[robotresearcher]

Also, they talk fine over WiFi, which is built into both. There's some Bluetooth stuff too, but I never figured that out.

But it's very important not to allow your iPhone to talk to your Mac because that means iTunes will run and make everything worse.

[nicky0]

Me: I need to charge my phone, I'll just plug it into this handy USB port on my Mac...

iTunes: Hello!