recently.
On windows it just takes a tap to tether your android device and share its internet connection with a pc or a laptop. However the same is not possible with a Mac computer. By default Mac doesn’t have the drivers required to tether an android device’s internet connection, which is why tethering your android device’s internet connection will not work on a Mac.
Fortunately, a developer named Joshua wise was kind enough to take the responsibility of making an unofficial Android USB tethering driver for mac. Thanks to Joshua, HoRNDIS ( Pronounced Horrendous ) was developed and now Android users can easily tether their Android phone’s internet with a Mac or Macbook.
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So for those who want to tether their android device to a Mac or Macbook and share its internet connection, here’s how you can do so.
How to Install the HoRNDIS driver on your Mac Computer.
- Step 1: Download the latest HoRNDIS drivers from the following link and copy them to your Mac.
- Step 2: Run the HoRNDIS installer on your Mac computer and install it.
- Step 3: Restart your Mac computer once the driver is installed.
Tethering your Android device’s internet connection with an Mac Computer.
- Step 1: Connect your Android device with your Mac using an USB data cable.
- Step 2: Turn on the data connection on your android device and go to your phone’s settings.
- Step 3: Tap on the More option under Wireless and Networks.
- Step 4: Tap on Tethering and portable hotspot.
- Step 5: Tap on USB tethering to enable USB tethering on your Android device.
- Step 6: There you go, you can now surf the internet on your Mac computer.
I have tested the HoRNDIS drivers on a Macbook air with OS X Yosemite ( 10.10 ) and it works flawless all the time. If the drivers are not working for you, make sure to check if your android device is being detected in the network settings. Here’s how its should look.