Pavel Jelic Everyone knows the function of copy and paste - let's face it, who among us has not used this function at least once when creating a school project or anything else. If you copy some content to the device, it will be saved in the so-called copy box. You can imagine this box as the device's memory, in which individual data is stored. Apple However, it offers a Universal Clipboard for its devices, thanks to which you can easily copy something on your iPhone, for example, and then paste it on MacIn this article, let's take a look at how to activate the Universal Mailbox and what to do if it doesn't work.
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How to activate Universal Box
Universal Clipboard is part of a feature called HandoffThis means that you must have the feature enabled on all your devices where you want to use it. Handoff activated. Below you will find the procedure for activation Handoff on individual Apple devices:
iPhone and iPads
- At yours iOS whether iPadOS device open the native app Settings.
- Here, then go down a bit and click on the box In general.
- Once you do so, move to the section AirPlay a Handoff.
- A switch next to the function is simply enough here Handoff switch to active positions.
Mac
- At yours Macat or MacBooku move the cursor to the top left year, where you click icon .
- Select an option from the menu that appears System Preferences…
- Then a new window will appear in which you can move to the section In general.
- Here you just need to go all the way down ticked box next to the function Allow Handoff mezi Macand devices via iCloud.
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Once you have completed this procedure, the Universal Clipboard should now work. You can test it by copying it to iPhone some text (select and Copy), and then on Macu press Command + V. The text you copied to iPhone, is inserted on Macu. Of course, keep in mind that you can only work this way with devices that are managed under the same account. Apple id. So anyway, it is necessary that you have active Bluetooth on both devices and at the same time you should also be on the same Wi-Fi network. If even then the Universal Box does not work, then restart both devices. Then turn Bluetooth and Wi-Fi off and on again.
Don't be mad at me, but here you are again writing about something you know a lot about and because of that you are talking quite a bit of nonsense. I think most users have the function Handoff turned on by default without them knowing it, so they appIt literally “just works” without having to do anything – turn it on somewhere. And for it to work, the participating devices must be on the same network. iCloud account, and they don't even have to be on the same wifi network, they don't even have to have wifi turned on, they just have to be online. The mention of devices registered under the same Apple I consider ID as an extremely layman's term that can be considered neither true nor false, but simply nonsense. Likewise, advice about turning Bluetooth and WiFi on and off - these things are not related at all - this is not AirDrop.
I am definitely not spouting nonsense and I am speaking from my own experience. From time to time I Handoff after the update it may be deactivated, which is the reason for the non-functional Universal Clipboard. Both devices must then be connected to Wi-Fi – they do not have to be on the same one, but if they are, you will not encounter a longer delay before certain data from the other device is inserted. Advice on turning Wi-Fi and Bluetooth off and on is definitely related to Universal Clipboard and can solve any problems. Just go through various forums.
Pavel, you lie. You just have to try it practically - turn off wifi. And you lie about the others too.
https://support.apple.com/cs-cz/HT209455
Pavel, since you're posting a link here, you should really read the page it links to. Handoff and universal mailbox are not considered the same there. And if you tried it practically, you would really find out that universal mailbox can be used even without wifi, without BT and without the conditions that are necessary for its functioning HandoffYes, Handoff it has to be turned on, but that's it. Just be online. Tried. ?