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Connecting your phone and your Mac

These instructions help you establish a connection between your Nokia device and your Mac.


How do I turn on Bluetooth in my Mac?

Before you can pair your Nokia device and Mac with Bluetooth, you’ll need to enable Bluetooth on your Mac.

On your Mac, check to see if there is a Bluetooth symbol on the menu bar. If there is, click the symbol and make sure that Bluetooth: On appears in the menu. If it does not, click Turn Bluetooth On

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If you do not see a Bluetooth item in your menu bar, open System Preferences. If your Mac has Bluetooth hardware, a Bluetooth preference pane will be available. Click the Bluetooth icon to enter the pane, and make sure that the text Bluetooth Power: On appears. If it does not, click Turn Bluetooth On.

Now you have enabled Bluetooth on your Mac and may proceed with pairing your Nokia device and your Mac.

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Pairing your device with your Mac

Pairing your Nokia device with your Mac

To pair your Nokia device with your Mac over Bluetooth, make sure Bluetooth is enabled on your Mac.

You will also need to turn on Bluetooth on your Nokia device and make sure that your Nokia device is sharing data.

1. Check the Bluetooth settings on your Nokia device. The settings can usually be located under Connect, Tools or Settings, depending on your Nokia device.*



2. Turn Bluetooth On.

3. Make sure your Nokia device is visible. If it is hidden, change it to Shown to all.



4. On your Mac choose Set up Bluetooth Device from the Bluetooth item on the menu bar. If you do not see a Bluetooth item on the menu bar, go to System Preferences > Bluetooth > Devices and click Set Up New Device.

5. The Bluetooth Setup Assistant window will open. Click Continue and select mobile phone as device type.




6. Your Mac will begin searching for mobile phones. When you see your Nokia device's name on the list, select it and click Continue. Your Mac will now gather information about the Nokia device you selected. When it has completed, click Continue.




7. You will then see a dialog with a passkey on it. Your Nokia device should now ask for a passkey to connect to your Mac. Enter the passkey displayed on your Mac and accept the connection requests from your Nokia device.






Note:If you do not want your Nokia device to ask your permission to accept connections from your Mac each time you synchronize with iSync, you will need to change the Bluetooth settings on your Nokia device. You can either change this setting manually, or your Nokia device may ask if you would like to do this when you connect. To change it manually, find your Mac in the paired device list on your Nokia device, select your Mac from the list, and set your Mac as authorized to connect to your Nokia device.*




8. Select the services you want to use with your device by checking the boxes (optional, though if you are using your Nokia as a modem,you will nned to check Access the internet... )If you are using iSync or Nokia Multimedia Transfer, you have now finished pairing your Nokia device and Mac and may press Continue. You should see a confirmation message displayed on your Mac.



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Pairing your device for use as a modem

9. In the Bluetooth Setup Window on your Mac, ensure that Access the Internet... is ticked and Use a direct higher speed connection... is selected.



10. Click continue

11. For GPRS CID String enter *99#. In the Modem Script dropdown menu select Nokia Infrared. Then Click Continue.

Note: Some network services providers may require a username and password in order to use your device as a modem. Please check with your service provider if you are unable to connect.



12. The Bluetooth set up and pairing is now complete. Select Quit unless you want to set up another device.

13.You should now be ready to connect to internet. Repeat these steps each time you want to connect using Bluetooth:

  • In your Mac's menu bar, click on the modem icon. Ensure that Bluetooth is selected.
  • Click on Connect.
  • If you do not see a modem icon in menu bar, go to System preferences from the Apple menu and click the Network icon.


  • From list under Show, select Bluetooth
  • Click the Bluetooth Modem tab and Show modem status in menu bar and the icon will appear.
  • Click the modem icon in your menu bar and select Connect
  • While you are connected, the elapsed connection time is displayed
  • To disconnect, click on the modem icon and select Disconnect


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Setting up a USB connection

1. If data transfers via USB data cable are supported for your Nokia device, you may connect the device to your Mac via USB cable.

2. On your Nokia device, choose PC Suite mode when it asks how to connect.



Note: By default, your Nokia device will always ask which mode to use to connect to your Mac. If you do not wish your Nokia device to ask for the data cable mode, change the data cable settings (usually under Connectivity ) and select PC Suite as the data cable mode.

If you are using iSync or Nokia Multimedia Transfer, you are now connected and ready to synchronize or transfer files.

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Setting up a USB connection for using your device as a modem

3. Open your Mac, go to System preferences and open Network.

4. Click Show and select your device.



5. Click on the PPP tab and enter *99# as the Telephone Number

6. Click on the Modem tab and on the Modem dropdown list select Nokia Infrared. Ensure that Show modem status in menu bar is ticked.



7. You should now be ready to connect to the internet. Repeat these steps each time you want to connect using USB:

* In your Mac's menu bar, click on the modem icon and ensure that your Nokia device is selected.



* Click on Connect

* While you are connected, the elapsed connection time is displayed.

* To disconnect, click on the modem icon and select Disconnect

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