Using Mac OS X Address Book with mobile phone over Bluetooth
Posted on fredag, august 28, 2009 @ 16:12:47 by david
Today I received an email asking about what the Address Book option is using bluetooth and iPhone. So here's what I found out.
Required:
- Mobile Phone with bluetooth, iPhone doesnt work yet :(
- Mac with bluetooth
- OS X installed (10.4 Tiger shown here) with Address Book (comes with OS X)
iPhone not yet supported...
BluePhoneElite - take a look at this software.
What can you do with Address Book and a mobile phone over bluetooth?
If you click on the text "Mobile telephone number" on a contact, you get a menu with options like:
- Call using Mobile Phone
- Send SMS
- Caller ID with a warning on your Mac when someone calls with 3 options. You can either answer the call directly, send them to voice mail, or send an SMS.
Step one: Pairing the Phone with you Mac.
See this article on using the Bluetooth Setup Assistant to pair you iPhone with your Mac.
Step two: Setup Address Book to use Bluetooth.
Notice the icon at the top left with the Bluetooth logo? Click it :)
Find your mobile phone in the list...
Enter your password:
I used "0000" and it appears to be connected.
I noticed that the Bluetooth logo at the top has a blue halo around it...
But I never was prompted to enter "0000" on my iPhone...
iPhone not yet supported...
BluePhoneElite - take a look at this software.
