If you command-tab with one of the Macs, do you find the hand off application? For example, I started reading an email on my iPhone and then went to my Mac. I used command-tab and stopped on the iPhone handoff Mail item. I started this message on my iPhone, but finished on my Mac.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Dec 29, 2014, at 4:46 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hello John. > > As you say one has to be signed in to I Cloud, bluetooth enabled etc, but, > let’s say when I see the hand off badge in my Mac be it the Mac mini or I > Mac, both devices respectively, I Mac, late 2012 and Mac Mini 2014, the > latest one out. So I locate my mail which is hand off, but I can’t find the > message that I might be composing which I stopped writing using my I Phone 6 > plus. I hope you understand what I am saying, I get the Hand off Icon and > get into the program such as mail but can’t locate my message that I’m > composing. Any ideas? > > Kawal. >> On 29 Dec 2014, at 21:40, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Yosemite for the Mac and iOS 8.X are required on your devices. You have to >> turn it on in System preferences in the General Pane. Also be sure >> Bluetooth is enabled and you are signed into iCloud with the same account on >> all devices. You also have to have it turned on on the other devices. If >> all of this is done, you should be able to find any applications in the Dock >> that are being handed off from another device. Equally so, in the lock >> screen of the iDevice, there will be the name of an app or apps that can be >> handed off for use there. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain >> Lion >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> >>> On Dec 29, 2014, at 4:35 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> I can’t get Hand off to work on my I Mac or my Mac mini and the Mac mini is >>> new. So I’d like to know how it works as well please. >>> >>> Kawal. >>>> On 29 Dec 2014, at 20:18, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> It should work with a new Mac as long as you are running Ysomite. >>>> However, you need to configure it first on all devices before it will work >>>> properly. It didn't for me until I got all my devices configured to work >>>> with it. >>>> >>>> >>>> Take Care >>>> >>>> John D. Panarese >>>> Director >>>> Mac for the Blind >>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>>> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>>> >>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 >>>> Mountain Lion >>>> >>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>>> >>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Dec 29, 2014, at 2:13 PM, Lisette Wesseling >>>>> <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Shawn, >>>>> I just got a new MBA last month and it still doesn't work. It didn't work >>>>> on my older Mac, so I thought getting a new one may help. That's not the >>>>> reason I got a new Mac though (smiles). People rave about hand off and >>>>> it's just odd that it has never worked for me. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Lisette >>>>> >>>>>> On 29/12/2014, at 10:01 pm, Shawn Krasniuk <bbssh...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Lisette. How old is your Mac? Apparently hand off only works on 2012 >>>>>> or later Macs. If it's older than that, the only thing you'll be able to >>>>>> do is phone calls and text messages. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisette Wesseling >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 10:11 PM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Hand off >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi folks, >>>>>> Is bluetooth meant to be on for this to work. I have not managed to get >>>>>> hand off or continuity to work between anything. I can get calls on my >>>>>> Mac from my iPhone, but handoff has never worked for me. Everything is >>>>>> signed into the same iCloud account and on the same wifi. >>>>>> It's very odd. I'm wondering if bluetooth has something to do with it. >>>>>> How do I know if handoff is working? Where does it appear on the Mac? >>>>>> Thanks for any thoughts. >>>>>> >>>>>> Lisette >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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