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Thanks!",{"value":54,"source":45,"evidence":55},"Mac users with Android phones",[56,57],{"id":50,"by":51,"text":52},{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"4786795","rob-olmos","Thanks for this! However, I'm unable to get this working, let me know if you'd rather I post this as a github issue: MacBook Pro 13\" with 10.7.5 Droid Razr with Android 4.0.4…",[],"unknown","beta",{"praise":65,"objections":75,"requests":87,"questions":95,"alternatives":103},[66],{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Works well and users have waited a long time for it","commenter",[70,71],{"id":50,"by":51,"text":52},{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},"4786574","mocko","Thank you from the bottom of my battery. I have wanted usb tethering to work on my mac for a long time.",[76],{"value":77,"source":68,"evidence":78},"Fails to load or connect on some setups, including 10.7.5 with Droid Razr and a 32-bit kernel on an older MacBook",[79,80,84],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"4789126","meemo","On OS X 10.7.5 with a Nexus S running Android 4.1.2 I get the following in kernel.log: ``` 11\u002F15\u002F12 9:55:40.019 AM com.apple.kextd: Can't load…",{"id":85,"by":82,"text":86},"4792383","It's a 2007 MacBook, with a Core 2 Duo processor. I had been under the impression that it was running a 64-bit kernel. But it seems I was wrong. I believe that since Lion most…",[88],{"value":89,"source":68,"evidence":90},"Reverse tethering, using the computer's internet from the phone",[91],{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"4786610","DanBC","This looks really good. What would be awesome is some kind of reverse tethering - use my computer's Internet from my phone connected to the computer over USB.",[96],{"value":97,"source":68,"evidence":98},"Why not use FoxFi or other existing tethering apps",[99],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"4786953","Nate75Sanders","Serious question...not trying to be snarky... Why would anyone use anything but FoxFi? http:\u002F\u002Ffoxfi.com\u002F EDIT: I suppose FoxFi doesn't work on some phones + using both radios at…",[104,108,119],{"value":105,"source":68,"evidence":106},"Wifi tethering via FoxFi",[107],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},{"value":109,"source":68,"evidence":110},"Bluetooth tethering",[111,115],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"4787848","ZoFreX","Tangentially related - if anyone is using native wifi tethering on their Android with their Mac and having issues, try tethering over Bluetooth instead - I found it to be much…",{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"4787034","CarlHoerberg","it's easy over bluetooth, no root or custom software required..",{"value":120,"source":68,"evidence":121},"Android File Transfer and AirDroid",[122,126],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"4786490","shadowmint","Cool project; I was kind of hoping when I saw the title it was a way to emulate USB over MTP, and not have to use the absolutely rubbish Android File Transfer application... but…",{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"4786695","nickpresta","Although not an ideal solution, I just use Airdroid when on OSX. http:\u002F\u002Fairdroid.com\u002F",{"comments":31,"answered":40,"key":131},[132,135,138],{"id":133,"text":134},"4786984","Hmm! 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