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I have had an iPhone since 2012 and an Apple laptop since they were called PowerBooks. I am often in road warrior mode. No, it is not seamless. I have to restart it quite often. It is nowhere near as convenient and always on like it is with my Apple Watch and iPhone and iPad. And it burns two batteries at once.

I am convinced that it is the Qualcomm royalty situation that keeps Apple from shipping a cellular modem like Dell does.

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Really? Man, I hate to say this, but how long have you been restoring your iPhone and Mac when you replace them? Maybe you are importing a bug with your settings/environment. I've literally never had to restart my hotspot for my Mac in using both for over 10 years, at times as my daily driver for the internet. Has it gotten worse in the last few years? I haven't been using it as much lately, but 2015-2019 that was basically my main way of browsing the web on my Mac. Worked flawlessly the whole time, kinda amazing to be honest.

I have experienced this flakiness using Migration Assistant, using restores from backup, and with fresh installs. Many people do. I believe that it works for some people who don't need it very often. I am happy for them.

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