Hand off is not working between my mac and Iphone 13 pro max

By Ramy, 3 February, 2025

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macOS and Mac Apps

Hey my friends:
as subject says:
I have Mac studio 2022, running Mac os 14 , and Iphone pro max running the latest version of Ios,
now, hand off is not working at all, i can not copy / paste / anything.
i tried all the basic trouble shooting suggested by apple, i terned off and on the hand off on both devices and the same results.
FOr sure both devices are on the same network.
so, what am missing here, and , how can i fix this?
Tia

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By Maldalain on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 14:34

I have had the same issue, the only thing worked for me is to sign out fully from my mac and iPhone and to re-sign in again. It worked flawlessly.

By mr grieves on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 14:34

Apologies, this is a long-shot but...

A long while back I had a problem where the hand-off wasn't working. I had a totally unfounded suspicion that the problem may have been because I had signed into the Apple Sandbox account so I could test in-app subscriptions.

I signed out of it, but at the same time did install a minor iOS update. So I never proved either way if this was the culprit. I've not had the need to sign into sandbox again since and am steering clear if I can.

So if you happen to have done this and nothing else works, you could give it a try.

By Justin Harris on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 14:34

You said your mac is still on OS 14? You might update to the latest 15.3, and see if that helps. No garantee, but upon reading your post it's the first thing that jumped out at me. HTH

By Sebby on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 14:34

You can set the screen brightness to minimum by way of some compensation.

No, I don't understand it either. But I'm pretty confident this will turn out to be your issue. Good luck.

By Ramy on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 14:34

I terned off the screen curtain, and i did a restart, but with no help at all

By Ramy on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 14:34

Hello:
i can not update to mac os 15 now, for some apps are not working.
also, this issue was happening i think after upgrading to Ios 18.
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as for the sandbox, am not using it at all

By Ramy on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 14:34

I signed out and in again , but with no luck

By Brian on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 14:34

While I hope this is not the case, it may just be that iOS 18 requires macOS 15 to use handoff properly. I am basing this on my own experience, where my old MacBook Pro is locked in at macOS 12, and my iPhone is at iOS 18, And those two devices can barely communicate with each other anymore.

By Ramy on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 14:34

May be, because i think it istarts after upgrading to ios19,
so, we should try to search more.