You missed the fact that I have a Late-2011 MBP which doesn't have the BT 4.0LE hardware.
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How useful do you find handoff?
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You missed the fact that I have a Late-2011 MBP which doesn't have the BT 4.0LE hardware.
Not very useful for me currently. To handoff an app to an iPad , my iPhone needs to be left on. But a very common usage scenario is to lock your iPhone and put it away before picking up your iPad, thereby losing the handoff status.
It would be more useful if a device could detect what app was active on another device prior to it being locked.
It would be more useful if a device could detect what app was active on another device prior to it being locked.
That person has a MacBook Air. Bluetooth 4.0 was included in the Air line since mid-2011 but according to the official requirements, is unsupported. The actual required Bluetooth card did not come to the MacBook Pro line until the mid-2012 models.
Using my Mac for phone calls and SMS is absolutely amazing. 3/4th of my normal phone calls go through my Mac now actually.
As far as Handoff, it's not as useful since my Mac doesn't support it, and most of the apps that do support it I don't have installed on both my iPad and iPhone.
As far as Handoff, it's not as useful since my Mac doesn't support it, and most of the apps that do support it I don't have installed on both my iPad and iPhone.
You should be able to access it from the App Switcher too. Swipe all the way to the left just past the screenshot of the home screen.
It's very unreliable for me using iOS 8.0.2 and Yosemite. I can't even successfully hand off a web page in Safari from the Mac to the phone. I can see the Mac's Safari in the task switcher, but when I tap on it, the web browser hangs and never loads the page I was viewing on the Mac?! When I try to hand off a note from phone to Mac, it opens a new note instead of the one I have started typing on the phone. Hopefully it will be a bit more robust in iOS 8.1.
I cant get anything to handoff reliably between my iphone 6 and macbook pro. The calling features fail constantly and webpage handoffs where working on and off, untill 8.02 and now they have completely stopped.
I suspect the terrible bluetooth problems baked into ios 8 have rendered continuity totally useless.
If i can ever get it to work i look forward to unifing my iMessage and sms experience across my devices.
I suspect the terrible bluetooth problems baked into ios 8 have rendered continuity totally useless.
If i can ever get it to work i look forward to unifing my iMessage and sms experience across my devices.
I write tons of notes daily. With iCloud it already acts the same as Handoff so for me, I don't see any real advantage.
I mean who doesn't finish an email when writing it? And if they don't it's usually saved as a draft so I don't see Handoff being useful for that either.
It's basically like they just applied iCloud syncing to apps across the board.
Useful for the few people who have multiple work-stations I guess.
I could see this being useful for studios where they have multiple FinalCut/ProTools/Logic stations etc. But then you'd need the source audio/video to be on those machines too. It would be cool if Handoff could work as alias projects on the machines that didn't have the source audio/video files. So you'd do edits on one iMac and that Mac even though it didn't have the source files could still trigger/play the audio files from the source computer via bluetooth/WiFi or…….the new 'network not required' AirPlay.
THAT would be a truly useful Handoff implementation.
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I mean who doesn't finish an email when writing it? And if they don't it's usually saved as a draft so I don't see Handoff being useful for that either.
It's basically like they just applied iCloud syncing to apps across the board.
Useful for the few people who have multiple work-stations I guess.
I could see this being useful for studios where they have multiple FinalCut/ProTools/Logic stations etc. But then you'd need the source audio/video to be on those machines too. It would be cool if Handoff could work as alias projects on the machines that didn't have the source audio/video files. So you'd do edits on one iMac and that Mac even though it didn't have the source files could still trigger/play the audio files from the source computer via bluetooth/WiFi or…….the new 'network not required' AirPlay.
THAT would be a truly useful Handoff implementation.
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Yes I can, but I am so used to pressing the home button and leaving my thumb on it for split second which unlocks the iPhone (touchID works real good/fast). By the time I realize what happened, I have to press the power button to lock it again and start over.
I usually press home button/unlock with touch id almost by habit now. To use handoff, I have unlearn this and consciously press the home button and let go before touchid works.. Then swipe up the handoff and then use touchid to unlock the device again - pretty awkward and is like a step backwards in efficiency.
I would rather have handoff shown somewhere else on the iPhone in addition to the lock screen - eg. notification screen or maybe even the multitasking mode where you double-press the home button. I don't think it should be just on the lock screen.
Yes I can, but I am so used to pressing the home button and leaving my thumb on it for split second which unlocks the iPhone (touchID works real good/fast). By the time I realize what happened, I have to press the power button to lock it again and start over.
I usually press home button/unlock with touch id almost by habit now. To use handoff, I have unlearn this and consciously press the home button and let go before touchid works.. Then swipe up the handoff and then use touchid to unlock the device again - pretty awkward and is like a step backwards in efficiency.
I would rather have handoff shown somewhere else on the iPhone in addition to the lock screen - eg. notification screen or maybe even the multitasking mode where you double-press the home button. I don't think it should be just on the lock screen.
yes, u can. double tap the home button, and swipe (all the way to the left) ur finger from the left to the right.
As others have mentioned. You can access it when unlocked by going to multitasking. Just a question. Do you have problems with checking the time, notifications, camera from lock screen? Cause that seems to be the bigger issue. Where it is now is the most logical place for it.
And that's what I wasn't aware of. I figured they would have put it in all MacBooks at the same time. #youlearnsomethingnew...
It's also in the far left most window in Multitasking btw, for those that unlocked already.
I find it useful for Safari and calls. Hopefully sms as well come Monday.
I use my iPhone a lot whilst out, then my iPad moves around the home with me, while my mac stays in my room. Handoff in safari is super useful in that situation because I can move from one to the other in a split second.
Continuity let's me carry on surfing with no interruption.
Call relay is helpful too since my phone sits in a dock in my room, meaning I can take normal calls on my other devices from anywhere in my house.
Can't see it being that beneficial in iWork though, since iCloud docs update quick enough anyway.
I use my iPhone a lot whilst out, then my iPad moves around the home with me, while my mac stays in my room. Handoff in safari is super useful in that situation because I can move from one to the other in a split second.
Continuity let's me carry on surfing with no interruption.
Call relay is helpful too since my phone sits in a dock in my room, meaning I can take normal calls on my other devices from anywhere in my house.
Can't see it being that beneficial in iWork though, since iCloud docs update quick enough anyway.
How useful do you find handoff?
If a machine is not due for a refresh Apple would wait until the next refresh cycle before implementing the feature.
If a machine is not due for a refresh Apple would wait until the next refresh cycle before implementing the feature.
How come handoff does not go from the ipad, to the iphone? I can go from phone to ipad, but not the other way around.
When I open the task switcher on the phone, nothing ever pops up even if i have an open message or mail on my ipad.
When I open the task switcher on the phone, nothing ever pops up even if i have an open message or mail on my ipad.
