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On your iPhone or iPad
To enable Universal Clipboard, you just have to turn on Handoff. To do that on your iPhone or iPad:
On your Mac
Once Handoff is enabled on your iPhone or iPad, you’ll have to enable it on your Mac
, too.
With Handoff enabled, you’ll get Univesal Clipboard as well as seeing new icons in your Dock for apps like Safari, Mail
, Maps, Calendar, and others when you have them open on your iPhone or iPad. Clicking on one of those icons will open that app to the same place or page as it is on your iPhone/iPad.
Supported Devices
Different Handoff features have different system requirements, which Apple lists here. But Universal Clipboard in particular is one of the best-supported features. All you need is:
On your iPhone or iPad
To enable Universal Clipboard, you just have to turn on Handoff. To do that on your iPhone or iPad:
- Open Settings
- Tap on General
- Tap AirPlay & Handoff
- Enable Handoff
On your Mac
Once Handoff is enabled on your iPhone or iPad, you’ll have to enable it on your Mac
, too.
- Open System Preferences
- Open General
- Enable the checkbox next to Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices
With Handoff enabled, you’ll get Univesal Clipboard as well as seeing new icons in your Dock for apps like Safari, Mail
, Maps, Calendar, and others when you have them open on your iPhone or iPad. Clicking on one of those icons will open that app to the same place or page as it is on your iPhone/iPad.
Supported Devices
Different Handoff features have different system requirements, which Apple lists here. But Universal Clipboard in particular is one of the best-supported features. All you need is:
- Any iPhone 5 or later or or iPad 4rd generation or later, running iOS/iPadOS 10 or later.
- Any Mac from 2012 or later running macOS Sierra (10.12) or later.