process to reliably connect Mac Wi-Fi to iPhone personal hotspot? Is there a recommended process for reliably connecting a Mac to an iPhone Personal Hotspot network via Wi-Fi?

Here is the method that I have been trying:


turn on WiFi and Personal Hotspot on iPhone
turn on WiFi on Mac


This works maybe 25% of the time, and the other 75% of the time the Mac scans the Wi-Fi networks but does not see my iPhone hotstpot network.  I keep repeating the above process until it connects.

If I connect instead via "Join other Network..." and input my network name, security, and password, that sometimes works, and other times says "No network found."

If I connect via USB cable or Bluetooth, that reliably works every time.

I tried dropping the network and re-adding it on the Mac, but that didn't help:
    System Preferences &gt; Network &gt; Wi-Fi &gt; Advanced &gt; Wi-Fi (tab) &gt; Preferred Networks &gt; (select my hotspot network) &gt; ("-")

Also, is there a way to force the Mac to rescan the Wi-Fi networks?

iPhone: iPhone 6
iOS: 8.3 (up to date as of 11 May 2015)

Mac: MacBook Pro Retina 15" (Mid 2012)
OS X: Mavericks 10.9.5 (13F1066) (kernel: Darwin 13.4.0)
@tubedogg's suggestion fixed my problem: make sure the iPhone has the Settings &gt; Personal Hotspot screen visible when I attempt to connect with the Mac.   I've done that now the last 5 or so times and it's worked every time.