Were you able to get the third or fourth quadrant blinking? See
If so, that indicates that the SSID and password were correctly received, but the controller is having trouble connecting to the back end. Please provide details, including AP make/model, router/firewall make/model, any non-default settings that you believe may be relevant.
If you could not get past the second quadrant blinking, please describe in detail what you did and observed, both with the iPhone and with the Mac.