OS X Yosemite and handoff settings in IOS8

Yosemite has been officially pushed, and IOS 8 devices can also use the handoff feature. I believe you are no stranger to the name of handoff. When you log on to the same ICloud account and the Bluetooth is turned on, handoff allows you to continue the unfinished work across the device.

On the Mac side, in addition to the main dock bar, you will see another dock bar and show the IOS device running. And in the IOS end of the lock screen interface you will see the lower left corner has an icon to display the Mac side of the current use of the application. Current compatible native applications include mail, memos, contacts, calendars, Safari, reminders, information, maps, Pages,numbers and Keynote. Developers can also add handoff functionality to their already completed applications. The following article will show you how to set up handoff and how to use it.

The Handoff compatible Mac has 2012 years after Imac,macbook Air,macbook Pro, or 2013 years of Mac Pro. iOS requires a device to run iOS 8, and Bluetooth needs to be turned on. Because handoff works through Bluetooth, the distance between devices is within 30 feet. In addition, all Apple devices are required to log on to the same ICloud account.

After meeting the requirements for handoff use, let's make sure that handoff is enabled. Go to setup and select generic on the IOS device and click "handoff& recommended" to make sure that the feature is turned on. As for the Mac side, you need to turn on system preferences. Then make sure that handoff is allowed to work on this Mac.

So the handoff is set and turned on, and here's how to use it.

The memo (IOS end and Mac end) will now be used as an example to illustrate. Start by writing something on the memo on the IPad.

When I'm typing on the iPad, a separate dock bar appears on the Mac. The icon for the IPad memo is displayed in the new standalone dock bar. This proves that I am using the memo on the IPad. If you want to hide the dock bar, you can also hold down the Command and tab keys to exhale the application switch to see if I am using the memo application on the IPad.

Open the memo on your Mac and you'll see what you just wrote on your IPad memo.