Weird, right? This was all on the release version of iOS 12.0.1, by the way. And then eventually the device name was changed back to “iPhone” again. Not even “John’s iPhone”, which is the default when you set up a new iPhone. I then noticed that my iPhone’s name (Settings → General → About → Name) had been changed to “iPhone”. I tried rebooting the Mac and iPhone, of course.
So the hotspot worked, but the magic Instant Hotspot feature wasn’t working. turned it on and left it on - my iPhone’s hotspot was listed as a regular Wi-Fi network on my Mac, and when I connected, it worked just fine. If I went into the iPhone’s Settings app and enabled the Personal Hotspot manually - i.e. My Wi-Fi menu no longer listed my iPhone, only my iPad. These “Personal Hotspots” show up at the top of the list of available Wi-Fi networks, in their own special section of the menu. That’s the feature where you can leave the cellular hotspot turned off in Settings, but enable it on-the-fly from a Mac when you connect via the Wi-Fi menu. Sometimes It’s Better to Just Start Over With iCloud Photo Library Syncing Friday, 12 October 2018Įarly this week I noticed that I wasn’t able to use the Instant Hotspot feature with my iPhone XS.
