Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

scousers

macrumors member
Original poster
Oct 14, 2011
68
1
Hello,

I tried to tether my iMac for the first time today after many successful tether sessions with my MBA.

Unfortunately the mac crashed after 5 minutes of tethering.... I think it is known as a kernel dump or something? The multilingual message that says to restart the computer.
i restarted and it happened 2 more times within about 10 minutes - specifically during streaming video every time.

I'm tethering through wifi with an iPhone 4s. Bluetooth is also on but not in use. I have keyboard, trackpad, and mouse all connected via bluetooth too.

Also as a sidenote i've used ethernet only since getting my mac and as i didn't know how to tell it to use wifi instead of ethernet without unplugging the cable, i disabled the ethernet through the network settings.

Any help is appreciated!
Thanks

-------
Edit: Just happened again a few seconds after submitting this post. no video or anything like that was streaming. Just basic web browsing for 5 minutes if even.
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.