My iPad will not ring for anything except FaceTime calls. I have never been this frustrated as an Apple customer.
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Handoff and Continuity Not Working For Me
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Seriously? Considering Yosemite is still a beta product I would have thought a little bit of understanding and perspective were in order.
If you are a developer, you know to use the feedback tools, if your using the public beta feed it back using the tool Apple provided. And then suck it up until it's fixed, or the OS is released and then bitch...
I figured it out. The iPad was not connecting to the Mac/iPhone. Now all three devices ring fine.
Trying to get Handoff - or Continuity, damned if I can figure out which is which or what the exact difference is - between my iPad Air 2/Phone 5S when sending a simple SMS/MMS from my ipad. Just text - no images or videos or such. Damn thing just won't work.
I start a new message on ipad, since it's so much more comfortable to type on, and pick a contact from my phone book. There's this little spinning wheel thingy animation next to the name that spins for a bit and then the contact name turns blue. When I start typing into the subject field the contact name turns red, and when I'm finished composing my message and try to send it, I'm informed that I need to turn on MMS messages. No information on where or how that is accomplished.
I discard the message and start over. Now every time I try to create a new message, my previously selected contact name appears automatically as the recipient every time, and I can't change or remove it. Message app seems bugged, so I doubleclick home button and quit it, then start it again.
Now Message just won't even try to send the message, nothing at all happens when I press the send button. When tapping the contact name, I get a popup telling me "XXX YYY < + nn nn-nnn-nnn > is not registered with iMessage". Well no ****. I'm trying to send a SMS to some guy's cell phone here...
Checking my iphone, I get no indicator I'm currently composing a message. No option to 'hand' anything off. Not on the lock screen, not on the home screen. Just nothing. It's as if the feature simply doesn't work at all (which incidentally is the case. *facepalm*)
Bluetooth and wifi is on, for both devices. They're both not just connected to the same router, but also on the exact same wifi network. On ipad; Settings > Messages > Send and Receive: my iphone's phone number is listed. It is selected as default under the "begin new conversations from" section.
Settings > General > Handoff is turned on for both devices.
On iphone; Settings > Messages > SMS connect: my ipad is listed here (not that it matters a damn thing.)
Send as SMS: on
MMS messages: on
Wat is the error? Why isn't the "Apple Magic" magicking like it is supposed to?! *tiny bit annoyed*
I start a new message on ipad, since it's so much more comfortable to type on, and pick a contact from my phone book. There's this little spinning wheel thingy animation next to the name that spins for a bit and then the contact name turns blue. When I start typing into the subject field the contact name turns red, and when I'm finished composing my message and try to send it, I'm informed that I need to turn on MMS messages. No information on where or how that is accomplished.
I discard the message and start over. Now every time I try to create a new message, my previously selected contact name appears automatically as the recipient every time, and I can't change or remove it. Message app seems bugged, so I doubleclick home button and quit it, then start it again.
Now Message just won't even try to send the message, nothing at all happens when I press the send button. When tapping the contact name, I get a popup telling me "XXX YYY < + nn nn-nnn-nnn > is not registered with iMessage". Well no ****. I'm trying to send a SMS to some guy's cell phone here...
Checking my iphone, I get no indicator I'm currently composing a message. No option to 'hand' anything off. Not on the lock screen, not on the home screen. Just nothing. It's as if the feature simply doesn't work at all (which incidentally is the case. *facepalm*)
Bluetooth and wifi is on, for both devices. They're both not just connected to the same router, but also on the exact same wifi network. On ipad; Settings > Messages > Send and Receive: my iphone's phone number is listed. It is selected as default under the "begin new conversations from" section.
Settings > General > Handoff is turned on for both devices.
On iphone; Settings > Messages > SMS connect: my ipad is listed here (not that it matters a damn thing.)
Send as SMS: on
MMS messages: on
Wat is the error? Why isn't the "Apple Magic" magicking like it is supposed to?! *tiny bit annoyed*
Mine was working okay on my work Mac but was not working on my personal Mac. Same network, different computer names, connected to same Wi-Fi network and handoff turned on.
Turning off iCloud on my personal Mac and turning it on again worked for me
