Trying to get iPhone to tether on my Powermac G4 runing Tiger OS X

[jwilkinson84]

So i have an old school powermac G4 running Tiger. i am trying to tether my iPhone on it with success. the issue i am coming across is the fact that there is no blue-tooth icon in the system preferences(should be right before the CD/DVD icon). i plug the phone in and it doesn't activate tethering on the phone. any suggestions on how to get my powermac to recognize the iPhone connection?

 

[Applejuiced]

Does your tethering work with other computers?

 

[jwilkinson84]

yes it does, on my windows computer and my macbook as well

 

[Consultant]

Does it HAVE bluetooth?

Most, if not all standard PowerMac G4 doesn't come with bluetooth

 

[jwilkinson84]

i assumed it does becuase of the fact that when i use the spotlight to search for bluetoooth i can add keyboard and mouse and it does direct me to the network icon but i am unsure what the process to use to activate it. By the sounds of it, it must not give me that option?

 

[HauserWorks]

Finally tethering my G5 2.7 without Blu-tooth

Hi,
this is a little after the fact, but I've finally figured out how to consistently tether with my G5 dual 2.7. The tower has no blu-tooth, or airport card. I was considering going to dial-up (I live in the country) when I finally got it.

Simply start up iTunes when you have your iphone connected via USB. Works for me. No network setup etc.



Dan