Re: hand-off

2022-06-24 Thread Thomas Frank
At this point I always recommend, “Call Apple accessibility. ” If the tech person tells you to call the main Apple support line, remind him or her that you are blind and am having problems navigating in systems preferences, or some other excuse. Thomas Frank vermont...@gmail.com > On Jun 18,

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2022-06-22 Thread Brad Snyder
ect: Re: hand-off I believe Handoff should work on Macs from 2013, and newer. - Brad - On Jun 21, 2022, at 11:48, Pete De Vasto wrote: The problem might be with the hardware you’re using. I have a Mac mini from 2014, and I can’t get Handoff to work either on it. I have an SE 2022 iPh

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2022-06-22 Thread pdevasto0219
ies@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Brad Snyder Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 4:54 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: hand-off I believe Handoff should work on Macs from 2013, and newer. - Brad - On Jun 21, 2022, at 11:48, Pete De Vasto wrote: The problem mi

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2022-06-21 Thread Lorie McCloud
Behalf Of Lorie McCloud > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 11:58 AM > To: via MacVisionaries > Subject: Re: hand-off > > ah that's good to know. as you know I have probably the same Mac mini. > >> On Jun 21, 2022, at 11:48 AM, Pete De Vasto wrote: >> >> The problem m

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2022-06-21 Thread Brad Snyder
have Bluetooth >>>>> enabled. >>>>> I think your devices also have to be on the same Wi-Fi network. >>>>> >>>>> - Brad - >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 18, 2022, at 17:40, Herbie Allen wrote: >>>>> &

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2022-06-21 Thread pdevasto0219
, Pete De Vasto -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Lorie McCloud Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 11:58 AM To: via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: hand-off ah that's good to know. as you know I have probably the same Mac mini. > On Jun 21, 2022, at 11:48

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2022-06-21 Thread Lorie McCloud
hat do >>>>> I do to get the process started? >>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 18, 2022, at 6:20 PM, Brad Snyder wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, it works through the cloud, but you still have to have Bluetooth >>>>>

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2022-06-21 Thread Pete De Vasto
ame Wi-Fi network. >>>>> >>>>> - Brad - >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 18, 2022, at 17:40, Herbie Allen wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It works through the cloud. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Herbie >

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2022-06-21 Thread Phil Halton
through the cloud. >>>> >>>> >>>> Herbie >>>> >>>>> On Jun 18, 2022, at 15:29, pdevasto0...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Am I right that you also have to have Bluetooth enabled on both devices >&

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2022-06-20 Thread Lorie McCloud
rote: >>>> >>>> Am I right that you also have to have Bluetooth enabled on both devices >>>> as well? >>>> Pete De Vasto >>>> >>>> -Original Message- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >>>>

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2022-06-20 Thread Brad Snyder
ices as >>> well? >>> Pete De Vasto >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >>> Behalf Of Herbie Allen >>> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2022 1:23 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.co

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2022-06-20 Thread Lorie McCloud
asto0...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> Am I right that you also have to have Bluetooth enabled on both devices as >>> well? >>> Pete De Vasto >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >>>

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2022-06-18 Thread Brad Snyder
; well? >> Pete De Vasto >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >> Behalf Of Herbie Allen >> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2022 1:23 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: hand-off >> >> Make sure b

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2022-06-18 Thread Lorie McCloud
mail.com wrote: >> >> Am I right that you also have to have Bluetooth enabled on both devices as >> well? >> Pete De Vasto >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On >> Behalf Of Herbie Allen >> Sent: Satur

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2022-06-18 Thread Brad Snyder
naries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: hand-off > > Make sure both devices divices are logged into the same iCloud account. Then > go to system preferences, and General. At the bottom you will see the option > for handoff. Check the box. Then on your iPhone, go to Settings, Gene

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2022-06-18 Thread Herbie Allen
On > Behalf Of Herbie Allen > Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2022 1:23 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: hand-off > > Make sure both devices divices are logged into the same iCloud account. Then > go to system preferences, and General. At the bottom you will

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2022-06-18 Thread Lorie McCloud
I have the right stuff checked. I only have 1 iCloud account so I think that must mean both devices are checked into that one account unless one of them isn't logged in at all. how do I check that? also, what do I do when I want to hand something off from my phone to my Mac? do I initiate it on

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2022-06-18 Thread pdevasto0219
Am I right that you also have to have Bluetooth enabled on both devices as well? Pete De Vasto -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Herbie Allen Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2022 1:23 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: hand-off Make sure

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2022-06-18 Thread Herbie Allen
Make sure both devices divices are logged into the same iCloud account. Then go to system preferences, and General. At the bottom you will see the option for handoff. Check the box. Then on your iPhone, go to Settings, General, AirPlay, and Handoff. You should be good to go from there after you

Re: Hand Off Without A Mac, Can This Be Done?

2015-05-06 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Send a blank email to peel-the-apple+subscr...@googlegroups.com mailto:peel-the-apple+subscr...@googlegroups.com Shawn Sent from my White MacBook On May 6, 2015, at 9:59 AM, Tim Emmons temmo...@gmail.com wrote: How do we get on the Peel the iPhone list. Just curious. On May 5, 2015, at

Re: Hand Off Without A Mac, Can This Be Done?

2015-05-06 Thread Tim Emmons
How do we get on the Peel the iPhone list. Just curious. On May 5, 2015, at 7:28 PM, Shawn Krasniuk bbssh...@icloud.com wrote: Hey all. For those of you that aren't on the Peel the iPhone list, apparently Heather read that she couldn't use hand off without a Mac in a book called iOS 8

Re: Hand Off Without A Mac, Can This Be Done?

2015-05-05 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Well, for what it’s worth, I just checked my copy of iOS 8 Without the Eye, and it is very clear that handoff can benefit multiple iOS devices. So Heather must have misremembered somehow. In fact, I’m fairly sure I had that impression once as well; after all multiple iOS devices is presumably

Re: Hand Off Without A Mac, Can This Be Done?

2015-05-05 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hello Shawn, as the author of that book, I can assure you that it makes it clear that hand-off works not just between compatible Macs and iDevices, but between compatible iDevices too. Here's the opening paragraph of the Continuity chapter, where hand-off is discussed. Most of us now have more

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2015-05-05 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey all. For those of you that aren't on the Peel the iPhone list, apparently Heather read that she couldn't use hand off without a Mac in a book called iOS 8 Without the Eye. Hopefully I'm saying that right. Somebody on the list pointed her to a link using hand off without a Mac though and

Re: Hand Off Without A Mac, Can This Be Done?

2015-05-05 Thread Krister Ekstrom
One thing though, if the tool discovers that your mac doesn’t have a Bluetooth 4.0 or whatever it is that works card or chip or whatever it will warn you to that fact and quit, so i personally didn’t have any use for the tool. /Krister 4 maj 2015 kl. 21:49 skrev Anders Holmberg

Re: Hand Off Without A Mac, Can This Be Done?

2015-05-04 Thread Matthew Dierckens
Hello Shawn This in fact can be done. My mac is the early 2011 model, so I can only use hand off with my iPhone 5S and iPad mini2. God bless. Matthew Dierckens Certified Assistive Technology Specialist Macintosh, Windows and IOS Trainer U.S. number: 573-401-1018 Personal Email:

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2015-05-04 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Yes, it’s the case. My Mac is too old for handoff, but since getting an Apple Watch, it’s been worthwhile turning it back on on my phone, and also my iPod Touch. All three work together, sans Mac. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: Hand Off Without A Mac, Can This Be Done?

2015-05-04 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Tool available here: https://github.com/dokterdok/Continuity-Activation-Tool/ Read all the warnings. You’ll patch kernel extensions, and most likely need an external USB adaptor which won’t work very reliably anyway. ‘Salright, I’ll manage without. :) -- You received this message because

Re: Hand Off Without A Mac, Can This Be Done?

2015-05-04 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! You can use hand off with old macs if you have the continuity activation tool. I don’t have the link now but i can provide it if there’s any intrest. /A 4 maj 2015 kl. 11:45 skrev Sabahattin Gucukoglu listse...@me.com: Yes, it’s the case. My Mac is too old for handoff, but since getting

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2015-05-04 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hi. I know you Matthew and Chris are on the Peel The iPhone List. In the subject Skype and Phone Calls, a person named Heather said she read that you can't use Hand Off without a Mac. I would ask her this question as to what book she read this from. Shawn Sent from my White MacBook On May

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2014-12-30 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Thanks John. Got Handoff working on the Mac and Mac Mini. Kawal. On 29 Dec 2014, at 10:58 pm, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: 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

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2014-12-29 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
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

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2014-12-29 Thread Lisette Wesseling
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

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2014-12-29 Thread John Panarese
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)

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2014-12-29 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
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

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2014-12-29 Thread John Panarese
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.

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2014-12-29 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
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

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2014-12-29 Thread Ronald van Rhijn
Hi, Yes bluetooth has to be on for hands off to work. Ronald Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone Op 29 dec. 2014 om 20:13 heeft Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com het volgende geschreven: Hi Shawn, I just got a new MBA last month and it still doesn't work. It didn't work on my older

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2014-12-29 Thread John Panarese
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

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2014-12-29 Thread Agent086b
Hello, do you need to pair your iPhone with the Mac? Max. On 30 Dec 2014, at 9:58 am, John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com wrote: 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

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2014-12-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
No, you do not need to pair your iPhone with the Mac. -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen LORD!!! On Dec 29, 2014, at 5:32 PM, Agent086b agent0...@internode.on.net wrote: Hello, do you need to pair

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2014-12-29 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Also, here's one that will help if part of your drama was actually downloaded upon purchase. Open your home directory in finder, and from there open Music iTunes iTunes Media. Then look in the folders that may be the right category for your purchase. Maybe you already did that; I'm just

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2014-10-18 Thread Erik Heil
Hello Well, just got your message. This is only a possibility, but I wonder if this might be related to FaceTime? The reason why I mention this is because when I had handoff working on an iPad and iPhone, for some reason, I couldn't receive any incoming calls on my iPad. However, on just a

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2014-10-18 Thread Juan Hernandez
bought last summer of 2013. Thanks Juan From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Erik Heil Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 1:14 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Hand off, anyone? Hello Well, just got your

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2014-10-18 Thread Faisal
@googlegroups.com[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Erik Heil Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 1:14 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Hand off, anyone? Hello Well, just got your